How to Make Cool Stuff
Every family has news—lots of news—so why not make a family newspaper! This would be a great gift to make for Mom on Mother’s Day or Dad on Father’s Day or for birthdays. For gifts, you can put clever titles like ‘The Best Mom in the World Has Been Found’ … or The Sweetest Mother in the World Has Been Found to Be Timmy’s Mom (if your name is Timmy). This is a great crafts idea that will produce a keepsake to cherish in years to come.
This is a really neat arts and crafts project to make a real, usable bowl, hot plates, or other type of pottery from normal crepe paper party streamers. You might even have these hanging around the house already. This would make a great crafts project to make a gift for Mom or Grandma on Mother’s Day or for a present for them on their birthdays. Follow the easy directions on this page.
Here is another gift idea to give to your Grandmother or Mom on Mother’s Day. This would also be great for Dads and Grandfathers for Father’s Day. Make a picture frame from cardboard and the instructions below. If you are looking for something to give Mother for her desk, a picture holder like the one shown here is certain to please.
All Moms love jewelry made by hand from their babies (no matter how old you get, you will always be your Mother’s baby). Here is a necklace arts and crafts project for kids. This jewelry is made from colorful cardboard, stiff paper, or construction paper. This makes a great, colorful, and thoughtful gift to make for your Grandmother or Mother.
Flowers make a great gift for Moms on Mother’s Day…they are beautiful, just like she is, inside and out. How about making a pretty flower holder vase for the flowers that you pick for her (or buy for her). This beautiful flower holder in which you can place real flowers would make an especially nice Easter gift for someone you love.
Need ideas for gifts to make for your Moms for Mother’s Day? Every Mom I know has a box full of stationery for times when they need to write correspondence and other type of letters. This attractive and useful gift is made from a pressed paper package tray and cover from a super market.
Make this cool letter holder as a gift for Mom on Mother’s Day or Dad on Father’s Day or for someone else you love. You can make this attractive and useful letter holder box gift in which to hold correspondence letters.
Learn how to make and fold origami cups. If you practice making a lot of cups, you will become very good at working with your hands, folding paper and following the illustrations.
This is an adorable Easter Card Idea for kids. We have provided both a color and black and white coloring page printout version of this Easter Mother duck sitting on eggs in nest card. The duck can have an Easter card message and slip right into and out of the nest. It is a great idea for preschoolers, school aged children, and teens as well.
Do you want a baby duck chick arts and crafts activity for Easter time? This is a great paper folding crafts activity for kids to make an Easter duck.
This Easter basket is meant to look like it is made out of flower petals. We have provided a printable paper folding template that you can print out, and then fold up, paste, and make a handle to finish it up. It is pretty and can be used as a decorative table piece or to place flowers or candy in. This is a great craft for boys or girls to celebrate Easter, as well as the April and May season.
Learn how to take a simple piece of paper and turn it into a doll house sized rocking chair. This is a paper folding arts and crafts project for kids (girls and boys) to make your very own toys.
Learn how to take a simple piece of paper and turn it into a doll house sized doll bed. This is a paper folding arts and crafts project for kids (girls and boys) to make your very own toys….instead of using your money to buy them.
You can make movies out of your comic books or your own drawing, and have loads of fun showing them in this Peep-hole Movie Theater. Learn how to make this toy movie / cartoon show box out of a cardboard box and creativity. Find out how to make your own toy with the following easy directions.
The previous arts and crafts project that we did was to make a cardboard doll house out of old cardboard boxes. Today we are going to show you how to make cardboard doll house furniture, decorations, and wall hangings. This is a great activity for a group of girls at a sleepover slumber party, for girl scouts, or for a boring rainy day.
This is a very creative crafts project for children who want to make their very own doll house. It turns out great and it is made out of cardboard boxes. We will also show you how to make cool cardboard furniture for your house. This two-story doll’s house is extraordinarily easy to make. It takes shape quickly and yet it is so sturdy that you will be playing with it for months. You will have great fun furnishing the rooms with the simple but real-looking furniture.