Posted in Easter, Holidays, Kids' Crafts, Paper Crafts, Paper Crafts, Patterns & Tutorials on Mar 26th, 2013
Last year I made the girls these Easter Bunny themed crepe paper surprise balls and they were so much fun! A surprise ball is simply crepe paper streamers wrapped around little trinkets and/or candy. When it’s unwrapped the trinkets are revealed. You never know which turn of the paper will reveal a gift so it’s [...]
Posted in Crafting with Kids, Create, Kids' Crafts, Paper Crafts, Paper Crafts, Patterns & Tutorials, Spring, Upcycling on Mar 29th, 2012
Sairshe and I took advantage of a sunny Spring Break day earlier this week (today is stormy and rainy, in true spring flip-flopping fashion) and made these pretty flowers made from egg cartons. I’ve been seeing wreaths made from flowers like this on Pinterest lately and as I was tossing an egg carton into the [...]
Posted in Crafting with Kids, Kids' Crafts, Paper Crafts, Paper Crafts, Patterns & Tutorials, Upcycling, Valentine's Day on Feb 9th, 2012
Sairshe and I made some handmade seed paper hearts last weekend for her to give to her pre-k classmates. It was so fun and easy and I hope the kids really plant them and grow flowers! Here’s a tutorial to inspire you to make your own paper. It’s the best way to use up what [...]
Posted in Celebrate, Christmas, Create, Holidays, Paper Crafts, Paper Crafts, Patterns & Tutorials, Seasons, Winter on Dec 24th, 2008
I love making paper snowflakes and was excited to learn a fancy new (to me) technique from a co-worker 2 Christmases ago. She and I made so many snowflakes that year (while we should have been working) that I actually got sore spots on my thumb and finger from the scissors! These snowflakes have words [...]
Posted in Celebrate, Create, Holidays, Paper Crafts, Paper Crafts, Patterns & Tutorials, Valentine's Day on Feb 11th, 2008
I’ve been a little obsessed with cutting paper designs the last few days. This is not a good activity around my house these days because of a certain tiny person’s ongoing obsession with eating paper. I’ve been trying to scoop up all my little bits of paper before she gets to them, which …
