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Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} The Star Wars Craft Book by Bonnie Burton The Star Wars Craft Book. The Star Wars Craft Book is a fully-illustrated, step-by-step guide to creating Star Wars -themed arts and crafts. It was written by Bonnie Burton and published by Del Rey on March 29, 2011. Contents. Product description [ edit | edit source ] GIVE IN TO THE POWER OF THE CRAFTY SIDE. Chewbacca Sock Puppets. Ewok Flower Vases. AT-AT Herb Gardens. With The Star Wars Craft Book, fans of all ages and skill levels can bring the best of the galaxy far, far away right into their own homes. Fully illustrated, this guide features a variety of fun and original projects. • Playtime: Make and play with finger puppets of your favorite cantina characters, Cuddly Banthas, and Rotta the Huttlet Squeaky Toys for your pets • Home Decor: Spruce up your space with Chewbacca Tissue Box Covers, a Mounted Acklay Head, and a Jabba the Hutt Body Pillow • Holiday Crafts: Celebrate festive occasions with Wookiee Pumpkins, Hanukkah Droidels, and a Star Wars Action Figure Wreath • Nature and Science Crafts: Get down to earth with Emperor Appletine Dolls and a Wookiee Bird House • Star Wars Style: Give your wardrobe a dose of intergalactic chic with Ewok Fleece Hats and an R2-D2 Crocheted Beanie. With easy step-by-step instructions, The Star Wars Craft Book is a joyful and entertaining way for you and your friends to bring many beloved elements of Star Wars to life! (No midi-chlorians required!) Interview with Bonnie Burton. We were lucky enough to catch up with the lovely Bonnie Burton this week. Bonnie is a San Francisco-based author, journalist, Content Developer for Lucas Online, and a staff writer for both Star Wars.com and Star Wars Insider magazine, and maintainer of the Official Star Wars Blog. She's recently authored The Star Wars Craft Book which is packed full of clever projects based on everyone's favorite iconic film franchise. Easy Crafts : What was the most fun thing about creating The Star Wars Craft Book? Bonnie Burton : I love making all kinds of crafts -- dolls, puppets, dog toys, art and so on -- but this book helped me to explore other craft projects that I've never tried before like giant plushies such as the Jabba the Hutt Body Pillow and home decor items like the Ewok flower vase and the AT-AT planter. Plus I got to revisit crafts I did as a kid like the Emperor Appletine Doll and the Star Wars rocks. EC : What was the most difficult project to pull off? BB : The paper-mache Acklay creature was the most extensive craft I've ever pulled off. I originally wanted to do its body too, but I realized I would run out of room in my apartment if I tried to make the whole thing life size. So I just settled for making its head so you can mount it like a taxidermy deer head. EC : What's your advice for someone who wants to start crafting but has never walked into a craft store before or picked up a stick of glue? BB : Craft stores can be mazes of creativity. You're never sure which way to go first. I would suggest that first time crafters start with something easy, like my Chewbacca Tissue Box Cover or the Wookiee Bird House. There's a LOT of easy crafts in The Star Wars Craft Book because I wanted to make sure both kids and 1st time crafters had a lot of projects to choose from. I also have recycle crafts like the Star Wars snow globes so you can make something fun from the stuff you already have around the house and you don't have to go to the craft store. EC : Which Star Wars character do you think would be the craftiest? BB : I'd like to think that Yoda knits when he's alone. A lot of knitters have told me that knitting feels like meditation at times. He has a lot of patience too, so I bet he's got impressive origami skills. I'd love to see the kind of craft projects Yoda would come up with. He probably has a model of the Jedi Academy made completely out of toothpicks. EC : Which character would have the hardest time getting crafty? BB : Jar Jar is all thumbs, so I could imagine him spilling glitter everywhere, or talking nonsense to a bag of googley eyes. Also you have to allow yourself some mistakes, so Darth Vader wouldn't be that great at crafting. He'd probably smash the Wookiee Birdhouse to bits before he ever finished it. EC : What sort of mods would you make to your lightsaber if you could create one? And