A NOTE TO ADULTS Please review the instructions for these craft projects before our children make them Be Sure to help them with any steps you do not think they can safely do on their own CHERRY LAKE Publishing Ou A NOTE TO KIDS Be sure to ask an adult for help with these craft activities when need it Always put your safety
HOW TO BRAS TABLE OF CONTENTS Pipes and Pipe Cleaners 4 Beyond Cleaning Pipes 6 Pipe Cleaners and Other Materials 8 Bouquet of Poppies 10 Dancing Monsters 12 Princes and Princesses 14 Personalized Cards 16 Decorate with a Vine 18 Snowflake Light Catchers 20 A Proper Penguin Pencil Topper 22 Summer Is Here 24 Thanksgiving Napkin Holders 26 More Ideas 29 Glossary 30 For More Information 31 Index 32 About the Author 32
Pipes and Pipe Cleaners Pipe cleaners were originally created as useful tools for cleaning tight curved spaces Have you ever seen a pipe cleaner These fuzzy bendable devices have a unique quality that makes them good for cleaning small curved spaces where no other tools will fit They were originally invented to clean the inside of tobacco pipes Before the invention of the pipe cleaner smokers used feathers to clean their pipes If you think about it a bird feather is very
similar to a pipe cleaner They both have a flexible but sturdy base that is covered with a soft absorbent material John Harry Stedman and Charles Angel of Rochester New York invented the pipe cleaner in the early 1900s Their device was made of chenille wrapped around a very thin wire Pipe smoking is no longer as popular as it once was People have learned that smoking is very bad for you However pipe cleaners are still easy to find in stores This is because people use them in a wide variety of crafting projects Pipe cleaners can be bent and twisted into a variety of fun shapes 5
