Thursday, January 27, 2011

McCall's Golden Do-It Book

McCALL'S GOLDEN DO-IT BOOK
adapted by Joan Wyckoff
edited by Nan Comstock
Illustrated by William Dugan
Golden Press, 1960

I don't know about you, but I'm a sucker for vintage children's craft books. Though, I always seem to amass more than we could ever possibly craft from. This being one of my faves.

A long day. A short night. Sleep tight everyone, and if you're looking to make ice cream spoon toys or salt-and-starch animals, you know where to find me!

Also by:
Songs We Sing from Rodgers and Hammerstein
How Our Alphabet Grew

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11 comments:

  1. jennifer katesJanuary 27, 2011 at 8:02 PM

    i had this!!

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  2. gefJanuary 27, 2011 at 8:40 PM

    wowsie-what a coincidence-lark and i were just making stuff from mcall's giant golden make-it book-i need this one too!

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  3. Burgin StreetmanJanuary 27, 2011 at 10:28 PM

    YEAH.... this must be the swinging 60s version, complete with ranch style paper doll house to make. looks eerily familiar.....

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  4. sunnybrookgalJanuary 27, 2011 at 11:26 PM

    I LOVED this book as a kid. My mom had a copy from her 1950's childhood (along with another called the Make-It book) and I spent hours busy with projects from it. I still have both books and plan to use them when my own daughter is old enough (she's only 2 1/2 and yes, I am obsessively collecting books for her too:)

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  5. se7enJanuary 28, 2011 at 12:32 AM

    love it!!!... Love it.... LOVE IT!!!

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  6. JunkoJanuary 28, 2011 at 1:29 AM

    Nice!

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  7. Burgin StreetmanJanuary 28, 2011 at 6:29 AM

    So cool that so many people had it!!!

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  8. Queen of the NookJanuary 28, 2011 at 2:04 PM

    This is great! My dad passed down a set of books that were labeled things like, "Science Projects for Boys" and "Having Fun with Science" from his 1950's childhood. My siblings and I always used these for our science fairs and experimenting around the house.

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  9. NanJanuary 30, 2011 at 10:27 AM

    This book makes me wish we could roll back time.

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  10. ChristyJanJanuary 31, 2011 at 9:49 AM

    I actually have this book in my collection ~ I received it as a birthday gift when I was 6.

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  11. toy shops onlineSeptember 15, 2011 at 4:02 AM

    I make profit from this book. I used it as a reference in creating unique artworks for children.

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