Nature Crafts With A Microwave: Over 80 Projects

by Dawn Cusick

"It makes a great deal of sense to fast-dry materials that otherwise would consume a lot of preparation time. Drawing on the talents and projects of 10 designers who work with herbs, fruits, and vegetables, and Mother Earth's other produce, Cusick offers crafters more than 60 patterns to copy. Wearable walnuts and seed jewelry, bath powder, and herbal lip balms are only a few of the final results."--Booklist. "...concentrates exclusively on handcrafted items made from natural materials....Most are easily completed and suitable for young people working under adult supervision....Recommended."--LJ. 128 pages (all in color), 8 1/2 x 10.

Genres: Crafts

128 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1994

About the author

Dawn Cusick is blessed with many talents. She combined her writing and artistic skills and spent nearly twenty years working an in-house author and editor for a craft book publisher, producing titles such as Tabletop Fountains, The Michaels' Book of Arts and Crafts, and multiple editions of Quilt National. Her fascination with science and nature has now led her to create children's science books.

In between books, Dawn teaches biology at a community college in western North Carolina, where she lives with her husband, two sons, and not nearly enough cats.

Reviews

[False · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'm selling this book off for a friend who has moved long-distance and was clearing her bookcases. Varied projects using items from the garden and a microwave. Some would be suitable in teaching children gardens and crafts. Wreaths, floral fans, pot pourri's, etc. Victorian dust catchers.

[Perkimom · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cool! Drying natural craft supplies in the microwave.