In the Arts and Crafts of Storytelling, American folk heroes come to life, help learners expand their vocabulary and increase knowledge of figurative language. Students identify figurative language like similes, idioms and hyperboles. The project further serves to teach children to write original tall tales after being inspired by stories that are such a rich part of our American cultural heritage. The tall tale characters studied include John Henry, Pecos Bill, Johnny Appleseed and Paul Bunyan. As an added bonus original games about the heroes is created and played by classmates.