Several years ago now, Natalie shared a super fun pasta noodle skeleton puppet on the blog – it’s the best! I was thinking of this project when I made this paper straw version to post on Instagram last week. After a few followers commented asking for instructions to make their own, I made a new video showing this process!…
Repurpose empty macaroni boxes into a play purse, stamped to look like a quilted bag! We are in love with all of the quilted purses, coats, bags, hats, you name it that we see, so thought we’d use them as inspiration for this craft! Macaroni boxes are the perfect size for a kid’s play purse, but granola bar boxes…
Today we’re sharing another fun craft inspired by a vintage craft book! This project comes from Crafts for Kids: A Month-by-Month Idea Book from 1984. Originally called Ten-Circle Pumpkin, we instead made smaller circles and only used eight. We also painted the orange paper first and then used craft paper and wire for the pumpkin’s stem. The finished craft…
Scrap paper & pipe cleaners make the best butterflies! This idea comes from book 14: foraging in the 1974 series Creative Activities Program. We scored the whole series at a library book sale and the silly & clever titles of the crafts in these books alone are so worth it – “teddy burs” are little teddies made of sculpting…
