Planet Yumthing Do-It-Yourself: Create, Design, Reinvent, and Make It Yours

Ela Jaynes, Darren Greenblatt. Bantam Books for Young Readers, $12.95 (96pp) ISBN 978-0-553-37595-4

Fashion, beauty, crafts and party advice aplenty brim from the pages of Planet Yumthing DIY: Create, Design, Reinvent, and Make It Yours! by Ela Jaynes and Darren Greenblatt. This handbook-style paperback features instructions and illustrations for making clothes and handbags out of old jeans or T-shirts, concocting natural facial products and planning creative parties, plus recipes and many other crafty ideas.

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