Crafts: Paper
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Creativity With Paper And Yarn….An MP4 Player!
When my son was looking for string and scissors yesterday, I assumed he was going to do some finger knitting, or cats in the cradle. So not long after, when he was walking around the house sporting his new MP4 (actually MP5, he informed me) player made from yarn and paper, we all just had…
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Drawing On Baking Paper!
Drawing on baking paper is a fun way to encourage your kids to draw, as variety is always part of any recipe for success! I've been trying to encourage a few of my kids to draw, as for some reason the desire just doesn't come naturally, who would have thought? This lovely pattern was actually…
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Stamped Birthday Party Favor Tags
Birthday party favor tags, or gift tags for any occasion are so simple to make with just some stamps, colored ink stamp pads and the colored card stock of your choice! I always love the hand crafted look, and this is a great occasion to go all out with the artistic imperfection, which makes this…
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Simple Origami Jumping Frogs For Passover
Origami frogs, namely simple origami jumping frogs, that you and the kids can make in just a few minutes each, are the perfect craft for the Passover seder. And of course they'd work very nicely with the origami pyramids I posted about last week! Teach the kids how to make them, and then let them…
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Spoon Puppet Theater Kid’s Craft
A few weeks ago I introduced you to our latest spoon puppet craft, and now I'm at long last getting around to telling you how we made our sweet little spoon puppet theater. I did this project with a group of about 70 girls, so I can attest to the fact that it's a great project for…
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Giant Paper Flowers For Your Fall Table
Guess what? You're in luck, I do think that giant paper flowers made in cremes and neutral tones look great right about now. Imagine a little candle light, some glitter, a little something rustic, like maybe some burlap or a table runner made out of pieces of aged wood, and you've got yourself a really…
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Paper Bag Apple Tree
Here's a super simple and very artsy fall apple tree project to do with the little ones, or have fun making some yourself! The fun thing about this project is that the more imperfect the better! I think a bunch of these paper bag fall trees would look great lined up down the center of…
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Wine Cork Stamp Rosh HaShana Cards
Wine cork stamps are super simple to make and a great way to make some quick and sweet Rosh HaShana cards. With the Jewish New Year just around the corner in three weeks, now is the perfect time to make cards so that one can even send them to friends and relatives near and far.…
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Simple DIY Gift Tag For Rosh HaShanah Gift Giving
You can make simple and sweet scalloped circle gift tags in just seconds. Okay readers, it doesn't get much simpler than this, that is if you own a scalloped circle craft punch! Certainly a great little trick to have up your sleeve when you decide to give a little unplanned gift and have to use whatever you…
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Sweet Goodbye Necklace
A sweet goodbye necklace with notes written by younger siblings was a nice touch as we said goodbye today to a teenage family member who left to continue his studies far from home. My kids were a bit shocked to see me buying candy, as we generally don't, but in this case nothing else would…
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Dip Dyed Paper Craft
Can you imagine making gorgeous dip dyed patterned papers like these at home, even with the kids? Well, you can, because I actually made these two samples of DIY dyed papers when I was a kid, if you can believe that? I found these while doing some cleaning out at my mother's home a few…