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Paper Clip Jewelry!: Make Cool Jewelry and More! (American Girl Library)

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This is a wonderful, empowering craft book. It starts at the very beginning, and has clear instructions, excellent illustrations, and tons of ideas for making simple wire and bead jewelry. I was having fun, being creative, and making lovely gift-worthy jewelry the very first day I picked up this book and my needlenose pliers. My 5 year old daughter is enjoying both the design process and the results.

The downside: the wirework does require strong hands and some practice. My 10 year old son can't quite master bending the wire into shapes, even though he was motivated enough to try it for himself, which makes me question whether or not a young person could actually some create the designs shown in the book.
After a couple weeks of practice, I still can't master the stone pendant wraps shown as the last project in the book.

Alltogether, it has been a great jumping-off point for myself, as a beginner adult. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this book and kit as a gift for a tween/teen.

All of us have thought on occasion, "How can such a simple idea be so beautiful" and this book illustrates the point. I bought one for my daughter and we have worked together to make items as gifts for friend and family. Often, the reaction is "I can't believe you can do that with just paper clips and beads!" We have loved the American Girl library series and this must be one of the best "interactive" books on the market.

This is the best book I have ever seen! For girls (and boys too) who like to make, wear, or give jewelry. When people see the stuff I made with this book, they can't believe I made it with paperclips. It looks like the real thing. I made pins, chains, necklaces, bracelets and a lot of other cool stuff using just a few basic wireworking skills. The pliers come with it, and the instructions are really clear and easy to follow. My friend Katherine made her mother a gorgeous pair of earrings. I highly recommend this cool book.

If you want to make creative, fun, and unique jewelry, than look no further! Paper Clip Jewelry is a kit with everything you need to make fun, fine, and fabulous stuff! There are gold, silver, and colored paper clips, wire pliers, beads, string, and more, including a how-to book. My parents were amazed that I could make jewelry out of such simple stuff. The book gives clear instructions and fun projects, but the most important thing is to be creative. I did that and the result was FABULOUS jewelry! So order this TERRIFIC book today and say hello to a new hobby!

I got this for Christmas last year and it rocks!!!!! I had ssssssssssoooooooooooooooooooooooo much fun making jewlery for me and my sister it was alot of fun!!!!