Sky Lanterns turn an evening party into a real celebration
- light up the sky with a smile on any happy occasion; these Sky Lanterns
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Today you're a zombie, tomorrow you're covered in horrible burns... & no-one wants to ask about the bullet wound to your shoulder! This fantastic kit shows you just how easy it is to create convincingly gruesome special effects using the special wax, face paint, gel blood & tools provided. Perfect for raising your Hallowe'en costume to the next level
- both kids & adults will love the stomach-churning results.
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The influence of the 80s is everywhere at the moment, with many who were young during that era now re-living their childhood. This quiz-style book brings back plenty of memories. Presented as a list of questions (divided into sections) covering television, music & other popular culture & affairs of the time. Answers are in the back. What was Bruce Willis' character called in Moonlighting? How many Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were there? & which soft drink was 'too orangey for crows?' Compulsive entertainment. ...

Kick the ' Blitz spirit' to the kerb & revel in a glorious, mean-spirited grump! This book is filled with philosophical"es, quips & observations from famous minds of the recent & ancient past, selected with a view to their succinctness & brevity so a few can be plucked from the pages at times of need. Sod Calm & Get Angry delights in topics rich for grumbling including politics, work & civilisation, with wisdom from wordy greats such as Abraham Lincoln, Bertrand Russell & Churchill. Every bookshelf needs a copy, for there will always be times when you'll find a satisfying message to add a little grist to the mill of your current gripe. ...

The ingenious Airship is a huge eight metre long sleeve made from a thin black plastic film (like the stuff bin liners are made of) & is simply filled with air when you are ready to fly. To describe the Airship as solar powered is technically true although perhaps a bit misleading. There are no solar panels but it presumably works by absorbing heat from the sun through the black skin, heating the air inside which makes the Airship rise. It is incredible to have something so big hovering up to 50 metres above you, & even possibly slightly unnerving, but as it weighs next to nothing it is completely harmless. Easily repairable if damaged, & re-useable. Excellent entertainment value. Does not require Helium! ...

Often referred to as a 'solar windmill', this fascinating scientific curiosity was invented by the English chemist Sir William Crookes in 1873. When exposed to 'radiant light' such as sunlight or an incandescent light bulb the paddles inside will spin; the hotter the light, the faster they go! This all happens due to pressure imbalances created within the perfect vacuum of the glass bulb. Even if the science is a bit beyond you, it is a truly beguiling marvel to sit on a sunny windowsill & observe. ...

A cute little soldier egg cup to hold a boiled egg
- & where he would normally hold a rifle, he is holding a spoon ready for use.
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