Paper Crafts

Camp is a popular summer activity for many children and even camp counselors, where they can make friends and create memories. One way to commemorate the occasion and the fun you had is to make a...

Decorative scrapbook paper can be used for all sorts of crafts besides scrapbooks. One versatile and simple item that you can make with a piece of scrapbook paper is a folded cone-shaped holder....

Making your own baby shower cards adds a personal touch to your invitations and creates memorable keepsakes for your guests. Not only are personalized cards cheaper than retail store cards, they...

If you are seeking a free and unique way to display family photos, look no further than your garage. Old cardboard boxes can be trimmed and decorated to reflect your decorating style, turning...

Recycling old holiday cards can be a fun, budget-friendly family craft project. There are tons of different ways you can use Christmas, Hanukkah or other Holiday Season cards to decorate for the...

Next time you go to the grocery store, ask for paper bags instead of plastic. Paper bags can be recycled into a number of crafts, including homemade scrapbooks. This is a good craft for kids to do...

Football season is time for family fun! Paper players are great embellishments for scrapbooking the photos of your favorite players. Creating them is a good project for the gal who wants to hang...

There are lots of ways you can use scrapbook paper. Sometimes you just have to think outside the box to come up with ideas. Making a bow with scrapbook paper gives your gift a unique look that...

Scrapbooking kits are great to create and give as gifts to friends and loved ones. They are fairly simple to put together, and you can use your creative side include coordinating embellishments...

Creating your own greeting or holiday cards is a cost-effective method of telling people that you're thinking of them. You can make your own cards using materials that you already have in your...

In recent years, vellum has become one of the most popular materials for scrapbooking. It is versatile and inexpensive, making it an indispensable part of anyone's scrapbooking supplies. If you...

Fiskars hand paper punches are shaped almost like the old fashioned, single-hole paper punch. The more modern paper punch that Fiskars produces has a cushioned coating on the handle grip for a...

Halloween is such a fun holiday and one of the best if you enjoy decorating for a special event. Halloween tables are often decorated with centerpieces and place cards. When you are decorating...

Quilling is considered an ancient art form by many and is still practiced today. Quilling is the rolling and folding of paper to achieve different shapes with depth and dimension. The technique...

Old greeting cards take on new life when recycled into crafts. The old greeting cards provide a free craft material, which works in a number of craft projects. Using the cards for crafts also...

Finding new ideas for scrapbook layouts can be a challenge, especially if you have already scrapbooked similar events in the past. Experiment with design, shapes, color and various scrapbooking...

So your hosting Thanksgiving. Along with your concerns regarding the menu, you want your table to look pretty and be unique. This craft will not only provide place cards for you guests, but also...

Old magazines can cause a lot of clutter in any home. Sometimes the photography and fonts used in them are so compelling that it becomes difficult to just put them out for recycling. Here are some...

Customize candy wrappers as fun party favors for your child's class parties or as small thoughtful gifts for co-workers in your office. These cute candy wrappers can be made with most any...

Bookmarks can be a nice addition when giving a book or gift card to a book lover on your list. You can create a pretty bookmarker using scrapbook materials. While anything can be used in a...

Craft stores carry a wide selection of wooden letters. Choose several complementary sheets of scrapbook paper and some acrylic paint to create a decorative word or phrase that will make you smile...

It's time for a different kind of party favor. The occasion--a special birthday, bridal shower, a get-together to welcome a new neighbor--needs something pretty, festive and fun. Especially...

Scrapbooks are personal and are created based on a person's fondest memories. To make a scrapbook even more sentimental, you could attempt to create your own scrapbook paper. Different colors and...

Scrapbook paper comes in hundreds of styles and colors for creating special memory pages, but you can also create other projects if you decoupage your scrapbook paper to keepsake boxes, artist's...

Card stock is useful for a variety of hobbies and purposes. Scrapbookers use it to make scrapbook pages and layouts. There are many different elements on a scrapbook page that are created with...

Scrapbook papers are a wonderful material to adhere to altered art. Adhere scrapbook papers to an altered pail to create beautiful organizing pails for magazines, shoes, yarn balls or anything...

Making a paper journal for school is done by folding several pieces of paper in half, stapling them together with at least four staples, decorating a cover and stapling that to the outside of the...

Pajama parties are one of those wonderful rites of passage that most young girls take part in. It usually revolves around a birthday, but these can also be "Just Because" occasions. Make these...

A unique and creative alternative to making handmade greeting cards is to use wax. Wax is an easy medium to work with and allows you to create a unique card every time. What's more, it is cost...

A new baby is always an exciting addition to a family. The family will be forever changed in size and dynamic when the new bundle arrives. Amongst the many preparations involved in having a baby...

Caregivers and the activity director in an assisted living community plan activities for residents. It is important to have arts and crafts that suit the needs and degrees of mobility the elderly...

Gift boxes can make or break a present, but you don't want to spend more on the gift box then you do on the present itself. If you are a scrapbooker you may often have left over scraps of paper...

Recycling is a great way to begin a project like covering a candy box with paper. Save your old heart-shaped candy boxes from Valentine's Day or ask others to save them for you. These boxes make...

You are "Purse-on ally" Invited! This quick, easy, and unique invitation will have everyone you hand them out to wanting to come to your next purse party!

Once you start making a scrapbook, it can be hard to stop. A scrapbook can tell a story much better than a photo album. You can use a scrapbook to show memorabilia that you have collected during...

Making resolutions is the easy part. Sticking to them is the hard part (see Resource link below for sad statistics). Setting up a New Year's Resolution tracking notebook is one way to keep...

Your baby's first year of life speeds by very quickly so be sure to capture every moment. A scrapbook provides not just a place to stick photographs but also a place to tell the story of your...

Halloween is a time for pumpkin carving, costumes and Trick or Treat fun. It is easy to take dozens of photos of the activities your family takes part in year after year. Each photo is a once in a...

It's pumpkin time! Pumpkin decor is great for Halloween, however, it can be used for Thanksgiving decor as well. Here is a fun craft project that will make your pumpkin decor one-of-a-kind.

Making autumn leaf scrapbooks with your children is a very pleasant pastime. A properly made scrapbook will preserve your family's memories for years to come. While it's possible to use an...

If you are a parent or grandparent, an accordion-styled brag book is the perfect way to show off the children. It is also a nice way to commemorate special occasions--such as a wedding, a...

Paper balloons are a good way to spruce up a scrapbook page. They can also be used when making cards such as for invitations, holidays, birthdays or anniversaries. Paper balloons can add a splash...

An Artist Trading Card or ATC for short might seem a little daunting to those who have never made one. If you have created any other kind of paper art or a scrapbook page there really isn’t a good...

It seems that virtually everyone is scrapbooking today. Whether it is being used as a photo album, as a memory book, to track an event or for something else altogether, scrapbooks remain popular....

Fans are the lifeblood of every aspiring musician or entertainer. Being a fan is a gift to any artist. A fun way to enjoy yourself as a fan, and be organized about it, is to create a fan...

Do you have an old hymnal you want to use but don't know how?

Tags add dimension to any scrapbook page; but you can’t always buy the kind of tag you would like to use. Read on to learn how easy making your own tags can be. With tags, your scrapbook will be...

If you must cover your child's schoolbooks, you don't have to buy those mundane commercial book covers. You can use simple paper after applying colorful designs to create a distinctive, modern...

Express your creativity by decorating your binder with a collage of mementos, photos, and things that you love.

French memo boards are an elegant way to display images and notes on your wall. They can also be a great way to show off photos and journaling on a scrapbook page. A patterned background paper is...