Using our silhouette Christmas village paper template, you can build a beautiful holiday centrepiece in no time! While it looks like an intricate paper-cut craft, it doesn’t require elaborate cutting skills and is instead made with a printer. My favourite part...
Make a paper lantern ornament from a printable design! This is a spin-off on my previous lantern ornament project. If you feel confident doing somewhat intricate papercutting, you can do it the same way by cutting the design out. You will find the pattern in the...
Add even more glow to your Christmas tree with these elegant paper lantern ornaments that have an LED light inside and can be turned on and off! They come with a printable template to make this craft as easy as possible. Lights sure make a Christmas tree come to life....
Did you play with dress-up dolls when you were a kid? This printable emotion paper doll changes poses and expressions instead of dresses and teaches children how to successfully read other people’s body language. This version features a girl doll. It is...
Make an articulated dragon puppet from paper with a free printable puppet template! Pet Dragon? Have you ever thought of what it would be like to have a pet dragon? If we consult literary sources, they differ on this account: a dragon brought quite a bit of trouble to...
Get an introduction to Canada for kids with these printable dress-up dolls! Four Canadian costumes include Anne of Green Gables, a hockey player, an Inuk and a Mountie. Since realizing that this year celebrates the 150th anniversary of Canada, I wanted to do something...
Looking for a non-sweet Valentine idea for kids? We recommend these DIY foam glider templates – they come with a card, and they actually work! Last week, we made a couple of foam glider airplanes, based on a real MIG-15 airplane. We played with, modified,...
Stage a Nativity myth shadow puppet play with kids! When I held a poll among my readers, I asked what shadow puppet set they’d like to see me create, and I got a lot of interesting answers. The one that popped up often was a Nativity scene. While Nativity scenes...
Are you thinking about having a homemade advent calendar this year? Our silhouette advent calendar is full of enchanting characters for kids to cut, colour and paste onto windows, creating a magical Christmas story! While we were decorating our windows with the...
Cut our printable templates to make Christmas window silhouettes and turn your windowsills into a winter wonderland! When do you begin preparations for the winter holiday season? My son maintains the opinion that it can never be too early to start, and his enthusiasm...
When Faye turned one month, we had a small family party for her. There we made a black-and-white name garland for our baby as her first month birthday present. All of us participated, including her two-year-old cousin, and since then it has been pleasant to look at it...
This year, we decided to celebrate Star Wars day (May the Forth!) by lighting up a few Star Wars lanterns in our window. All you need is paper, glue and parchment paper, and you can make this simple Star Wars craft for the party! This post contains Amazon affiliate...
