amusements

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amusements

The American boy's handy book

what to do and how to do it
2008
A collection of activities, adventures, and games for both indoors and outdoors including building an aquarium, sailing, camping, making home-made fishing tackle, and other fun activities for every day of the year.

Sneakiest uses for everyday things

how to make a boomerang with a business card, convert a pencil into a microphone, make animated origami, turn a TV tray into a giant robot, and create alternative energy science projects
2007
Presents instructions and diagrams for forty "sneaky" science projects involving common household items such as a pencil, hangers, and ice cubes, including tricks, gadgets, energy simulations, and other types.

The unofficial official handbook for boys

2008
An unofficial handbook for boys that contains activities, facts, games, and ideas about a number of topics of interest to boys.

Slumber party book

1997
Provides ideas for birthday slumber parties on ten different themes, covering everything from invitations, activities, food, and favors.

Shari Lewis presents 101 things for kids to do

1987
Presents 101 tricks, stunts, and simple crafts, including explanations of how to turn a quarter into a dime and make a drinking cup from a piece of paper.

365 afterschool activities

TV-free fun for kids ages 7-12
1995

Fun and games with Paddington

1978
Paddington the bear presents a variety of activities involving fortune telling, baking, gardening, photography, games, handicrafts, and other amusements.

Judy Moody's way wacky uber awesome book of more fun stuff to do

2010
Have you ever played Mood Libs? How many fun facts do you know about chewing gum? Is your personality more like Judy's or her brother Stink's? From pranks to yoga poses, making paper snowflakes to matching up pet tracks, this book is bursting with quizzes, challenges, crafts, and other cool stuff.

Passing the time

entertainment in the 1800s
2011
Describes what nineteenth-century Americans did for entertainment, with information on the games, activities, sports, and other things they enjoyed and discussing how entertainment changed throughout the century.

More new games! -- and playful ideas from the New Games Foundation

1981
Sixty new games, grouped by number of participants and level of activity and illustrated with photographs.

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