Difficult Coloring Pages: Mandala with Easter Eggs & Butterflies
Tons of easy Easter coloring pages to be found online (We created a free one online last year for you).
However difficult coloring pages, with nice butterflies and Easter eggs in an interesting mandala, those are hard to find. So, we designed one for you.
Here is your own free, original, difficult Mandala coloring page [...]
Ideas for Easter Decorations
Get a head start this year. Easter is around the corner. Making this a fun-filled holiday means getting prepared early enough so that you can actually enjoy all those preparations and craft projects that invariably come along with Easter brunches, Easter egg hunts and other Easter parties.
Here are some of the projects we featured last [...]
Book of the Month – February – Kids Craft
Today, I don’t just want to promote just one book, but rather a whole slew of them: Klutz Kits.
Their books are not normal books, but craft project books that often come with tools and materials to make the projects described within. My niece and I have come to look for their books at any North [...]
Wrapping Up Gifts with Unusual Recyclables
I wrote this post with bulk Valentine’s day gift wrapping in mind. However, then I realized that gift wrapping with unusual recyclables is something to do AT ALL TIMES. Green gift wrapping is not only good for the environment, it’s good for the soul. Creativity soars and whimsy emerges.
It is amazing what you can [...]
How to Cut a Paper Heart Doily
Who said a doily has to be round? Want a heart instead & wonder how to cut a paper heart doily? Easy. Just do as you’d normally do with a circular paper doily.
Step-by-Step Paper Doily Making Tutorial
1. Fold a rectangular piece of paper over (resulting 2 long rectangular blocks). Cut the outside of the [...]
Valentine Friendship Bracelet Cuff – Kids Upcycling
Over the weekend, my niece and I designed some novel friendship bracelets for herself and her buddies, to hand out on Valentine’s Day.
Which little girl would not like to get one of these from her friend? Anyhow, it’s another demonstration of the infinite number of lovely things one can make from recycled toilet paper [...]
Wooden Heart Frame
Sunday and … nothing to do??? Well, you don’t need to bring the ‘Cat in the Hat’ in the house for entertainment. You can just embellish a wooden heart frame.
What you’ll need for this Valentine frame:
Foam hearts
sequins
white glue
a picture of yourself, a lovely photography, or some Valentine verses
(photo credit: paul segal)
30 minutes, if that.
Step [...]
Let’s Design a 3D Butterfly ‘Painting’
We all know the symbolic meaning of butterflies to be Spring and transformation. Well, I feel for me, Spring, as well as Transformation is in the air. When butterflies flutter in your belly, you’re in love. Such lovely symbolism…
I thought today to craft a lesson plan tutorial for classroom use. Needless to say, you can [...]
Handmade Valentine Cards Ideas
Need to whip up an easy Valentine greeting card, or clean and simple stamped note cards? Good. What I want to show to day is how easy it is to make lovely cards with minimal tools.
Easy Valentine Craft
These rubber stamped cards with hearts, squares & rectangles will do the trick for you. They cost less [...]
Valentine Cards for Kids: i.e. The Entire Class!
“You’re such a sweetie. To: you, From: me”, it reads.
I am asking all moms: ‘What’s not to love about this?’ All you have to do is print it and add the names. Done.
I am dedicating this to all moms who are being jumped upon by another class mom deciding that all the kids [...]
Peace Symbol Ruffle Necklace - Upcycled Tween Jewelry Craft
"It is amazing what you can do with an old curtain and a sewing machine."
This, my dear friends, is Australian humor. My Aussie boyfriend at the time gave me a compliment on my dress. Yes, they may speak English downunder, but they sure speak another language than North Americans.
Anyhow, the whimsy of the [...]
Free Calendar 2010
Free Funky Calendar 2010 on a zero $ budget? Yes, here are 4 fun & crafty calendars that you only have to … print! How lovely a start of the new year is that!
