Full Craft Project Index

Easter Pennant Banner Friday Fun (Apr 1, 2022) - Children will enjoy picking bright colors to make this decorative paper craft. Hang your Easter pennant banner in the entryway of your home, or mount it in your classroom for a lively touch of springtime cheer! The smaller pennant flags are also a nice addition to an Easter basket.

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Easter Envelope Patterns (Mar 28, 2022) - Make Easter envelopes with chick, bunny and flower designs from printable patterns. These envelopes fit the Fun Shaped Cards and have matching designs. They can also be used for other handmade cards. See the project for envelope dimensions.

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Washcloth Bunny Friday Fun (Mar 25, 2022) - Whip a white washcloth into something sweeter with Aunt Annie’s quick and simple washcloth bunny project! Kids will love this little fabric rabbit that doubles as an Easter egg holder, and makes the perfect addition to any Easter basket.

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Paper Bag Puppets: Cat and Owl (Mar 23, 2022) - Paper bag puppets are great fun and, with just a few cutouts and a bit of drawing, you can make a puppet for just about any animal. In this project, make cat and owl puppets that open and close their eyes as you move the paper bag flap with your hand.

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Foam Ball King Hand Puppet (Mar 21, 2022) - For an easy way to make a hand puppet, start with a styrofoam ball for the puppet head. For the king hand puppet, make the face with felt cutouts, add a felt crown, and drape fabric for clothing and a royal cape. What could be easier?

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Seal Gum Recipe Friday Fun (Mar 18, 2022) - Learn how to make homemade seal gum glue 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.

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Lu-lu, Hawaiian Dice Game (Mar 14, 2022) - Take an imaginary trip to Hawaii by playing the game of lu-lu with dice made in this craft project. The dice in lu-lu are painted 2-sided discs usually fashioned from volcanic stone. In this project, you have the option of making the dice with coiled paper strips or with cardboard discs.

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Shamrock Flag Banner Friday Fun (Mar 11, 2022) - Show off your St. Patrick’s Day spirit with a shamrock banner. Make this easy paper flag banner using construction paper and the printable shamrock pattern. Hang the banner in a doorway, over the mantel, or in the window—anywhere you want to show your Irish green!

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Shamrock Strip Folding Cards (Mar 9, 2022) - Use printable patterns with shamrocks to create St. Patrick's Day cards. See how to use folded paper strips to give your card added depth with three-dimensional layers.

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Shamrock Silhouette Cards (Mar 7, 2022) - In celebration of St. Patrick's Day, this greeting card tutorial uses shamrock and 4-leaf clover silhouettes to make simple and elegant cards. One of the options uses decorative paper that you make by sponging with paint.

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Clay Charms and Pendants Friday Fun (Mar 4, 2022) - Make charms and pendants for necklaces and bracelets using Homemade Bread Clay or commercial air-dry clay. Make the heart and flower pendants and heart charms for yourself or to give as gifts. When strung on cord or a chain, they make perfect gifts.

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3D Paper Circus Trapeze Act (Feb 28, 2022) - In this project, you will make circus trapeze performers and a trapeze. The craft includes printable patterns for four trapeze artists and instructions for making a lightweight trapeze suitable for hard or carpet surfaces. This is the fourth of four craft projects in the Under the Big Top craft series.

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Finger Painting Friday Fun (Feb 25, 2022) - This craft project features a DIY finger paint recipe, goes over the basic steps for doing finger painting, and gives tips to enhance your finger paint masterpieces. The kids (and grown-ups, too) will have great fun smearing paint on paper and creating fanciful pictures.

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Strip Folding Tulip Cards (Feb 23, 2022) - See how to use printable strip folding tulip patterns to make a card that features a framed tulip motif. This card uses the strip folding technique introduced in the Strip Folding Heart Cards tutorial.

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Strip Folding Heart Cards (Feb 21, 2022) - In this greeting card tutorial, make a card for a loved one that features a framed heart motif, while learning how to use a strip folding template. Once you learn this technique using the heart template, additional motifs can be made using other templates.

