Learning new skills from books and Giveaway

Books  are a wonderful way to learn new crafts and skills. During the holiday season, we learned many skills from a variety of DK Canada books. We explored the following books Embroider Your Life, Help Your Kids with Study Skills, How Not to Kill Your Houseplant, and Crafty Gifts. 

Embroider Your Life is an inspiring book that teaches the simplest embroidery stitches and techniques we can use for different projects. 

I was inspired by the easy-to-understand photos of contemporary and modern motifs in the book, and used it to embroider the felt pillow pictured above. The patterns explore colour, stitch variations, fabric grounds, thread types, scale, fills, and more.

The DK's bestselling Help Your Kids With series has come in handy multiple times in our home. This series of books contain crystal-clear visual breakdowns of important subjects. The user-friendly simple graphics and jargon-free text makes it a valuable resource for parents who want to help their children get the most out of school.

Help Your Kids with Study Skills is a unique step-by-step visual guide with invaluable advice on how we can support our child's classwork, homework, and revision, with effective study methods that suit a range of learning styles for the third grade level and beyond. From exploring your child's preferred learning approach to using mind maps, flow charts, and mnemonic devices to handling test preparation and exam-day anxiety, this guide can help place our child on the road to success. There is a section covering math, science, history, geography, and other core areas giving subject-specific tips.

How Not to Kill Your Houseplant is a fabulous book by Veronica Peerless. If you are planning on growing and caring for indoor plants, there are over 50 different types of popular houseplants in this book. It summarizes what type of care the plants do or do not need. There is also a helpful section on how we can be on the lookout for warning signs of a sick plant, from brown spots to crispy leaves, to make sure we take the proper action to rescue our plants. 

This book helps us learn the basics of horticulture, from watering plants to knowing what kind of soil it should be placed in, and how much light plants need every day. It helps us understand if a certain type of plant will thrive in our living space before we invest in the plant.

Crafty Gifts is a brand-new craft book for young crafters and makers ages 7 and up by Jane Bull. There are more than 20 projects and inspiration to personalize each one. It teaches children how they can make handmade gifts such as picture frames, bath fizzies and paper flower bouquets, and learn how to use doodle patterns to wrap the gifts, and make their own creative pop up cards. The step-by-step instructions and visually stunning photography make each of the projects approachable and child friendly. Crafty Gifts shows young makers that it is always better to create a gift than to buy one.

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