Paper roll people

Notes:

• Any size paper roll can be sued (paper towel, toilet paper)
• The arms are made from two different sized drinking straws, the shorter / larger of which represents sleeves
• The top fringes represent hair, which could also be crafted with yarn or ribbon glued to the top
• Bodies and clothes could be drawn or painted on the tubes themselves
  

Be still my heart and get crafting!

A heart craft round-up:

Woven heart pockets

3-D heart

Quick and easy Homemade Valentine's Day cards

Print your own maze Valentines:

The code for this doodle and other doodles you can use on your blog can be found at Doodles.
[Download the PDF for the Heart Maze.]
[Download the PDF for Heart Maze Valentine's Day cards.]

One a little more little kid friendly.

[Download the PDF for Heart Maze Valentine's Day cards.]

The code for this doodle and other doodles you can use on your blog can be found at Doodles.

Heart sun catcher

Heart necklace

Christmas craft round-up, part three

Salt-dough ornaments

Reindeer antler headband

Handprint angel

Santa mask

Christmas craft round-up, part deux

Woven heart pockets

Although, I typically make these around Valentine's Day, they are traditional Christmas decorations in some cultures.

Gingerbread man

Plate for Santa

Paper Plate Santa

Christmas craft round-up

Six pointed snowflakes

Christmas hand print tree

Reindeer treats

Notes to self: building better gingerbread houses

Some free seasonal promotional colouring sheets and colouring cards.

The code for this doodle and other doodles you can use on your blog can be found at Doodles.

Click on an image below to download the colouring sheet of your choice (PDF).

Easter craft round-up

Easter egg ideas

Bird's nest

Paper mosaics

Easter Bunny

Easter basket

3-D heart

Materials:

• paper
• scissors
• X-Acto type knife and cutting mat
  
• optional: materials for decorating your heart (eg. markers, crayonsstickers, glitter and glue)
• optional: ribbon or yarn for hanging your heart
  

Instructions:

1. Place your paper flat.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
2. Fold your paper in half (the fold is on the left hand side in the photo.)
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   


3. Draw half a heart on the paper. (Middle of the heart is the same place as the folded edge of the paper.)
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   


4. Cut out the heart and discard (recycle) the extra paper.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   If you were to open up the paper at this point, it would look something like this:
   
   










5. Draw some concentric half-heart lines (two lines shown) making sure to LEAVE A GAP BEFORE THE FOLDED EDGE.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   


6. Using an X-Acto knife and cutting mat, cut along the lines. Be sure leave a gap between the cut at the folded edge.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   


7. Open the heart out.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   


8. Gently fold the "middle" heart so the left side is behind the outer heart and the right side is above the outer heart. Gently fold the "inner" heart so the left side is above the middle heart and the right side is behind the middle heart.
   








9. Decorate!
   
   
10. Optional: punch hole in top, middle and hang with yarn or ribbon.