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Kids' Four Patch Birthday Cards Friday Fun (Feb 18, 2022)  -  See how easy it is for kids to make birthday cards from simple materials. These cards feature fancy paper that the kids make, and are finished off with a hand drawn cartoon stick figure and a message balloon. Every card is unique and showcases the creative ideas of the child artist!

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Zodiac Birthday Cards (Feb 14, 2022) - It's easy to personalize a birthday card for someone by using their zodiac sign. In this project, you'll see how to use free clip-art images available on the internet as the featured element of the card.

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Valentine Flag Banner Friday Fun (Feb 11, 2022) - In this craft, simple-to-cut flags are decorated with hearts, then strung together with string or yarn to create a banner. Hang the banner in a doorway, over the mantel, or in the window, or use it to decorate a Valentine-themed bulletin board. No pattern required—just cut, glue and string!

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Collapsible Box (Feb 9, 2022) - 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. Choose from boxes with several fun designs, including ones for Mother's Day and Valentine's Day.

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Appliqué Heart Valentines (Feb 7, 2022) - These Valentine's Day cards feature heart appliqués made with patterned papers that you can download and print. The project includes details for making five Valentine's Day cards and printable heart templates.

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Simple Valentines Friday Fun (Feb 4, 2022) - This project features quick and easy Valentine designs that are simple to make and perfect for classroom giving! Select from printable Valentine's Day card patterns with either six or nine Valentines to a sheet. You likely have everything on hand needed to make these Valentines!

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Interlocking Curves Box (Feb 2, 2022) - This project features striking boxes with interlocking tops and bottoms. Choose from boxes with two, three or four interlocking curves per side.  Bonus instructions are given for drafting a box pattern/template for any size interlocking curves box.

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Valentine's Day Pins Friday Fun (Jan 28, 2022)  - Create plaster of Paris pins using simple candy molds, pin backs and paint. Choose a candy mold with heart shapes to create beautiful Valentine's Day pins to give as presents to your loved ones.

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Sweetheart Cards with Pockets (Jan 26, 2022) - Make greeting cards for your sweetheart that feature pockets that you can fill with little tokens of your love. The pockets are also ideal for presents of money or gift cards. These cards are  quick and easy to make using solid color cardstock and patterned papers that you can download and print.

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Pachisi (Jan 24, 2022) - Pachisi is the national game of India and is usually played on a cross-shaped game board made of decorated cloth. In that tradition, this no-sew craft project shows you how to use felt to make a pachisi game board. The project includes rules for playing pachisi and the history of the game.

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Paper Cup Party Favor Friday Fun (Jan 21, 2022) - Half the fun of giving a party is selecting a theme and making the decorations. You can easily and quickly make party favors for any theme by decorating paper or foam cups with ribbon and images printed from your computer.

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Pillow Boxes (Jan 19, 2022) - Make a pillow box for small gifts and party or wedding favors. This is a terrific box that resembles a pillow in shape and makes an elegant package with the addition of a ribbon. The project includes printable patterns in a variety of sizes and designs, including ones for Valentine's Day, Father's Day and fall.

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Paper Bag Hand Puppets (Jan 16, 2022) - Make funny, talking hand puppets from simple paper bags, and perform Clever Gretel, a play based on a Brothers Grimm folktale from Germany. But watch out—Gretel is hungry!

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Artwork Bookmarks Friday Fun (Jan 14, 2022) - These bookmarks are simply made from artwork that you are willing to cut up and two pieces of clear contact paper. This is a great way to recycle your less-than-perfect artwork or preserve your child's treasured drawings.

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French Door Sticker Gift Tags (Jan 10, 2022) - A sticker and a rectangular strip of paper or cardstock are all it takes to make these unique bifold tags. These gift tags are quick and easy to make, while allowing for your creativity. There's plenty of room inside the tag to add a special message or even a photograph.

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