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Simple and Affordable Valentine’s Day Fun

    Why say it with fancy flowers, expensive jewelry or extravagant five-star dinners when you can show love this Valentine’s Day with affordable gifts from the heart? Whether you are celebrating the holiday with your child or a significant other, these simple crafts will go a long way to show your special someone how much they mean to you: I LOVE YOU HEART BANNER Materials: 12×12 scrapbook paper in Valentine’s Day colors or prints Red, white or pink cardstock Scissors Ribbon Hole punch Directions: Cut-out heart shapes from the 12×12 scrapbook paper. Make one heart for each letter of … Continue reading →

Make a Rainbow Mobile

You and your kids can make these cute rainbow mobiles for their bedrooms or playrooms or any room. They are simple, cute, and fun. You can screw a mug hook into the ceiling to hang up rainbow mobiles, or simply hang them from doorknobs to decorate doorknobs. Items Needed: Craft foam Craft paint Tissue paper Cotton balls (optional) Markers Scissors Glue Yarn or string Raffia or ribbon Beads Hole punch Instructions: On the craft foam, draw a rainbow shape with round sections at each end. Cut out your drawing. Draw lines with marker to separate colors for the rainbow. You … Continue reading →

Paper Flowers and Vases

You can use tissue paper to make these flowers, or you can use two ply tissues, such as Kleenex, if you plan to make lots of them. If using tissue paper, start by cutting each sheet into squares. The squares can be large or small or you can make several different sizes, but you will need two equal size squares for each flower. For tissues, you’ll only need one per flower if they are two-ply, but you can use more if desired. You can also trim tissues down to make smaller flowers. Flowers can all be one color or different … Continue reading →

Tissue Paper Artwork

For the tissue paper artwork project, you’ll need a picture frame with matting, colored tissue paper, leaves, flowers, or foam stamps with floral designs, and some gold or silver paint. Choose colored tissue paper that matches the room where the artwork will be displayed. Cut the tissue paper just small than the size of the frame. You will probably need a piece of heavy paper or light cardboard to place behind the tissue paper when framing it. Once you have cut the tissue paper to the proper size, lay it on newspaper and smooth it. Pour a small amount of … Continue reading →

Cool Ways to Decorate Easter Eggs, Part II

Here is another idea for making beautiful, colorful Easter eggs. You can apply this idea to plastic eggs as well, and keep them to use again next year when you decorate for Easter! Mosaic Easter Eggs Items Needed: Hardboiled eggs (the number of eggs is up to you) Tissue paper (different colors) Decoupage (or two parts white glue and one part water mixture) Scissors Paintbrush Tweezers (optional) Hole punch (optional) Watercolor paints (optional) 1. Boil the eggs and allow them to cool to at least room temperature. Place eggs on towels or paper towels to absorb condensation, as dry eggs … Continue reading →