LET'S BE ATHLETES The Hands On Girl's Equipment Closet Easy SetUp Softball The Jumping Olympics Hopped Up Hopscotch Pool Time Penguin Tag Jump Rope Four Ways Sharpshooter Beanbag Toss Easiest Disc Bowling Karate Chops and Tough Girl Kicks Simple Self Defense for Sticky Situations Card Games for Smarties The Tongue Twisting Tournament LET'S BE ARTISTS The Hands On Girl's Studio Abstract Painting Color Mixing 101 for Color Sawy Artists Nature Photography 101 Four Scavenger Hunts for Nature Photographers DIY Botanical Bookmarks Hand Lettering for Hands On Girls Five Poems to Recite Outside Watercolor Painting Workshop DIY Name Garland Make Your Own Chalkboard Melted Crayon Samurai Stars Three Treasure Hunts for the Library The Hands On Girl's Reading List LET'S BE BUILDERS The Hands On Girl's Toolbox The Easiest Tree Swing How to Change a Bike Tire
Smart Sanding and How to Do It The Basics of Painting Five Ways to Repurpose Found Wood How to Build a Fort Indoors and Out How to Build a Cozy Living Room Hideaway How to Build an Under the Stars Fortress How to Hammer a Nail Build Your Own Race Car Build a Bench in an Afternoon LET'S BE CHEFS The Hands On Girl's Kitchen Vegetable Gardening 101 The Eight Easiest Vegetables to Grow Herbs and How to Care for Them The Perfect Provisions for Adventures Three Kinds of Cooking and When to Use Them The One Hour DIY Knife Skills Class How to Make Your Own Jerky Trail Mix Five Ways Drying Fruit for On the Go Measuring and Weighing Like a Pro What is the Metric System and Why Don't We Use It Two Dinners and a Dessert You Can Make in a Jiffy One Pot Broccoli Cheddar Pasta Make Your Own Taco Bar Hosted by You Three Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies YOU ROCKED IT BADGES FOR HANDS ON GIRLS Further Reading Index Acknowledgments
TO THE LITTLE GIRL INSIDE US ALL WHO WANTS TO COME OUT AND PLAY
INTRODUCTION Welcome to the wild and adventurous world of hands on girls What's a hands on girl Hands on girls fix things we make things we experiment we play and we end each day tired and happy and probably a little dirty We know how to hammer a nail and we can tell you all about the stars and their names We know which plants to avoid in the woods and which plants to grow in the garden We race outside the minute we can for a quick hike or a game and we spend rainy days building forts or test flying paper airplanes Maybe you do none of those things right now or maybe you do just a few of them That's OK The most important thing about being a hands on girl is that we love to try new things We'll try on this we'll test out that we'll play a new role for a day or an afternoon That's what this book is really about It's about exploring and learning to listen to the voice inside of you that tells you what you really like In these pages you'll get to try on a bunch of hats scientist trailblazer athlete artist builder and chef without having to sign up for a class or a team buy a bunch of new equipment or lose all your after school free time With this book you can test out what it's like to be an astronomer who can name the stars or an ornithologist who
