Available Formats
Board book, Reissue (new format)
Published: 7th October 2025
Board book
Published: 3rd September 2019
Board book
Published: 10th January 2023
British Museum Press Out and Decorate: Ancient Egypt
By (Author) Kate McLelland
Nosy Crow Ltd
Nosy Crow Ltd
7th October 2025
17th April 2025
Reissue (new format)
United Kingdom
Children
Non Fiction
Childrens / Teenage general interest: History and the past
Board book
24
Width 164mm, Height 216mm
Make your own 3D decorations with this brilliant board book of press-out ancient Egyptian decorations from the British Museum!
From sarcophaguses to scarab beetles and canopic jars to crocodiles, this book features more than 30 unique, intricately foiled designs that can be slotted together and to create 3D ornaments, hung up or threaded together to make an amazing amulet garland.
Each page is covered in gold foil, with foiled pieces which can be pressed out and coloured in to make a fun collection of ancient Egyptian decorations.
Over 30 different designs to press out, colour and display.
Shiny gold foil on every page.
Sturdy board pages allow you to repeatedly press pieces in and out of the book.
Updated format with hardback spine.
Press out the pieces, get creative with colour, then display your decorations!
This book was developed in consultation with experts at the British Museum.
Other titles in this fantastic series include: Birds, Easter Eggs, Butterflies, Unicorns, Christmas Decorations, Halloween, Flamingos, Llamas and Other Cool Things, Narwhals and Mermaids, Dinosaurs and Chinese Zodiac.
For as long as she can remember, Kate McLelland has loved drawing and painting. Outdoor holidays with her family inspired hours of doodling animals and nature. She is the illustrator for Press Out and Colour: Christmas and Easter, and has a number of books being published, including Blackbird, Blackbird, What Do You Do (Hodder Children's Books) and What's Below (Egmont). Kate lives in West Lothian with her husband and two children.