Paper Crafts

Gift bags are a handy, all-purpose gift wrapping solution, but they lack the neatness and panache or a well-wrapped box. You can't shake a gift bag to try to determine what's inside, and old gift...

When you have a limited amount of paper pulp, but you want to make thick sheets of handmade paper, you can laminate freshly-pulled sheets together. Laminating paper while it is still in pulp form...

Many of us have made tissue paper flowers for Mother's Day or a party. The next step is to try something a little different. Exotic flowers are easy to make out of paper. You will need more...

Crisp vellum paper can become the building block for elegant craft projects ranging from handmade greeting cards and pretty gift tags, to airy table luminaries. If your design calls for folded...

Making your own small Christmas angel need not be complicated and can involve the whole family. Whether it sits on the top of the Christmas tree or adorns your holiday home, a handmade angel holds...

You don't have to buy expensive rubber stamps and craft supplies to create intricate, textured looks for your handmade greeting cards, scrapbook layouts and home decorating projects. Use snippets...

Paper mache is a great sculpting medium which became popular in the 1800s to make dolls. It is making a comeback now, partly because it is so durable, light, and easy to make. Pulp paper mache has...

Eid ul-Fitr is the three-day Festival of Fast-Breaking that marks the end of Ramadan. After gathering in mosques to share the Eid prayer, Muslims typically celebrate the holiday by giving gifts to...

Pastel stars are tiny stars made out of paper. The paper is folded a special way to make a three-dimensional "puffy" star. These stars aren't necessarily pastel colors. They can be made out of...

Crepe paper rosettes have a very nostalgic feel. You can use them to make place cards for weddings, holiday craft projects, or prize ribbons. Your imagination is your only limit when it comes to...

Pastel sandpaper offers a highly textured surface for soft pastel drawings. You may wish to duplicate an image onto pastel sandpaper to create an outline for your design or an overlay for a...

Paper crafts are entertaining for young and old alike. Use card stock to make interesting models and then create landscapes with these models. By measuring and drawing some simple shapes onto card...

Flower leis are used in Hawaiian culture to welcome guests to an event or party. Leis are often worn for Hawaiian parties or used as colorful decorations. Leis made from real flowers can be on the...

You may need a cardboard harp for a church play or a Halloween costume; whatever the reason, it is quite simple to make a cardboard harp using only cardboard and fishing wire. This is an excellent...

Rolling a cigarette is a great way to enjoy quality natural tobacco. Rolling a cigarette, though, requires two ingredients: tobacco and rolling paper. Making your own rolling paper only adds to...

A lot of children enjoy making paper airplanes. A lot of adults do, too. Whether you are a kid, or just a kid at heart, you too can learn to make good paper airplanes.

The objects you can make using the ancient art of origami range from entertaining to useful. It can be fascinating to start with a piece of plain paper, perform some careful folds and creases and...

Finding and printing online printable greeting cards saves time and money. But folding them properly can be a challenge. How can you make sure you size, print and fold a tri-fold greeting card...

Printing online greeting cards is fast efficient and fun. Folding them is entirely another story. How can you make sure you're sizing, printing and folding the greeting card just right? Following...

Paper shades allow soft light to penetrate a room. Wax paper is the ideal paper material to make paper lamp shades from as the paper is designed to withstand high oven temperatures. This basic...

Washi dolls are the Japanese version of paper dolls, and the paper used to make them is called washi. Washi makers create this paper from such diverse materials as the bark of trees, shrubs, hemp,...

A top hat makes the perfect addition to any Mad Hatter, Abe Lincoln or undertaker costume. With a few modifications to this basic hat design, you'll be attending a tea party or presidential ball...

A personalized stationery set makes a thoughtful and useful gift. Even in this day of email communications and text messaging, everyone eventually needs to write a thank-you note, a love letter or...

Vellum is a great way to spice up your paper craft projects. It comes in many different colors and can be found in any major craft store. Vellum is a translucent thin stock of paper that comes...

