5 Vintage Issues of Pack-O-Fun Scrap-Craft Magazine Vol. 7 1957-1958, Very Good

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5 Issues of Pack-O-Fun, Scrap-Craft Magazine
November 1957 - March 1958, Volume 7, Nos. 3-7
Published by John Clapper, Edited by Edna Clapper
Softcover Booklets, 8.25-inches x 5.5-inches
Very Good Vintage Condition. The booklets are clean,  covers attached, secure bindings, no writing, no highlighting, lightly toned inner pages, no stains, no rips, no edge chipping, no remainder marks, not ex-library. Some light visible surface and edge wear from age use, storage and handling. Vintage owners subscription address printed on front covers.
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Edna Clapper
had a knack for turning everyday household items into children's craft projects. Transforming an empty bleach bottle into a piggy bank, dry-cleaning bags into a poodle, and burnt matchsticks into a cross were some of her creations to keep her Scouts busy each week. The project ideas led her to start her own scrap-craft magazine, Pack-O-Fun, in 1951, with her husband, John, who served as publisher. It's the oldest craft magazine in existence, certainly nationwide and probably worldwide as well. While in college, Edna attended a church picnic, where she met John Clapper. The two were married in 1940. In 1945, they bought a home in Park Ridge, where she raised three children. Her first venture with her husband involved making and selling birdhouse kits. They later planned a magazine filled with low-cost craft projects. "The magazine was aimed at Cub Scout leaders, teachers and people working with children," said former editor Kay Sweeney. "It was making things from real scraps--Popsicle sticks, clothespins. It was very innovative." As founding editor, Mrs. Clapper was the driving force behind the magazine for 25 years. She insisted on exact, step-by-step directions for her projects and used her children as test subjects. "They would try it and she would watch them, and if they had a rough time with it, she would adjust it so that it was a workable project," Sweeney said. The first issue of Pack-O-Fun was assembled in her basement using mimeographs and a sewing machine. Three hundred free copies were distributed. When Mrs. Clapper brought her publication to a Cub Scout meeting, every den mother bought a copy. Group leaders were always in need of things to do that didn't cost anything. The Hobby Industry Association honored the Clappers with the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2001 for their service to the craft industry.
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Crafting - the activity or hobby of making decorative objects with your hands.
Also: Scrapbooking, casting, composing, drafting, drawing up, formulating, framing, preparing, fabricating, fashioning, forming, molding, sculpturing, shaping, couching, expressing, phrasing, stating, verbalizing, wording, authoring, inditing, penning, writing, conceiving, concocting, devising, building, constructing, making, assembling, compounding, piecing (together), redrafting, reformulating, reframing, putting together, projects, arts and crafts, children, kids, child, parents, teachers, toddlers, infants