what color would it be? BB : I think my lightsaber would probably look like a cross between a steampunk sword and a glitter wand! EC: Were there any Star Wars projects you wish you had included in the book, or ideas that were just too big and involved to include? BB : I wish I could have snuck a robotics craft in the book so kids could build their own droids just like Anakin did. I'm working now on a Sarlacc Pit bed for dogs. Luckily, I don't think I'll ever run out of Star Wars craft ideas. EC : What are some of the most impressive Star Wars projects you've seen fans create? BB : In addition to seeing the crafts fans make from my book, I've seen some amazing crafts from fans. Whether it's the R2 Builders making amazing astromechs that work, or the 501st and Rebel Legion making their own beautiful costumes, Star Wars fans are some of the most talented fans I've ever met. I included some of my favorite fan-made crafts in the book as well such as the Millenium Falcon bed! EC : Do you ever visit and use Wookieepedia ? If so what's your favorite thing about that Wiki? BB : I love Wookieepedia for all the weird facts and extensive files on every single Star Wars thing you can imagine. EC : Any fun new projects you're working on that you want to share? BB : I'm working on making an AT-AT room divider, a tauntaun puppet and lightsaber pillows! The fun never ends! ;-) Star Wars - Legends Ser.: Craft Book by Bonnie Burton (2011, Trade Paperback) С самой низкой ценой, совершенно новый, неиспользованный, неоткрытый, неповрежденный товар в оригинальной упаковке (если товар поставляется в упаковке). Упаковка должна быть такой же, как упаковка этого товара в розничных магазинах, за исключением тех случаев, когда товар является изделием ручной работы или был упакован производителем в упаковку не для розничной продажи, например в коробку без маркировки или в пластиковый пакет. См. подробные сведения с дополнительным описанием товара. The Force Is Strong With The Star Wars Craft Book. To revist this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories. My Tooka Doll. Photo: Jenny Williams. To revist this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories. When I first knew Bonnie Burton years ago, she was that interesting person who worked across the hall who had a distinctive personal style. I wasn't surprised that she went far. Now at Lucasfilm, doing all kinds of Star Wars crafts and other things, she has put together another book to add to her growing library, The Star Wars Craft Book . I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to interview Bonnie over at GeekDad, and to review The Star Wars Craft Book here at GeekMom. The Star Wars Craft Book begins by talking about supplies for the craft projects, including what you will need and variations to choose from. The rest of the book consists of detailed instructions, photos, and reproducible patterns for over 40 projects in a range of areas including toys, science, crafts, wearables, decorations, and more. Some of the projects I'd seen before, such as her finger puppet Yoda, but some were brand new, both to me and to the rest of the world. But you can't review a craft book without trying some of the crafts, so I picked the two that appealed to me the most. I chose the Tooka Doll and the Cuddly Bantha. After shopping for the necessary supplies that I didn't already have, I started with the Tooka Doll, since I knew it would be the faster and easier craft. Bonnie included a handy reproducible pattern for the Tooka body, which started me off. The other required felt pieces had no pattern, and, after making it, I understood why. The other pieces have to fit around parts of the main body, which will always turn out slightly differently each time. It's easier to measure what you need after the main part of the body is complete. So, after plenty of hand sewing done in front of some movies based on British novels, I was done. My Tooka Doll was perfect in my eyes. My kids agree, and regularly take her from me. This one is a great craft for kids or parents, or anyone relatively comfortable with a needle and thread. And, as John Booth and his daughter did over at GeekDad, you can choose your own colors for the doll. I happened to really like the original colors, so I went with those. My Cuddly Bantha. Photo: Jenny Williams. If I'd done the Tooka Doll all in one sitting, I probably could have finished it in a couple of hours.