Reaching the end of our homeschool art clean-out!
Great for families, co-ops, teachers
Good used condition, see photos
Local pick-up for purchases over $5.
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See separate posts for Art Books vs. Art Activities
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CRAFT PROJECTS
All 11 books for $20 or priced individually
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$4 - WASHI TAPE OR SIMILAR: Scotch Expressions Tape: 75 Tips and Techniques
$4 - DRAWING: Mark Kistler’s Imagination Station, from Public TV Draw Squad, 1994, 284 pages.
$3 – GRAPHIC ARTS: Easy Lessons in Graphic Arts, A Self-Teaching Program, Walch activity text grades 7-12.
$3 - Paper Hearts Made Easy by Robert Kelley, ages 5+, 1997. Two pages of instructions, then about 23 pages to cut out. Name printed top front cover.
$5 - CARD FOLDING: 460 Iris Folded Cards to Make, The complete iris folding compendium, by Gaasenbeek and Beauveser, 2008, 272 pages, 1844483088, original price $25.95, from Craft Club. One page was mis-cut by printer but is all there.
$3 – BALLOONS: The Magic of Balloon Modelling, hardcover, 2002. 48 pages.
$2 - More Creative Lettering with Lindsay, by Lindsay Ostrom, 1998, 41 pages. We mostly used during study of Middle Ages, trying to write fancy, though one of our kids always enjoyed using creative lettering in her history notebooks.
$1 - Calligraphic Ornaments: Copyright Free Designes Printed One Side, by Takahashi, 1987, Dover Pub., 32 pages. Can be used with tracing paper, copy machine, or just as an idea book.
$1 - String Art (No Nails Needed), by Judy/Instructo, 1981, 20 pages. Instructions and 16 patterns. Instead of traditional wood and nails, this pattern book suggests using tapestry needles, and poster or tag board. Older condition and penciled notes inside back cover.
$1 - Building a Solitaire Game and a Peg Board, by Ken Ainsworth, 1998, 24 pages. We did woodworking in middle school or when studying early U.S. history.
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ART ACTIVITIES
All 5 for $15 or priced individually
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$5 - WASHI-TYPE: Tape Activity Book, by Melissa and Doug. 18 spiral-bound, re-usable pages for placing tape on the white lines. The spiral could be rolled off so pages could be passed out for less-coordinated students who need a clear pattern and re-doable surface.
$4 - Snowmen: Snow creatures, crafts, and other winter projects. Spiral-inside-hardcover, with 80 wipe-off pages. Build snowmen to look like cats, aliens, etc. Plus snow castles, snow golfing, snowman wrapping paper, snowman marshmallows and ice cream cones, more.
$5 - Klutz Shrinky Dinks Book, spiral bound. Includes 7 sheets of shrinky plastic, instructions, and tons of drawings you can trace and color by taping the clear plastic over them – first trace the outside lines, then cut out the plastic to that shape, then heat, then draw.
- Also includes two half-sheets of shrinky paper that can be run through the printer before baking, to print professional designs (and can add markers)
$4 - The Incredible Clay Book, Klutz, for making permanent-dry creations such as beads, charms, dragons, décor for everything from frames to light switches, more. 80 pages.
$4 - Create Anything With Clay, Klutz. Mixing colors, making molds, plant buddies, snowglobe scenes, mini food, more. 58 larger pages.
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NOT ELIGIBLE FOR MEDIA MAIL
All 6 for $15 or priced individually
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$3 - 3D Drawing Pad. We used a few pages, but most of the 50 pages are still there.
$2 – Sturdy 3D glasses (I am still looking for the paper 3D classes, those would be $1 instead)
$1 - Pack of pre-cut origami paper.
$4 - Origami page-a-day calendar
As far as I can tell, no pages were used
Includes:
- A foldout booklet of instructions
- An origami page for each day of the year x 314 pages (no Saturdays, so 6 pages per week x 52 weeks)
- On one side is instructions and the other side is the actual colorful origami paper
- The difficulty progresses over the year
- The set is attached at the top like a tablet, and it sits in a plastic holder that has a nail hole that might be used to display a creation
$4 - Kirigami page-a-day calendar
Kirigami involves cutting plus folding
Includes:
- Originally included 6 pages per week. Some of Jan/Feb pages were used, plus a couple pages from other months (e.g. March 9, 17, and 30 not included; September 13 and 28 not included).
- Includes several ads in back which have extra kirgami paper on the back.
- A magnetic-close case
- 4 tabs for organizing by type of fold, with folding steps printed on the divider.
$4 - Think and Do Origami set
African Animals pack for age 7+
As far as I can tell, we never used this set
Includes:
- 30-sheet pack of origami paper, many in animal prints
- Fold-out play mat for the animals, with pop-up tree etc.
- Instruction page