Do you have a growing pile of odd socks? Don't get frustrated, we've found 10 clever craft ideas you can do with those odd socks.
The classroom of your dreams is easy to achieve with a little DIY magic.
Does the idea of School Market Day for your child make you feel anxious about what you need to make? I’ve been there -- as recently as last year! To help stem the panic this year, I came up with ten clever, easy, and practical items to ensure that your child’s next Business or Market Day is a big success. Fun & Easy Market Day Ideas for Kids I tried to find things to make for many different ages, so whether your kid is in elementary school or middle school, they'll find a good, simple business idea in
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Bring out your craft sticks and pipe cleaners as we're making a craft stick crocodile craft today! These little fellows look super fun, and what's even more fun is that once your kids make them,
Egg carton crafts encourage creativity in kids and it's also a great way to use up all those pieces of cardboard after Easter Sunday is over.
Photographer Jan von Holleben, 37, from Germany, came up with the idea for the project which involved children aged 3-11 and said he hoped the results proved that 'everything is possible'.
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What started off as a small blog with just 6 family pictures based on a principle of matching an old photo with the present day setting, has now turned into highly successful site of digital nostalgia with hundreds of submissions from all over the world. Here are some of our favorite and most heart touching dear photograph picks.
There are tons of inspiring DIY leaf crafts around the web, but many are for admiring, not actual making. Here are 10 that your kids will totally love!
Multifunctional furniture can transform from one piece of furniture to another. It’s a great way of saving space. You can hide several functions in the same piece of furniture. Here are some of the very best and most clever transforming furniture we have come across over the last decade. Let’s start with some of the coolest […]
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Every object you have in your home has a specific function and was designed for a specific reason. Still, this doesn’t mean you can’t find other uses for
2018 Topic 8: Boxes Olique Well hello everyone, Darcy here bringing you our new blog topic. This time we are looking at making and decorating boxes. whether you use them as ornaments, storage or for giving gifts, we can all agree that we couldn't manage without boxes. There are so many on our homes, so why not make them beautiful to look at. Before we start, let's see who won the Topic 7: Kraft card... The winner is: Monika from Mistletoe Home Designs Email Darcy to claim your prize. [email protected] Boxes, chests, caskets, trunks; they have been around for centuries. Used for storage and made from wood or metal, they have been large and heavy, some plain and some statement pieces. Modern boxes are generally made from cardboard, and we don't display them in our homes. Think about when people had 'hope chests' and 'trunks' for travelling. They were dedicated boxes, and a lot of thought when into their construction, but also into how they looked. Jewellery boxes were another stunning piece of art in their own right. It is time to get back to making storage pretty, perhaps not as large as a hope chest though! Here is a modern take on a jewellery box. Stewart Jones Cardboard of course is a go-to substrate, whether that is thin card, mount board or heavy duty card with a corrugated centre, there are lots of opportunities to recycle with this topic. Look in your recycling box; amazon boxes, cereal boxes, backboards from sketchbooks, shoe boxes, etc, they can all be reused. Of course there are also some plain wooden boxes available in hobby shops, ready for you to decorate, these can be painted, stamped, decoupaged or like the example above they can have designs burnt into them using a pyrography tool. You could of course not decorate at all, just go big! really big! This giant box installation is by Zimoun, in Bucharest. It is made from 2000 pieces of cardboard. Zimoun Another installation here, this one could be done on a much smaller scale, and would be so much fun to do with children. I see summer holiday fun in these. I quite fancy making some myself and I don't even have the excuse of having children around! Julien Gardair If faces aren't your thing, how about houses, again I think this would be a great project for children to let their imaginations run wild and get them off their electronic devices. Annalise Rees Switching to wood for a moment, these seem to be old packing crates or wine boxes, though this is quite large, it would make a stunning feature against one wall. As they are individual dioramas you could always just have one as a statement piece. Allison May Kiphuth Back to cardboard, you can make a much smaller version of the above installation. You can buy configuration boxes, or better still make your own. Fill them with oddities, or pop them into a draw and use them as storage. Wouldn't this make a great drawer tidy, for stationery, or jewellery! Follow the link to see how this drawer divider set was made from cereal boxes. Jennifer Jones What can you display on a box? well it seems, anything and everything! A veritable feast of oddities can be crammed into tiny spaces. It probably doesn't come much smaller than matchbox art. Cocostyle Of course all kinds of strange little oddities can be displayed in boxes. Mano Kellner These matchbox dolls are some of the cutest things I have ever seen, how much fun! Just look at their little stick legs! Merve Gizem Sincik Books and boxes are a great combination, how about a teeny, tiny accordion book in a box! Sugar Bee Crafts What about these 'comfort' boxes, fill with happy images and an uplifting phrase or message and give them out to your friends. This would definitely make me smile. Kim Welling Another book in a box, Oh be still my beating heart, how gorgeous is this, what tiny secrets and things could you write about in here. Kate Bowles Boxes are fantastic for presenting gifts and bulky cards, I am sure most of us have made a card with just one too many flowers on it, only to find it would not fit in an envelope. But how about making the box a part of the card. Pop up box cards are such fun, you can cram in so many details. Claire Boelema This leads us nicely into exploding boxes, at one time they were so popular and everyone was making them. They involve a lot of work but they are