Crepe Paper Flowers

This past weekend, I had fun making these crepe paper flowers with my little one. Infact she did most of the gluing. I just had to cut the papers into petals and she did the gluing part. I had lots of crepe  paper remaining from the crepe paper banner I had made for one of the birthday parties. I knew, I didn't want to store the banner, but didn't want to toss away all those crepe paper pieces which were in good condition. So thought of making flowers. It was a good project to keep my little one busy and she was so excited to make all these.

Popsicle Crate Box.

Get some Popsicle sticks and make these small crates. Its cute, its fun and can be used for many different things. Everything is cuter in tiny versions and this little crate is just that. But its still big enough to store or display things.

Mini Pallet Coaster

Few days back, I bought a bag of popsicle sticks for a project my son was working on. We had plenty remaining after his work was done. Then came the idea of making something with the sticks. These coasters were the first thing I made. So inexpensive and looks great...:)

Rolled Paper Flowers

Paper Flowers are so much fun to make. And if kept properly they are fresh all year long..;)
If you have browsed through my other projects, you would have guessed, how much I love working with paper and making paper flowers. So here is another rolled paper flower.

Paper Butterflies

Aren't these the cutest little butterflies!I tell ya, these are very addictive to make. You make one and you feel like making more...

So here are the steps to making these..

Paper Angel

As with most of you, I am enjoying this festive season and not being able to get to the blog. But I was missing my blog too. So thought of sharing this easy accordion folded paper angles that I made few days back.

This is a fun and easy project for kids too.

Paper Chandelier

Its been quiet sometime since my last post. Phew, this summer is getting more busy than the school days. I guess its the same for many of us. We have been shuffling kids between camps, trying to keep them busy. Also we wanted to take few road trips and we just returned from one. What a refreshing break it was and I am already ready for another trip.

I had made these paper chandelier few days back, just because my daughter has been asking for one to put in her room. Well, she didn't say paper chandelier and I am pretty sure she meant a real one. But then when she saw this paper version, she was quiet delighted...:)

Easy Paper Flower

Made these paper flowers the other day. It is quick and easy to make. You can use it a variety of ways, in cards or maybe make a bunch to use in a garland just like I used it.

Honeycomb Balls

I have been wanting to make these honeycomb balls for quiet sometime. It seems that the procedure to make these will be difficult, but it is quiet easy.

I made it with sheets from an old magazine, but you can use any paper of your choice. You can make with one color or alternate with different colors.

Coloring , Painting, Dying Eggs.

So last weekend we spent some time coloring eggs. We painted some of the eggs, dyed some and some we colored with pens.

And we did a whole bunch of it..:)

Paper dress

I am loving this paper dress. Use it in cards or scrapbook. Or make a few and clip them to a string to make a garland for a shower or any party.

Below are the instructions with pictures. In the pictures below, don't be confused when the color of the paper changes...:)  I was making the first one and taking pictures along the way. But later on going through the pictures, I realized I missed taking pictures of some of the steps I wanted. So started to make another one, but then some of the pictures came out blurry. So I had to mix the pictures in the instructions..:(

Happy Valentines!!

This year for valentine class gift/card exchange, we gave tattoos. I found this adorable 'love' tattoo boxes at target and thought it was great for giving out to friends.

I printed these sayings which I thought was appropriate with tattoos...'I'm stuck on you', 'Stick with me Valentine' and 'I'll stick with you Valentine' on plain Word document. Cut the sayings out and tied it with a ribbon. It looked quite plain on a plain printer paper, maybe I should have printed on red paper. But this is what I had, so ended up just coloring the top and bottom with red pen. That's red enough I think..:)

Cardboard Dollhouse

I made this doll house few months back. I made it with one of the packaging boxes from Amazon. It was a nice recycling project, which was fun to make and turned out pretty nice. I tried furnishing the house and as you can see made a dresser and stove too. I did add other pieces too - made sofa and a bed. And then my little helpers took it over. They colored on the walls and also the furniture. But this is how it looked before the little interior designers took over.

Heart Garland

Just in time for valentine, here is a quick heart garland that you can make.

Cork Sail Boats

I wanted to share one of the projects that my daughter did. She loves arts and crafts. You might want to check out some of her other art works at http://rheasart.blogspot.com/
These boats can actually float, so its fun racing them. Try blowing bubbles using the straw or come up with ways to make your boat move forward and race...:)

8 Point Origami star

I made an Origami star few days back, the one which is pictured below and I had so much fun making it, that I wanted to try learning making more and different kinds. By the way, you can find the instructions for that star, which started all this here.  Now that I am trying more origami stuff, you'll be seeing more of such posts here in the coming days...:)

Crossbow using craft sticks.

During winter break it was fun doing crafts with kids. One of the things that we made was this crossbow using craft sticks. After we each made our own bow and arrow, it was fun playing with them. This amazingly goes pretty far.

You can make this and play the game of who throws the furthest. Or if you have a number of balloons you can blow them up, stick them on the wall and see who can burst the balloons, just like playing the throwing the darts game..:)

Paper Bows.

Few days back I came across this tutorial to make this paper bow and fell in love with it. Its fun and good to have to dress up your gift when you have nothing else to top your gift with. The tutorial is very well explained, so I didn't even bother to make another tutorial.

Twig/Rustic Christmas Tree

I often collect twigs during my walks outside, hoping I will use it in some of my projects. So, here I was with some twigs and wondering what I could make. Then a wonderful idea struck my mind to make some twigs Christmas trees. But I was not the only one who had this wonderful idea. After I made this tree, I searched online and it seems like the twig Christmas tree is in style and there are different versions of these trees that you can make.

Paper Stars

Ok. I am having way too much fun making different types of paper stars these days. Did you check the other paper star I made few days back. If not yet, visit the tutorial and I am sure you will enjoy making those stars too. Below is the picture of the other star I am talking about.