If you are tired of those pilling cardboard boxes, these cardboard crafts are going to be your ultimate savior.
Did you know that you can make a beautiful paper flower in the same way that you make a paper snowflake?! It's so much fun! Learn how to make paper flowers by following our easy photo and video tutorials below. These kirigami flowers are SO PRETTY! And all it takes is a few simple folds and cuts to transform a single piece of paper into a beautiful flower. Design your own flower shapes or use our free PDF templates. (We have 9 different shapes to choose from!) This post contains affiliate links. If you use these links to buy something
Do your young children enjoy learning about animals? Do they enjoy watching them and imitating their movements? When my kids learned about sloths, they became incredibly curious to learn more about these animals. They could not believe they were such slow animals as sloths. After becoming interested in them, that gave me the idea to
Use styrofoam sheets to create an indented image, then roll on printmaking ink and press down on paper to create a print.
No matter the age, kids love playing with mini cities. Building a city from is a great open ended activity for anyone, keeping kids busy for hours at a time. They require minimal materials and only things you can find around the house. It's also the perfect opportunity to talk about architecture and
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Trash becomes art! My 7th grade students made these beautiful low relief sculptures with paper towel and toilet paper cardboard tubes! After measuring and cutting the tubes into 1/2″ rings, s…
Tons of ideas here for art, crafts and activities using toilet paper rolls, paper towel rolls, poster tubes, wrapping paper tubes and more!
Hattifant Kaleidocycles - such a fun paper toy to color, craft and play with. Also called Flextangle, its a papercraft free to download.
Rubber BLOCK stamp for continuous stamping, it is designed to fit easily and achieve continuous stamping without pattern or rapport type interruptions. Stamping with our unique oversized Rubber Stamp designs is a breeze! They are especially designed for textile printing and also useful for printing on all types of surfaces (paper, cardboard, wood, walls). They are made of a single piece of 1cm thick rubber, they are resistant, flexible and reusable. We recommend using them with any type of water-based ink, for fabrics we recommend using water-based textile screen printing inks.
Cardboard haunted house luminaries to make for Halloween. Fun and frugal DIY Halloween decoration from cardboard boxes. Easy and unique.
Rocket to space with this fantastic DIY Jet Pack Cardboard Costume. Out of this world astronaut or space costume for kids!
30 awesome toilet paper rolls craft ideas for adults you will love to make to decorate your home for any occasion.
Even in the dead of winter or in the midst of quarantine lockdown, kiddos need to burn off energy! Here are some fun shelter in place indoor boredom-busting activities that are sure to bring on some giggles.
I've been wanting to post this project for a year. This rainbow collage invitation was presented to my art camp kids one year ago today, which just happened to be the same day as the Pulse night
Trash becomes art! My 7th grade students made these beautiful low relief sculptures with paper towel and toilet paper cardboard tubes! After measuring and cutting the tubes into 1/2″ rings, s…
Perfect ideas for crafty parents who are ready to create a wonderland of cardboard toys for kids.
Make your own kaleidoscopes with cardboard tubes, and reflective paper and see the world differently! Kid craft kaleidoscopes.
* Last Saturday our family attended the 2014 student art showcase at the California State University, Los Angeles. Our daughter Natalie has been taking art classes over there, as part of the Gifted/Talented Program that she is part of. Sponsored by LAUSD, his program is a wonderful opportunity for children in the public school system to be consistently exposed to […]
Line printing is so simple and basic, but it’s amazing how captivating it can be! Kindergarteners were given cardboard and black paint, and had the freedom to create anything they wanted. T…
This is a guide to making a DIY cardboard rose. Learn how to repurpose toilet paper rolls to make something new in this simple step-by-step Hometalk tutorial.
There are so many interesting things that you can do it yourself. Use your creative part of yourself and make art. Find some material that is suitable for you and your character. We found very interesting material that is very easy to find and also is recycled. So you will help the eco system and… Continue Reading 30 Amazing Cardboard DIY Furniture Ideas
My colleague Douglas Kelso did a project with the students, where they made drawings in cardboard by scraping away the top layer of paper to reveal the corrugation beneath. These are really effective, while they were on the wall I began to think of their potential for printmaking. Douglas agreed I could sacrifice his demonstration piece to experiment with and it worked. Make your cardboard drawing as above, cutting with a scalpel and scraping away the paper surface. You can then roll it with relief printing ink or even acrylic paint and print. You get different effects with different densities of cardboard, the direction of the grain and how thorough you are at scraping away the paper layer. Above: are student prints, from the top: Lee Hutchison, Andy Crichton and below Douglas Kelso's Che
Get inspired by the best toilet paper roll crafts out there. Let your kids browse through these loo roll craft ideas and get inspired.
Hand-Made Flower Press
Get creative with all of those boxes you are receiving! Here are 20 ways that you can use cardboard for kid-friendly activities.
John Ed De Vera is a multidisciplinary designer who creates impressive imaginary worlds with simple tools like paper and scissors. His paper art mesmerizes people with its intricacy as well as its use of depth and shadow, created by stacking several layers of paper together.
Learn how to make small, colorful mushrooms from recycled egg cartons, rigatoni pasta, corks, and acrylic paint.
