Full Craft Project Index

Halloween Pop-Up Cards (Oct 9, 2023) - Looking for a fun and easy Halloween craft that will surprise your friends and family members? Try making these spooky Halloween pop-up cards, perfect for kids of all ages! Download our free printable patterns and get started today!

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Stained Glass Leaves Friday Fun (Oct 6, 2023) - Create your own unique stain glass-like masterpiece with this easy and fun fall leaf craft! This craft is a great way to relax and de-stress, and it's also a fun and challenging way to express your creativty. Simply collect some fall leaves and follow a few simple steps to create your own stunning work of art. This craft is a great way to add a touch of fall to your décor and to celebrate the beauty of the changing seasons.

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Alquerque Game Board (Aug 31, 2020) - Make your own Alquerque game board, and play this classic strategy game from Egypt. Alquerque is a fun and challenging game for all ages, and it's easy to learn. This craft includes printable patterns, instructions, and a brief history of the game. Once your board is finished, learn how to play this exciting game and challenge your friends and family to a match!

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Homemade Modeling Dough Recipe Friday Fun (Sep 28, 2023) - Let your creativity run wild with this easy-to-make homemade modeling dough! This soft and pliable dough is perfect for air drying and painting, or using again and again as play dough. Create anything you can imagine, from imaginary animals to colorful flowers to jewelry, backpack mascots, and keychain fobs!

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Woven Suede Bracelet (Sep 25, 2023) - Looking for a fun and easy DIY project? Try weaving a suede bracelet! This project is perfect for beginners and experienced crafters alike. All you need is a few scraps of suede in contrasting colors. With just a few simple steps, you can create a beautiful and personalized bracelet that you'll love to wear or give as a gift.

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Sponge Stamps and Art Friday Fun (Sep 22, 2023) - Create your own unique stamps from ordinary kitchen sponges! This easy and fun craft project is perfect for adults and kids of all skill levels. Use your custom stamps to decorate anything from wrapping paper to greeting cards to home décor. You'll be amazed at the creative possibilities!

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Hexa-hexaflexagons (Sep 18, 2023)  - Fold a hexa-hexaflexagon and watch it transform! This six-sided, six-faced flexagon is a fun and challenging geometric project for all ages. It looks like an ordinary hexagon, but hidden inside are four more sides that reveal themselves as you flex it. Our project includes easy-to-follow instructions and patterns, and is perfect for anyone who loves puzzles, games, or just having fun. The project also includes patterns for tetra-hexaflexagons and penta-hexaflexagons.

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Sewing Cards Friday Fun (Sep 15, 2023) - Children have been playing with sewing cards for generations. In this project, see how easy it is to make your own sewing cards out of cardstock, then sew with colorful yarn. Adults can take the sewing cards a step further to make scrapbook and greeting card embellishments using the same technique.

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Three-Finger Puppets (Sep 11, 2023) - Make animal puppets that you animate with just three fingers! Choose from a fierce golden lion, a timid rabbit, or a funny bighorn sheep. Your puppets can be friends or foes in any story you can imagine, or act out the included Aesop fable, The Lion and the Rabbit. Ready? Set! Go on your puppet journey today!

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Children's Craft Box Friday Fun (Sep 8, 2023) - Make your kids a craft box filled with craft tools and supplies, and let their creativity run wild! With a few simple rules (cover the work area with a plastic tablecloth before starting and clean up after yourself), kids can create whatever they can imagine.

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Petal-top Hexagon Box (Sep 6, 2023) - Make a beautiful and unique gift box with this set of printable patterns! Choose from two sizes and several designs to create a box that is perfect for any occasion. The petals on the box top fold over into a flower-like closure, making these boxes truly unique.

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Hexagon Box (Sep 4, 2023) - Make hexagonal boxes with printable patterns, including ones with Adinkra symbols. The versatile boxes can be used as gift boxes, trinket boxes, or decorative accents. They can also be stacked to create a taller display.

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Sticker Fun Friday Fun (Sep 1, 2023) - Learn how to make your own custom stickers! This fun and easy craft is perfect for people of all ages. Kids can use their imaginations to create all sorts of stickers, and adults can use their creativity to make stickers that are more sophisticated. Once the stickers are made, they can be used to decorate cards, letters, and other projects.

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Pentagon Box (Aug 28, 2023) - Make a pentagonal-shaped box with an attached lid in various sizes using printable patterns. The boxes range in size from 3" to 1¾" and nest together for storage. Use the boxes individually, or stacked, as gift boxes, favors or for storing jewelry and other trinkets. Also included are boxes decorated with stars & stripes or with shamrocks.

