Sneakiest Uses for Everyday Things: How to Make a Boomerang with a Business Card

<p>For folks who wonder why they keep tossing odds and ends in that junk drawer in the kitchen, <em>Sneakiest Uses for Everyday Things</em> offers evidence that technology doesn't always have to come from Best Buy, Amazon.com, or Microsoft." --<em>U.S. News and World Report </em></p><p>* Putterers, would-be inventers, and science-fair parents rejoice as Cy Tymony offers fifty new projects to bring out your inner MacGyver.</p><p>In the third book in Cy Tymony's Sneaky Uses series you will learn how to turn a piece of paper into a Frisbee, a business card into a boomerang, a TV tray into a robot, and more.</p><p>* Beginning with a complete list of materials and continuing through easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions paired with helpful illustrations, most projects will be completed in just minutes using common items found around the house.</p><p>* Teachers, parents, scout leaders, and enterprising youngsters will use their ingenuity to turn ordinary, everyday objects into something extraordinary, like a pencil into a microphone, Walkman ear buds into an intercom, or a telephone cord into a motor. The book also includes bonus alternative-energy projects and a foreword by NPR's Science Friday host Ira Flatow.</p><br><br><b>Author:</b> Cy Tymony<br><b>Publisher:</b> Andrews McMeel Publishing<br><b>Published:</b> 11/01/2007<br><b>Pages:</b> 170<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.50lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 7.40h x 5.30w x 0.60d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780740768743<br><p>