Carving fun at home and on the road - 16 funny, original carving ideas for nature-loving children and adults - With a small carving school and many step-by-step instructions - The ideal gift for all carving fans Building a small raft from branches and twigs, carving a pipe or cheerful dwarves - it's exciting and a lot of fun! This book shows how to do it: Which wood is best suited for carving and where can you find it? Which knife do you need and how to handle it? Afterwards 16 great projects are waiting to be implemented. Each carving idea is explained step by step and with many photos, for example how to cut imaginative patterns into a walking stick, how to build a cork sling and how to carve lightning-fast spinning tops and funny figures that are great gifts.