These folded paper sunflowers are so easy to make! It's crazy what you can make with just a few folds of paper! They're the perfect craft for late summer or fall! These flowers are bright, beautiful and lots of fun to make! I was overwhelmed last year before I started writing my book, Low-Mess Crafts for Kids. My publisher said I had to create at least 70 crafts that had never been published on the blog. And at the point when I made these folded paper sunflowers I had made zero crafts for my … [Read more...]
Paper Pineapples
Hi again! It's Megan from Homemade Ginger and I'm sharing another easy summer paper craft today! These paper pineapples are so easy to make and would be a great way to spice up any summer party! I love having the kids home during summer. I always look forward to spending more quality time with them since I have them home all day and we tend to keep our agenda pretty free during the summer months. However, I don't love the boredom that seems to overtake my children so quickly. In the past, I … [Read more...]
Sherlock Gnomes Wooden Spoon Puppets
This post is in partnership with Paramount Pictures. As always, the opinions are entirely my own. Sherlock Gnomes is coming to theaters March 23 and it looks soooo funny. Just the name of the movie makes me smile. It's the sequel to Gnomeo and Juliet (I love clever movie names!) and it looks like such a fun family movie to take the kids to see. We put together a fun and simple craft project inspired by the characters in the upcoming film. These Sherlock Gnomes wooden spoon puppets are so … [Read more...]
How to Make Paper Roll Bunnies
It was another one of those mornings where I heard the birds chirping before I got out of bed. And then BAM, I looked out the window, expecting to see a lovely spring scene, but the ground was covered in a blanket of fluffy white snow. At least 4 inches of it. *big sigh* We had a snow storm last night that took us right back into the cold and white winter weather! I guess it IS actually beautiful, with the sunlight sparkling on the new snow covering the branches of the trees out front. It … [Read more...]
Handprint Lilies | How to Make an Easy Paper Lily
These handprint lilies are so beautiful and surprisingly easy to make! They'd make such a thoughtful handmade gift idea for Mother's Day if you make a small bouquet and tie them together with a ribbon. Or you could make a bouquet of handprint Easter lilies if you use white paper. Can Easter lilies be pink? I think they're just white? Either way, they're adorable for spring and they're a wonderful low mess craft to make with the kids! I had such an awesome helper when I made these paper … [Read more...]
Stapled Paper Heart Wreath
These stapled paper heart wreaths are so simple to make and they look adorable! They're a fun and easy Valentine's Day decoration that the kids can make at home, or even at school! It only takes about 10 minutes to make the whole wreath and it's easy enough that kids should be able to make most of it by themselves. Who knew that making paper hearts was so easy!? The other night at dinner my 8 year old daughter asked, "Mommy, are we going to celebrate Valentine's Day?". For some reason I … [Read more...]
How to Make Paper Umbrellas
Hello! It's Megan from Homemade Ginger back with another fun tutorial. You can trick yourself into thinking that it's spring by learning how to make these adorable paper umbrellas. I loved making this project because it was so fun to come up with different color combinations. You could also experiment with making them all sorts of various sizes too! I don't know about you, but during this time of year, spring colors spark a breath of fresh air into my life. Don't tell me that we still have … [Read more...]
Easy DIY Whiteboards | 5 Minute Dry Erase Board
These DIY whiteboards are ridiculously easy. So easy that it makes me think "Doh! Why didn't I think of that sooner?!" You can make two or three or even more of them in less than five minutes. And best of all, it couldn't possibly be any cheaper! I bought my frames from the dollar store, and I already had the fancy paper at home, so each whiteboard cost less than $5 when you include the dry erase markers. Five minutes and five dollars. That's my kind of project! We go through a lot of … [Read more...]
How to Make Paper Hyacinth Flowers
Spring is finally here! Maybe it's been spring for awhile where you are, but I live in Canada, so it takes a little bit longer to warm up where I am. And my oh my, have I ever missed the flowers and the leaves! I love walking my 6 year old daughter to school each morning and seeing the magnolias just ready to bloom, the buds on the trees just ready to burst and the bright yellow forsythia flowers highlighting our backyard. I love this time of year! And since I've been in such a wonderful … [Read more...]
Folded Heart Envelopes
Do you remember when you were a kid, and you learned how to cut hearts out from construction paper? It seemed like the most clever thing ever that you could fold a piece of paper in half, cut out a rough tear drop shape on the fold, and then almost like magic, you ended up with this perfect heart shape. (I was the youngest child, so simple things like that were always cool to me.) My five year old loves hearts. They're one of the first things she learned how to draw. She used to sit at her … [Read more...]
