Makers, get ready. This is your ultimate, must-have, tip-packed guide for taking your DIY projects to the next level--from basic wood- and metalworking skills to plugged-in fun with power tools, from cutting-edge electronics play to 3-D printing wizardry.

Have you ever thought about building your own robot? ROBOT BUILDING FOR TEENS will teach you how to get started in this fascinating hobby. Covering the fundamentals of robot creation, this book will teach you how to design your robot, how to create a prototype, where to buy parts, and how to program your finished robot to perform tasks. ROBOT BUILDING FOR TEENS focuses on the hardware and software involved in creating robots that can sense their environment, make decisions, and perform actions. You will start simply and be led, step-by-step, through the projects in the book. Along the way, you'll learn about advanced robotic systems that use the same principles you're learning in the projects, and you'll also learn what's happening today in the field of robotics, and what the future holds. ROBOT BUILDING FOR TEENS is a fun, easy-to-understand, hands-on guide that will have you building your own robots in no time.

Who needs an electrical engineering degree? This intuitive guide shows how to wire, disassemble, tweak, and re-purpose everyday devices quickly and easily. Packed with full-color illustrations, photos, and diagrams, Hacking Electronics teaches by doing--each topic features fun, easy-to-follow projects.

Once, robots were only found in science fiction books and movies. Today, robots are everywhere! They assemble massive cars and tiny computer chips. They help doctors do delicate surgery. They vacuum our houses and mow our lawns. Robot toys play with us, follow our commands, and respond to our moods. We even send robots to explore the depths of the ocean and the expanse of space. In Robotics, children ages 9 and up learn how robots affect both the future and the present. Hands-on activities make learning both fun and lasting.

The Invent To Learn Guide to Fun features an assortment of insanely clever classroom-tested "maker" projects for learners of all ages. Josh Burker kicks classroom learning-by-making up a notch with step-by-step instructions, full-color photos, open-ended challenges, and sample code. Learn to paint with light, make your own "Operation Game," sew interactive stuffed creatures, build "Rube Goldberg" machines, design artbots, produce mathematically generated mosaic tiles, program adventure games, and more! Your MaKey MaKey, LEGO, old computer, recycled junk, and 3D printer will be put to good use in these fun and educational projects. With The Invent To Learn Guide to Fun in hand, kids, parents, and teachers are invited to embark on an exciting and fun learning adventure!

Learn how to safely create electronic circuits using conductive and insulating doughs. Readers will learn basic circuitry skills, which will be useful in pursuing a variety of engineering projects. Photos, sidebars, and callouts help readers draw connections between new concepts in this book and other makers-related concepts they may already know. Additional text features and search tools, including a glossary and an index, help students locate information and learn new words.

The only thing growing faster than the drone market is the amount of misinformation about them. Almost overnight popular drones like the instantly reconginsable DJI Phantom have created a billion-dollar industry, with a foothold in everything from movie-making to the toy market. This book shows you everything there is to know about drones/multicopters/UAVs (including what really is the correct term for them) in plain, jargon-free English. Find out how they work, how to fly them, how to choose the right drone for you, how to take amazing photos and videos from above and more. The text is accompanied with clear illustrations and brand-new photography. Also included is a complete step-by-step project to build your own modestly-priced drone - great as a first step into the world of drones; fun for one, perfect as an educational project for parent and child. In addition there is a layman's guide to the crucial legal issues around drone flying, and there is an accompanying website with video clips and commmunity links. This book is all you need to take to the skies!

A design-savvy craft book with 35 cute, simple projects that celebrate the people we love in the everyday moments.      This is a book of 35 simple, modern craft projects to make any day special for the people we love. A handmade gift--even the smallest and simplest of gestures--brings a smile and makes a moment more meaningful. Any day, not just holidays and specific occasions, is an opportunity to create and gift. These versatile projects require no special skills and work for a range of people--from children to house guests--and occasions.      Visually driven in its presentation, Make and Give stands apart from the traditional craft book with its bright colors and modern, graphic look. Each project is illustrated with step-by-step photographs, charts, and unique infographics. Less text, more photos, and illustrated designs guide the reader.      The projects are inspired by the things the authors--designers and crafters by trade--make for their own friends and family. The book includes the authors' personal inspiration for each project, as well as "Make This For" tips to encourage readers to think about the special people for whom they could make these crafts.      Projects include fill-in-the-blank tattoos, pressed herb prints, a weekday advent, a family tree embroidery, hand-drawn pillows, and candy capsule necklaces.