Adding paper or card stock to wood is a quick and easy way to add flair and decoration to a plain wooden box, sign, or plaque. No special tools are required, and the supplies needed are found...

According to Chuck Bueter, a member of the Great Lakes Planetarium Association who manages the DePaul University Paper Plate Education website, the paper plate is a comprehensive modeling tool...

Beautiful, handmade paper stationery can make a terrific gift with a personal touch, but you don't have to dig into your savings to get the expensive store-bought versions. With a few cheap tools...

A great way to add a custom touch to your New Year’s Eve dinner is to create customized invitations. Buying New Year’s invitations can be expensive so creating your own is a great way to save...

Delight your kids with an ice cream party complete with a homemade cardboard stand for holding ice cream cones. This simple project can be completed in under an hour. Decorate the stand to match...

Using a paper color wash for crafting purposes is a unique way to age or colorize crafting paper. An interesting paper color wash is created from Asian tea staining techniques. According to...

Paper light shades make a perfect gift or a unique addition to your home decor. Let your imagination go wild and create a paper light shade that will add warmth and coziness to any room. Create...

Creating a pop-up book can be a fun activity, whether it's being made for someone's children or even as an art project for adults. With moderately simple steps required to make one, most people...

The Beretta is a well-known style of guns made famous by an Italian company, which can be replicated with a few sheets of paper and a few hours.

If it is time to explore insect identification with your children, consider incorporating an art project into your science lesson. Making paper insects is easy and provides a fun, memorable way to...

Cherry blossom flowers are a popular Japanese origami craft. Origami lovers fold and crease cherry flowers for wedding decorations, jewelry or party favors. Making paper cherry flowers is fairly...

If you are just starting to collect mounted rubber stamps you have probably noticed how quickly they can begin to take up a good amount of your craft area due to their bulk. Though it is not...

The invention of paper figures is nearly as old as paper itself. According to Women of Texas at the University of Texas, "Japanese paper figures date back as early as 900 A.D." The first printed...

Decoupage, from the French for "cut out", is an ancient method of decorating items. The method comes to us from China and it is done by cutting out pictures from paper and gluing them to a...

Christmas ornaments are such fun to make, and this one can be used for different purposes, once you know how to make the triangle treasure box Christmas ornament. This Christmas ornament can be...

Nativity story characters are quick and easy to make. You can make them yourself, or let your kids have all the fun. Making them into puppets allows your kids to play out the nativity story over...

Tricorn hats are symbols of both pirates and the French Revolution. These hats are simple, elegant and unmistakable. The style was becoming popular in the years before the Revolution, mostly...

When you need a creative gift for a bridal or baby shower, a dinner party hostess or Teacher Appreciation Day, make a set of personalized notecards that the recipient can use to write letters to...

Create your own decorative, professional-looking invitations in no time at all without spending hundreds of dollars. Add dimension and style to your handmade invitations by embossing them. Emboss...

You can use your own greeting cards to make your own small gift boxes. These small boxes work perfectly to hold tiny treasures like jewelry and miniature figurines. They are free and easy to make...

Construction paper spheres can serve as an entertaining craft for adults or kids, a charming holiday ornament or decoration, or even a teaching tool. Help kids understand the geometry of a sphere...

Thanksgiving season is back again and so is the time of fellowship, fun, and warm greetings. But how can you share your love and appreciation for that special someone without a greeting card?...

Paper craft is a hobby that has been around since the Japanese worked with origami. A knowledge of basic shapes is important, such as a triangle or parallelogram. An eight-sided star can also...

Whether you've got a presentation, a yard sale, a school event or a rally coming up, making a poster is easy--making an effective one requires a little more time and thought. Designing the poster...

If your children keep losing the dice that accompany their board games or you don't want them using the small objects that can become choking hazards, create your own dice that are safer, more...

Making a series of signs can be challenging enough on its own, but if you're trying to save some time and make a set of nearly identical banners and signs, you'll need some kind of a template. The...