Valentine Heart Leis
By Marie LeBaron These fun heart-shaped leis are helping to spread Valentine’s cheer. They are the perfect activity for your child’s classroom party or to make ahead of time to give out as Valentines.
Paper Crafts
Origami, letterpress, linocuts, laser-cuts, pepakura, pop-ups, flip-books, silhouettes, machรฉ, and more.
Best of the CRAFT Video: Papermaking with Lisa Jacobs
In case you missed it, watch Lisa Jacobs as she guides us through the process of making art papers. A member of Conspire Phoenix and an elementary school art teacher, Lisa’s a fun and clear instructor. We learned how to use recycled office paper as the base for art papers, to which we added colored […]
Colorful Silhouettes Collage
I’m utterly charmed by these fun colorful silhouettes from Katie Sokoler of Color Me Katie. Las summer, she shared how to create silhouettes in more interesting poses than the classic profile view of the face. Her twist on doing everything with colored paper really makes me smile. Enjoy!
Keep Calm and Carry Yarn
Earlier this week, our friends over at BoingBoing pointed to this new variant of the Keep Calm and Carry On meme. It’s a no-brainer for the newly organized crafty space of you knitters, crocheters, and other yarn lovers. The BB post caused the item to quickly sell out, but there’s a poster now available in […]
Tetraxis Puzzle
George Hart has been hamming it up on Make: Online’s Math Mondays, and today has a fun puzzle you can make from a simple template, while learning some mathematical principles as well!
Matchbook Cover Collage
The Tangente blog shares a neat story about finding a bag of vintage matchbooks in their bungalow shed. They turned their found treasure into art in the form of a collage, with details and more pictures offered.
How-To: Mini Bunting Card
Jessica of How About Orange shares a how-to for this adorable mini bunting greeting card. I love how bright and cheerful it is, and think it would be equally fun with wee fabric scraps!
