Articles in Crafts

Lately we have developed an addiction for Morello cherry ice cream that comes in particularly sturdy tabs. As you all know I love to turn junk into useful and pretty things so I started collecting …

For a paper craft addict like me the recent Etsy find was a breath of fresh air. The most adorable paper craft projects from Fantastic Toys turn cardstock into the cutest toys. All you need …

Each holiday is always font of inspiration for our crafts, before and after. We made a lot of things on the lead to Easter and now that the day has passed we are left with …

It’s been a while since I transformed a cereal box into something useful and pretty to look at. Yesterday morning while I was tidying up after breakfast I suddenly got an idea for an Easter …

Today I bring you another very simple spring craft that requires no glue or paint, but only paper. Yes, I am talking about origami and more specifically lotus flower origami. To make these lotus …

Last week I said I will be making all my Easter gift boxes this year so I started with my first one by turning a normal face cream box into a cute Easter bunny box. …

At the weekend we had so much fun printing paper with water, paint and oil. This type of effect is called marbling and is as messy as you want it to be. I have …

Spring is definitely in the air so at the weekend we made a kite that we hope to fly soon. We live on an island so we won’t have to wait too long for the …

Model building with bolster wood kits turned out to be more complicated than I had originally expected, but it was a lot of fun. I got two kits, an airplane and a windmill. I thought …

Empty cereal boxes are great to get creative at so many levels. They can be used for storage, as desk organizers or simply to make things to play with. This weekend, we made some cute …

To celebrate St Patrick’s Day we made two napkin rings with a three leaf clover decoration, which is one of the symbols of this day celebrated all over the world by all Irish people. To …

I like making things with old newspapers and magazine pages. They are a great material to make anything you want, so at the weekend we made some pretty flowers using glossy magazine paper, glue, straws …