"Searching for simple paper folding projects for your makerspace? You've found them! From happy hounds and clever cats to floating ships and shining stars, these amazing 10-minute origami projects will have kids making in no time!"-- Provided by publisher.

Designing and making successful automata involves combining materials, mechanisms and magic. Making Simple Automata explains how to design and construct small scale, simple mechanical devices made for fun. Materials such as paper and card, wood, wire, tinplate and plastics are covered along with mechanisms - levers and linkages, cranks and cams, wheels, gears, pulleys, springs, ratchets and pawls. This wonderful book is illustrated with examples throughout...

Origami doesn t need to be a stationary piece of art. From a hen that can lay an egg to a beating heart, the projects in this book make origami interactive even after it s been created! Step-by-step instructions take readers through a series of projects, each labeled easy, medium, or hard to guide origamists to the crafts appropriate for their folding skill. Full-color photographs introduce the basic origami techniques as well as add a visual reference...

Walking through his village, a young African boy finds the materials to make a special toy.

Twelve-year-old Gil Goodson competes against thousands of other children at extraordinary puzzles, stunts, and more in hopes of a fresh start for his family, which has been ostracized since his father was falsely accused of embezzling from Golly Toy and Game Company.

Kids can make their own fun with Cool Action Figures & Dolls! This title has everything needed to create one-of-a-kind toys.

Provides instructions and patterns for making a variety of toys and games, including soft toys and puzzles.

Presents step-by-step instructions for making ten moving toys, including a spinning top, a mobile, a balloon racing car, and others.