{"product_id":"9780740787003","title":"Sneakiest Uses for Everyday Things: How to Make a Boomerang with a Business Card, Convert a Pencil into a Microphone, Make Animated Origami, Turn a TV Tray into a Giant Robot, and Create Alternative Energy Science Projects","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor folks who wonder why they keep tossing odds and ends in that junk drawer in the kitchen, \u003ci\u003eSneakiest Uses for Everyday Things\u003c\/i\u003e offers evidence that technology doesn't always have to come from Best Buy, Amazon.com, or Microsoft.\" --\u003ci\u003eU.S. News and World Report \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e* Putterers, would-be inventers, and science-fair parents rejoice as Cy Tymony offers fifty new projects to bring out your inner MacGyver.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e* 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e* 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Andrews McMeel Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47126315434224,"sku":"9780740787003","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780740787003_p0.jpg?v=1769901102","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780740787003","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}