--- product_id: 9280476 title: "- Great Colonial America Projects: You Can Build Yourself" price: "€ 35.82" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 8 url: https://www.desertcart.be/products/9280476-great-colonial-america-projects-you-can-build-yourself store_origin: BE region: Belgium --- # Hands-on history learning Ages 9-12 focused 12+ DIY colonial projects - Great Colonial America Projects: You Can Build Yourself **Price:** € 35.82 **Availability:** βœ… In Stock ## Summary > πŸ› οΈ Step back in timeβ€”build your own colonial adventure today! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** - Great Colonial America Projects: You Can Build Yourself - **How much does it cost?** € 35.82 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.be](https://www.desertcart.be/products/9280476-great-colonial-america-projects-you-can-build-yourself) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - β€’ **Age-Targeted Learning:** Perfectly designed for curious 9-12 year olds - β€’ **Educational & Engaging:** Combines history lessons with fun, hands-on projects - β€’ **Proven Learning Impact:** Boosts retention through interactive, memorable activities - β€’ **Immersive DIY Experience:** Build authentic colonial crafts and tools yourself - β€’ **Everyday Materials, Real Results:** Use common household items to create colonial artifacts ## Overview Great Colonial America Projects: You Can Build Yourself is a hands-on educational book designed for children ages 9-12. It features over a dozen DIY projects that recreate colonial American life using everyday materials, helping young learners engage deeply with history through crafting, cooking, and traditional skills. Highly rated and popular among parents seeking interactive learning tools, this book transforms history lessons into memorable experiences. ## Description Great Colonial America Projects You Can Build Yourself introduces readers ages 9Β–12 to colonial America through hands-on building projects. From dyeing and spinning yarn to weaving cloth, from creating tin plates and lanterns to learning wattle and daub construction. Great Colonial America Projects You Can Build Yourself gives readers a chance to experience how colonial Americans lived, cooked, entertained themselves, and interacted with their neighbors. Review: I am glad to have found a hands on history book. - My daughter learns the best with hands on projects. I have been making up and finding them on line for history lessons and was very excited to find this. I will be getting more in the series as I need them. Review: Hands-on creates lasting memories - We have been loving the Colonial America book. We've already worked our way through most of it, enjoying the following projects: making a stick-and-hoop game, crafting a scented pomander (out of orange, cloves, and cinnamon), making silhouette portraits, weaving (with yarn and an oatmeal container), learning "fan talk", cooking Johnny Cakes (cornmeal pancakes), making tin plates out of foil and toothpicks, making signs for cabinetmaking and bookbinding shops, making tin lanterns...and more are planned. Along the way, I have become very pleased with the amount of knowledge my children (7 and 9) are retaining. The projects truly do include items found in most homes, and most are easy enough for the children to do alone. The book is packed with so much detail and information on daily colonial life, as well as famous figures, stories, and timelines--it is now our go-to reference book on that time period. I can't wait to go through Kris Bordessa's other hands-on books. ## Features - Used Book in Good Condition ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #184,018 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #102 in Children's General Social Science Books #125 in Children's Government Books #206 in Children's Books on United States Colonial & Revolutionary History | | Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 107 Reviews | ## Images ![- Great Colonial America Projects: You Can Build Yourself - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91BMmr5XDmL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I am glad to have found a hands on history book. *by A***. on December 28, 2013* My daughter learns the best with hands on projects. I have been making up and finding them on line for history lessons and was very excited to find this. I will be getting more in the series as I need them. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Hands-on creates lasting memories *by K***C on February 16, 2010* We have been loving the Colonial America book. We've already worked our way through most of it, enjoying the following projects: making a stick-and-hoop game, crafting a scented pomander (out of orange, cloves, and cinnamon), making silhouette portraits, weaving (with yarn and an oatmeal container), learning "fan talk", cooking Johnny Cakes (cornmeal pancakes), making tin plates out of foil and toothpicks, making signs for cabinetmaking and bookbinding shops, making tin lanterns...and more are planned. Along the way, I have become very pleased with the amount of knowledge my children (7 and 9) are retaining. The projects truly do include items found in most homes, and most are easy enough for the children to do alone. The book is packed with so much detail and information on daily colonial life, as well as famous figures, stories, and timelines--it is now our go-to reference book on that time period. I can't wait to go through Kris Bordessa's other hands-on books. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good lessons to learn *by J***N on March 5, 2015* Good book. Some of projects for younger folks (if you have some would be great - or if your teaching primary history classes and allowed to mention early America). Some are just good things to know how to do. I'm only downgrading as somewhat more simplistic for us. 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