Crafting fun for everyone!

Welcome to Aunt Annie's Crafts!

Take a look around. You'll find crafting fun for children, teens and adults. A craft how-to is featured each Monday, with a special craft treat added each Wednesday, and at the end of the week it's Friday Fun with simple crafts for families, groups or classrooms.

Featured this week: More pop-up card fun!

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  Step Pop-Up Cards - Make a pop-up greeting card for a variety of occasions. See how easy it is to make a step pop-up mechanism, also sometimes called a platform or double-slit pop-up. Once you learn this technique, it's a simple matter to create pop-up cards of your own design.

• Wednesday Treat: Pop-up card template! More pop-up options!

  This week's Wednesday treat is a set of templates for making a variety of Step Pop-Up Cards! Just choose the pop-up step size(s) for your card, then cut out. Align the template(s) on the card blank's  folded edge and trace. No measuring needed!

  The pattern includes templates for making a 3-step pop-up like the sample pop-up card.

• This Week's Friday Fun: How to cut five-pointed stars and string a garland!

  

  Patriotic Star Garland - Cut five-pointed stars (it's really easy!) from red, white and blue paper and string them to make a garland! Use the garland to decorate for Memorial Day, Flag Day or the Fourth of July. This is a great craft for kids and families.

  For more family, classroom or group crafts see the Friday Fun Crafts collection!

Featured last week: Gift boxes that fold flat for storage!

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  Collapsible Box - If you haven't made boxes before, you'll be delighted with how easy it is to make a box in exactly the size needed. This project features a collapsible box with an attached lid. Use these boxes for gifts, as decorative containers, or for storage around the home or craft room.

• Wednesday Treat: Gift box patterns for someone you love!

  Last week's Wednesday treat was a set of patterns for gift boxes with heart designs! Choose from the Heart Cube pattern and the 'Mom' Heart Cube pattern with bonus stickers. Make the boxes according to the instructions in the Collapsible Box craft project.

• Last Week's Friday Fun: Lick and stick adhesive recipe for sticker fun!

  

  Seal Gum Recipe - Learn how to make homemade seal gum for stickers and envelopes. With this adhesive you will be able to make your own stickers from ordinary paper. Make stickers from drawings or stamped images, clipart or pictures cut from wrapping paper—the sky's the limit! This lick and stick adhesive also works great on handmade envelopes.

  For more family, classroom or group crafts see the Friday Fun Crafts collection!

• Craft Round-up: Make a handmade gift and card for Mom or Grandma!

  

  Gifts Kids Can Make for Mom! - It’s a scientific fact that moms love handmade gifts more than anything else. Whether kids craft a unique keepsake booklet, a loving card, or a cute trinket, there's nothing more special to Mom. Mother's Day is the perfect time to try making something new and fun!

  

  Pop-Up Card Crafts - It's easy and fun to make pop-up cards for any occasion, including Mother's Day! These craft projects have easy to follow instructions for making pop-up cards with a variety of pop-ups inside. Most of the crafts include printable patterns for making pop-up cards quickly, while also giving tips for adding your own creative ideas. Why not get started now making pop-up cards!