worth it. Elaine Elaine Let's look at gift boxes, these give you an opportunity to take your design outside of the card or gift, they can be simple of elaborate. They can also be made in almost any shape, these wonderful triangle boxes really caught my eye. Candy Wooding Pillow boxes are another unusual shape, but so easy to make. Look at these Halloween pillow boxes, a great way to give out treats in October. Maile Belles Maybe fabric is your thing, I went through a period where I loved making fabric boxes as gifts. I have a lovely book called Embroidered Boxes by Janet Edmonds that is worth looking at. Here is an embroidered fabric box,made to look like a house, so much work but stunning. Janice MacDougall How about this for a sensory overload, a see through, perhaps walk through? box with no sides! This is so pretty, could this be done on a small scale, maybe construction as a hanging mobile in a window? Don't forget just because the original is a huge installation does not mean that you can't take something from that, scale it down, make it work for you. Ebony Bizys A quirky one to finish with, how about this for an aquarium! I think this is the weirdest use of a telephone box that I have ever seen, it was created by students in Japan. Kingyobu Have fun over the next 2 weeks and show us what you can do with a box, let those creative juices go wild and then link up your fantastic creations. Don't forget to follow Darcy and Leandra's Pinterest boards if this topic pushes your buttons, you will see plenty more examples to whet your appetite there! I am really looking forward to seeing what you create over the next 2 weeks! ~ Darcy We always hope that you learn something interesting from our blog. Our creative team love to read your comments so much, so please take time to let them know you've been inspired! You must complete step 1 AND 2 to be entered into the draw. To join our challenge: 1. Leave a comment on the Topic Introduction Post and go in the draw to win a PaperArtsy Apron. 2. Make something arty relevant to the topic, and link your creation from any social URL (eg. Instagram, Pinterest, Blog Post etc) sharing your original make to this challenge page. The current topic link Topic 8: Boxes will close 17:00 (London Time) Sunday, 13th May 2018, and the winner will be announced 2 hours later at 19:00. All links go in the draw to win a PaperArtsy creative apron. Please make sure we can contact you as a prize winner - it helps if you share your contact info from the platform you opt to use. Good Luck! If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask!
This bed sheets shell decoration is an easy 'beach cottage'- home summer crafts. I came across this easy, free tutorial on how to make shell printed bed sheets, while I am prepping my future craft photos & articles on “How to create a Beach Cottage nowhere how far you are from the ocean”.
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Photographer Jan von Holleben, 37, from Germany, came up with the idea for the project which involved children aged 3-11 and said he hoped the results proved that 'everything is possible'.
If you are looking for a fun camp craft idea for scouts or a summer craft for tweens, then this soda straw weaving bracelet is perfect! Read on to see how to do straw weaving. Your child will love making colorful yarn bracelets.
Day 37 50 DIY Days of Christmas: Clever and Silly Wrap Ideas!
About a year ago, I posted a series of illustrations imagining what some foods or inanimate objects would say if they could talk and interact with each other. It was such a fun project that I kept creating more and more throughout the year.
Practice makes future perfect!
But it's not! It's an umbrella!
“Your breath is horrendous.” Pink and red packaging by Zoe Schneider resembles a mouth and taunts users each time they yank out a tooth-shaped piece of gum. With flavors like Black and Blueberry, Citrus Smash, and Pummelmint, the antagonistic product is aptly titled “Bite Me.” Schneider is a recent graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design. You can follow her humorous designs on Instagram and Behance. More
We did a craft this week that was a build your own catapult. We made it from a catapult kit, and it involved placing pegs in holes and putting the pieces together. It would be a great activity for older kids to follow directions and work on putting together an activity. Once it is done,...
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You will be astonished by all the ways you can re-use those little, plastic k-cups!
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Whether he’s right down the hall or far away, these are the cutest and sweetest DIY Open When letters for your boyfriend, fiance, or husband I have ever seen. Let’s look at some unique topics...
Australian artist Freya Jobbins makes amazing art with old toys. Giuseppe Arcimboldo reincarnated in the NSW bush.
Getting ready for your next home renovation project, and planning on taking the DIY approach? Whether you’re trying to figure out the best configuration for your doorway, the perfect type of hardwood for your kitchen
A quick and easy picture filled turotial on how to make fire startes for free using recycled items you have laying arounf your house.
That underwear drawer just won't cut it anymore.
The amount of erotic fiction written about vampires, elves, and mermaids could probably fill up every library in the world, but has anyone ever thought to offer one a tampon?
Turn big smoothie straws into knitting needles and weave a beautiful fluffy scarf in minutes! You will be amazed at how easy this is and the results you will get.
DIY Spring Decor centerpiece. Sharing a festive DIY Spring Decor centerpiece that is a simple thrifty craft with the look of something you would buy at a boutique, but way less expensive. Spring Decor DIY I still love the color combination of turquoise blue with natural brown tones, and this is a fun way to highlight those colors together. This craft involves two of my favorites: thrift store finds and simple craft paint. I love to thrift store shop and I’ve found some great finds, along with a bunch of things that I brought home that I now question “what
Have you seen those floating ball toys where you blow into one end and the ball "magically" floats above in place? Here's a way to create your own!
Make a Wood Carrier That's a Cinch: Make this simple, effective, and low cost wood carrier. You only need two materials. The picture probably tells you everything you need - but I am posting detailed steps and comments. Traditional wood carriers take more materials and al…