Perfect for after school or a rainy Sunday, Playful is a charming collection of 26 unique, modern projects for adults to make with and for young children. Divided into five categories--Playful Dress Up, Playful Toys, Playful Paper Crafts, Playful Repurposing, and Playful Art--the low-skill, high-style, low-cost projects include a tiger piñata, a parade of paper puppets, and a dollhouse made out of cardboard and bright duct tape.

Kathy Ross, America's crafts-for-kids expert, shares some very original hands-on ideas for celebrating Easter. There are two terrific Easter Basket projects, one made from a tissue box and the other from coffee filters. An easy-to-make but dramatic project is the Easter Corsage, a perfect Easter gift. In the Easter decorations category there is the Basket of Flowers Door Wreath, and a great idea for a bouquet made of Eggshell Flowers. And, for your Easter table, the Bunny and Basket Place Cards are adorable. Each of the crafts is made from things found around the house and simple, inexpensive craft items.

his delightful, small-format activity book is bursting at the seams with creative and imaginative activities that are specially designed for the Easter period. Enchanting and wonderfully evocative, this sunny springtime book will charm any child and make Easter extra exciting. You'll find out how to dress up as the Easter Bunny, how to cook loads of yummy Easter treats and how to make cards and decorations that will brighten up every Easter home. Every activity is clearly, colourfully and brightly illustrated with easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions.

In fifteen easy projects, from bouncy bean bags to a rolled-edge sweater, author and knitting expert Melanie Falick teaches kids of all ages how to knit. Through step-by-step instructions and candy-colored illustrations, beginners learn the fundamentals: knitting tools, finger-knitting, and basic stitches such as knit, purl, mattress, overcast, embroidery, and stockinette. Kids Knitting emphasizes fun in every step of the learning process.

Welcome to the club - The Boys' Book of Things To Make is the ultimate compendium of making models games quizzes and puzzles and it's all perfect for active boys. Packed with amazing projects there is enough here to keep busy bodies occupied all year long. This is the book to crush rainy-day blues with alien masks DIY crazy golf pirate games and garden olympics; boredom is not an option.

Superflyer Paper Planes is your comprehensive guide to building the perfect paper plane. Whether you re young or young at heart, there s nothing quite like the thrill of seeing a carefully crafted piece of paper sailing through the air. You ll be astounded as your planes fly faster, higher and longer with these amazing designs. Containing clear, step-by-step instructions on how to create a variety of tried-and-true classics and over 40 new and original designs, this book will provide hours and hours of rewarding fun. This great book has tabs across the top edge so you can go to the plane section you d like to explore and start folding straight-away! Beginning with simple planes, the book then moves through more advanced designs including flying creatures and origami planes. With neat rounded corners and tear-out paper-plane paper included, Superflyer Paper Planes will have you flying in no time.

This is the top, the cream of the crop, the ultimate origami collection against which all others will be judged! With over 125 projects--from animals to cars, dinosaurs to Elvis--if it can be folded, Über Origami has it. Gathered from the most popular books by the ingenious origami expert Duy Nguyen, this array of projects will astound any fan of paper art. Some even use junk mail or dollar bills! And everything’s arranged by category so it’s easy to find just what you’re looking for, from the most traditional folds to funky new designs.   Sections include: Easy Does It (for beginners)  - Animals, Myths & Monsters  -  Man & Machine  -  Irregular Origami  - Holiday Origami

Announcing the biggest, best, most innovative book ever on paper craft. Even better, this is not about how to use costly, artsy paper, but how to turn stuff around the house--magazines and shopping bags, candy wrappers and paint sample cards, wrapping paper, old maps, and paper towel tubes--into stunning jewelry, gifts, home decor, party favors, and much more. Chances are you've seen the author's cutting-edge work in the windows of Anthropologie, where she is the chain's merchandising manager. An inveterate crafter who creates projects and styles photo shoots for magazines like Parents and Vogue Knitting, Kayte Terry takes the most versatile of materials and the most basic of crafts (remember snipping valentines out of construction paper?), and creates something completely trans- formative. Turn a sheaf of any white or graph paper into an amazing Scrap Happy Globe Lantern for the dining room. Fashion colored tissue paper into Songbird Votives, leftover raffle tickets into a Prizewinning Bowl, that out-dated pile of holiday catalogs into a picture frame. There's a necklace made of playing cards, a gum wrapper bracelet, and barrettes made by quilling--a paper technique that goes back to the Renaissance. Every project is photographed in full color, and includes step-by-step illustrations and instructions. Truly a book that shows how to think outside the (cardboard) box.