13 best craft books

Craft books related to Arts, Music, Photography, and Children's Books are instructional or informative guides that provide insights, techniques, and tips for various creative endeavors.These books cater to individuals interested in honing their skills, learning new crafts, or exploring artistic pursuits.

  1. Arts and Crafts Books:

    • Arts and crafts books cover a wide range of artistic techniques and projects, including painting, drawing, sculpture, mixed media, and more. They often provide step-by-step instructions, tips on using different materials, and artistic inspiration.
  2. Music Books:

    • Music books encompass a variety of topics, such as music theory, instrument guides, composition, songwriting, and music history. They are designed to help musicians improve their skills, deepen their understanding of music, or explore new genres.
  3. Photography Books:

    • Photography books cover aspects of photography like composition, lighting, editing, gear, and specific genres (e.g., portrait, landscape, wildlife). They offer guidance on capturing compelling images and enhancing photographic abilities.
  4. Children's Books on Arts and Crafts:

    • Children's arts and crafts books are tailored for young readers, aiming to spark creativity and encourage artistic expression. They often include simple craft projects using easily accessible materials, promoting imaginative play and learning.
  5. Children's Books on Music:

    • Children's music books introduce young readers to musical concepts, instruments, famous composers, and basic musical notation. They can be interactive, incorporating sound or illustrations to engage children and foster an early love for music.
  6. Children's Books on Photography:

    • Children's books about photography can introduce young readers to basic photography concepts, the use of cameras, and the appreciation of visual storytelling. They are often designed to be accessible and engaging for young minds.

These craft books are valuable resources for both beginners and experienced artists, musicians, photographers, and young readers. They offer guidance, inspiration, and a wealth of knowledge to enhance creativity and skills in their respective domains.

Below you can find our editor's choice of the best craft books on the market
  

Fun and Easy Crafting with Recycled Materials: 60 Cool Projects that Reimagine Paper Rolls, Egg Cartons, Jars and More!

Page Street Kids

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Crafting: The Top 300 Best Crafts: Fun and Easy Crafting Ideas, Patterns, Hobbies, Jewelry and More For You, Family, Friends and Holidays (Have Fun ... Sewing Decorating Woodworking Painting Guide)

Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

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Low-Mess Crafts for Kids: 72 Projects to Create Your Own Magical Worlds

Page Street Publishing

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DIY Crafts for Girls: Pretty Projects You Were Made to Create!

Harvest House Publishers

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The Art of Stone Painting: 30 Designs to Spark Your Creativity

Dover Publications

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The Art of Stone Painting

Full-color photographs accompany directions for painting themes that range from trees, flowers, and animals to mandalas, geometric patterns, holiday motifs, and more.

30 Designs to Spark Your Creativity

Starting with the basics - including finding and choosing stones as well as tools and materials - the guide offers a variety of techniques, including painting stones with colors or inks, painting on natural stone, and sealing the finished work.

PVC Pipe: Fun, Useful & Innovative PVC Pipe Projects For Your Home & Garden

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Awesome Science Experiments for Kids: 100+ Fun STEM / STEAM Projects and Why They Work (Awesome STEAM Activities for Kids)

Rockridge Press

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100+ STEAM projects

Design, build, invent, try out new ideas, and learn awesome skills just like a scientist, artist, or engineer.

Learn the scientific method

Ask questions, research, formulate a hypothesis, design experiments, test the hypothesis, analyze the data, and draw conclusions.

Easy-to-follow instructions

Each project includes a simple list of materials and clear, step-by-step instructions.

Household materials

Get creative with paper, paint, rubber bands, empty bottles, cardboard tubes, jars, tape, and lots more.

The Craft: How the Freemasons Made the Modern World

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Adventure Girls!: Crafts and Activities for Curious, Creative, Courageous Girls

Rockridge Press

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Outdoor play

Build essential outdoor skills, including making trail markers, telling directions with stars, and more.

Scientific study

Get excited about learning through activities like bird watching, building a weathervane, or stargazing.

Arts and crafts

Discover new things to create, like origami bookmarks, a kite, board games, paper airplanes, and nature prints.

First Time Sewing: The Absolute Beginner's Guide

Creative Publishing International Editors

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Class Act

Quill Tree Books

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Crafting Fun for Kids of All Ages: Pipe Cleaners, Paint & Pom-Poms Galore, Yarn & String & a Whole Lot More

Sky Pony

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How to Draw 101 Animals (1)

Imagine That

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Calling all budding artists! For easy step-by-step drawing fun, these best-selling ‘How to Draw 101’ titles are all you need.

  • Perfect for travel, holidays and rainy days, ‘How to Draw 101’ activity books provide creative, mess-free fun for junior artists everywhere!
  • Featuring popular drawing themes such as animals, people, cartoons, dinosaurs and more, there are a variety of fun-filled titles to capture every imagination!
  • The popular ‘How to Draw 101’ art activity books have sold over 4 million copies worldwide and continue to be best-sellers.

Develop drawing skills

Follow the simple step-by-step drawings to develop drawing skills and raise confidence so children can successfully draw freehand pictures of their own.

Easy step-by-step drawing

Each image is broken down into simple steps using basic shapes that can be easily copied.

101 different characters

Each title features 101 exciting different characters in various shapes, sizes and poses!

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