Paper Crafts

Chinese paper balloons are a favorite on the elementary school playground, where the little spheres are filled with water and lobbed at classmates. Make a basket full for your children to fill...

Step outside the rectangle and start creating beautiful square envelopes for sending your handcrafted cards. Instead of designing your card to match the size of the envelope, make the envelope...

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...

Nearly every kid growing up learns some origami, though he or she might not know it as such. The blow-up box that looks like a cube, the fortune teller with messages written beneath the folds, and...

Modular origami involves folding several units, or modules, of paper identically, then fitting them together to form some three-dimensional shape, usually a polyhedron. It is a fascinating way to...

Origami is the ancient art of paper folding. Paper is folded into different shapes that resemble real-life objects. Although most people believe that origami is just folding, traditional origami...

An envelope is something many people do not think about often; however, making a handmade envelope to mail a letter or card might be an innovative way to add just the right touch to your...

If you’ve just had a baby and want to share the news with family and friends or want to create a heartfelt gift for a friend who has just become a mother, use free printable birth announcements to...

Making your own decorative boxes to house small party favors, like candy, or even to hold something special, like an engagement ring, is a creative way to add a personal touch to any gift. You can...

Chances are, you don't own a real throwing knife, used in the martial arts for the sport of knife throwing. However, you can easily make a throwing knife out of paper to play with around the...

Knowing how to make a bucket out of a common material like paper is a handy skill when camping, hiking, picnicking or cleaning. Making a paper bucket can also be an interesting party trick. The...

Origami is the Japanese art of paper folding. The word "origami" means to fold (oru) paper (kami). There are many constructions that can be made by folding paper, including flowers and animals....

An origami car is a creative craft that children will love. Origami is an art that transforms a flat piece of paper into a different shape. Origami improves a child's learning skills and gives him...

Clara is the mascot for my kids craft site, and she would love to become your favorite bookmarker! She loves to read as much as I do, so she already knows her way around the library! This simple...

Origami paper crafts can create an array of shapes, from swooping cranes to blossoming flowers. These flowers take only a few folds and are a good choice for beginners. After you have made the...

Paper airplanes are one of the simplest and fastest toys to make. The best part about them is that they can keep children entertained for hours. Add a more personal touch to paper airplanes by...

Origami gift boxes are a creative enhancement to any present. Origami is the art of folding paper, so no tape or glue is necessary. Origami can create a variety of objects using one or two pieces...

There are all kinds of paper candy to make, whether you're using the candy for decoration, window display, props or just having a fun project with the kids. You can make little saltwater-taffy...

Whether you're bored around the office or simply looking for a simple paper craft to work on, making a paper basketball hoop is a fun and fast activity. And with a few pieces of balled-up paper,...

Origami has been around for centuries. It originated in Japan in the early second century and remains a beautiful art form today. The popular show Pokémon is also originally from Japan....

Tri-corner hats were a popular style in Colonial times (1607 to 1783). Today, a tri-corner hat is associated more with old-time pirates. Such a hat can be made fairly easily and inexpensively, if...

Anyone can buy a card and envelope, but make your note even more special by delivering it in an envelope you folded yourself. Use a standard-size sheet of paper to create this easy envelope, and...

In this eHow article, I will teach you how to make a make a mini, self sealing (no tape needed), paper gift box. It's super cute, and pretty easy. The finished product measures 3" x 3" x...

Funny paper hats can be made from almost any type of paper. They also take less than a minute to fold, once you have mastered the technique. Use your imagination to make almost any type of hat...

Origami is the ancient Chinese art of paper folding, but you don't have to go to the Far East to enjoy this particular form of expression. You can experience the geometrical bliss of paper art...

The reader will learn how to fold a square sheet of paper into an object resembling a Viking helmet.

To make a paper propeller, start with a square piece of paper, fold it diagonally in both directions, cut slits over each fold and fold each corner over to the next corner, securing all of the...

To make a paper chatterbox, fold a square piece of paper diagonally in half in both directions, fold in each corner, turn it over and fold each corner again. Create a paper chatterbox, writing in...

This pattern to make an origami paper lamp shade can be done with any size paper as long as the short edge of the paper is 7/11ths the length of the long edge. For example, you can use paper where...

What a child will like more than playing with a paper windmill is making one. Making a windmill with paper is relatively easy and mess-free. Once completed, hours of enjoyment will come and the...

Making a fun hat out of newspaper is one of those projects that is so simple, yet most kids enjoy so much. This is an easy project that takes very little time yet the results are big. Provide a...

Paper fans are popular toys for children. They are also popular party favors and are often given away at garden parties or weddings to help keep guests cool in warm weather. Making a paper fan...

Oragami boxes are some of the easiest things to make! They make great gift boxes, or just great gifts themselves. It's a good starter project, if you've never done Origami before. (Origami: the...

Curling paper is a technique used in paper sculpture. Curled paper provides volume and dimension to paper designs. By curling paper, you will begin to understand how light affects the paper, how...

A colorful paper box is wonderful to fill with trinkets, old letters, or anything special. This a simple project that should only take about 30 minutes. Its wonderful to do with your children...

Making small decorative cake boxes is easy and fun. These boxes use basic origami techniques and very few materials. The same box making techniques will also work for cookie and candy boxes. These...

Let it Snow! What could be more fun on a snowy day than creating your own indoor Winter Wonderland? If you're like me, you made a million of these when you were a kid (it's still true - no two are...

Beautiful flowers are a must-have when decorating for Valentine's Day. This origami pattern is easily created and can be crafted using any kind of paper. This pattern is given by instruction only,...

Gift boxes are a necessary part of gift-wrapping, unless, of course, you put everything into gift bags. But why not spice up your plain old gift boxes with some decoration and save some money by...

Origami is the ancient art of paper folding. Probably the most well know origami creation is the paper crane, made famous across many regions by the book "Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes." ...

Folding a simple piece of paper into some interesting shapes is an easy way to pass time when you are bored, amaze your friends with a hidden talent and make the notes you write to your friends...

A German Bell is diamond shape paper ornament that is used for decoration, mostly a Christmas tree ornament. But you can also hang it in your car, bedroom, and anywhere you want to decorate with...

Paper folding is an ancient Asian art called origami. Using primarily square pieces of paper (sometimes rectangular), origami folds create likenesses of real objects like cranes, cats, flowers and...

If you want to become a Ninja force to be reckoned with, you will need to be armed. The perfect Ninja weapons are throwing stars. They are small but dangerous! Follow this guide to making your own...

When you were a child, you probably loved it when your parents made paper airplanes to fly around the house or back yard. There are hundreds of different kinds of paper airplanes. Here's how to...

Paper football can be played anywhere with just a paper football and two players. All you do is flick the ball with your finger on a table. If you get the ball so that it is hanging off the edge...

If you find yourself in need of a cup, but do not have one handy, all you need is a piece of paper, and your problem is solved. Make your own cup from a piece of paper, which will hold liquid for...

Perhaps you're not a fan of airplanes, you're not fond of boats and you're allergic to animals, but you've got a ton of paper just begging to be folded into something. Here's a fun project that...

Origami is the ancient Japanese art of paper folding: creating intricate characters from a single sheet of paper via the use of deliberate folds. Origami (which actually began in China) is derived...

Learning how to fold a paper airplane will bring you hours of fun. Master the most basic paper airplane design and experiment to determine how you can retrofit it to make it your own innovations.