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Yarn Octopus Friday Fun (Aug 25, 2023) - Make your own adorable yarn octopus! This easy craft is perfect for kids of all ages and uses up your yarn scraps. Perfect for a backpack charm, gift, or to sell at a craft fair. Instructions include tips for making the octopus in any size.

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Card for Him (Aug 21, 2023)  - See how easy it is to make a card for the man in your life. Whether you are making a birthday card, a congratulations card or a card for some other occasion or event, it's easy to personalize the card in this project with colors and designs that suit him.

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Origami Flying Bird Friday Fun (Aug 18, 2023) - A bow isn't the only way to top off a gift package. All it takes is a square of paper and a few folds to make an origami bird to decorate your present. The flying bird has fewer folds than most origami birds. This makes it an ideal origami craft project for beginning folders and children.

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3D Paper Fish (Aug 14, 2023) - Make your own 3D paper fish! These beautiful and easy-to-make fish are perfect for decorating your home or wrapping gifts. With just a few simple steps, you can create a school of fish that will swim and dance in the breeze!

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Recycled Milk Carton Gift Boxes Friday Fun (Aug 10, 2023) - Learn how to make strong and beautiful gift boxes from recycled milk cartons! With just a few basic supplies, you can turn milk cartons into any design you want, like a church, house, cuckoo clock, or Valentine's Day mailbox. Patterns are available on the webpage. These crafts are a great way to teach kids about recycling and creativity.

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Make a Custom Oval Box and Pattern (Aug 7, 2023) - It's easy to design and make an oval-shaped box to exactly meet your needs. In this project, you will create a custom pattern for any size oval box. Construct your oval box following the instructions in the Oval Box with Lid craft.

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How to Ply Handmade Paper (Jul 31, 2023) - This project shows you how to use paper plying to create decorative effects on your handmade paper. Paper plying is the technique of making paper with two or more layers. The resulting two-sided paper can be used in all of your paper crafts. You can even create paper sculptures by making 2-ply paper with embedded wire.

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Washcloth Bath Bags Friday Fun (Jul 28, 2023) - Sew up a nifty bag for your bath from a washcloth and ribbon. Put soap or bath salts inside and relax in a sudsy tub of warm water. But don't stop there! The bath bags also double as bath mitts for the kids. They also make great gift bags for handmade soaps!

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Keepsake Booklets Friday Fun (Jul 21, 2023) - Gather those stacks of school papers together and make them into a quick and easy booklet. This simple technique can be used to make booklets of all sorts—diaries, collections of articles and clippings, school reports and more.

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Double-sided Paper Window Card (Jul 17, 2023) - Learn how to make quick and easy window cards using double-sided paper or cardstock. With this tutorial, you'll learn how to cut, fold, and glue your card, and then decorate it with stamps and cutouts. Since the two sides of double-sided paper are meant to go together, you'll always get a color coordinated card!

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Fishing Game (Jul 10, 2023) - Make 3-D fish and, to catch them, a fishing hook and rod. The fishing game is enjoyed by kids of all ages and can be made easier or more difficult, depending on the children's capabilities. Make a game set to keep and another to give as a gift.

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Pocket Folder for Greeting Cards (Jul 3, 2023) - Learn how to make a beautiful and functional pocket folder for storing, packaging, and presenting your handmade greeting cards. This easy-to-follow tutorial uses a single sheet of cardstock to create a two-pocket folder that holds four cards and four envelopes. Perfect for gift-giving or selling your handmade cards.

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Mold and Deckle (Jun 19, 2023) - A mold and deckle is an essential tool for handmade papermaking. Instructions are given for making the Mold and Deckle from wood, recycled picture frames or, especially for beginners and children, a simple plastic canvas and cardboard version.

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DIY Achi Game Board (Jun 12, 2023) - Take a little day trip to the West African country of Ghana with Achi, one of an ancient group of games of alignment. In the United States, one of the most popular games of alignment is tic-tac-toe—try Achi, and see how it is both different and similar! You can make this board game with either felt or paper.

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Father's Day Pop-Up Card (Jun 7, 2023) - This handmade card adds a surprise inside with an easy-to-make step pop-up! The design is part of our Platform Pop-Up Cards project, which includes five themed examples to help you get started, including this one just for Dad.

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Greeting Card Case (May 29, 2023) - Follow the instructions in this project to make a storage case for holding greeting cards. Make a special gift by combining this case with your handcrafted greeting cards. The printable patterns in this project make up into three case sizes, including cases sized for the cards featured in the Greeting Card Tutorials.

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