Paper Crafts for Children

Owls are such a great craft subject, and there are many beautiful crafts out there for them, but I think this must be one of the easiest crafty owls to make – perfect for little fingers.

This craft is fun to make, but would also be ideal for putting on a gift card!

You need a cup cake case, which you flatten and then fold the top down a little.

Then fold the sides in to make the wings, on a slight angle as pictured.

Finally add some details. The eyes could be googly ones like we have used or you could just draw them on. Use some scraps of card to make some feet and a beak.

Keep an eye out for this cowboy – you might see a bit more of him around here! If you like the look of his hat – it is a great easy one to quickly craft up.

	Find a nice sturdy large piece of paper and draw a hat shape on it as pictured. To get the size right you can roughly trace around a cap for the inner circle size. Cut it out as indicated by the lighter card.
	Then you push the ‘top’ of the hat up and push the brim over your head – he looks like a bit of a cowboy to me!

When you get something in one of those paper bags that has a nice square bottom – be sure to keep it, as that is half way to becoming a cute puppet. This basic technique can be used to create all sorts of critters – just vary the details to change the dog to a rabbit, elephant, martian, etc.

	Start with the paper bag folded flat, have the section that would be the bag bottom when it is fully opened, facing up – this is the side that gets the most decorating attention. We have also folded the corners of the bag bottom in to round out the ‘face’ a little.
	Add on the details for your character. At this stage I thought this puppy was looking OK, but the kids had other ideas.
	I am very glad that they did take over – it is a much improved puppet pooch. I hope you can see on this picture how some of the features like the ears and front legs are attached to the sides of the bag.

This was formerly a paper chain dragon in a newsletter, but she is quite happy also being a snake – JUST in time for the Chinese New Year, and for Dawnie:-).

	Not surprisingly – make a paper chain.
	We were very restrained with ours, but go as wild as you wish and add a head, tail, feather, wings, scales, fire and any other dragon or snake decorations.

A range of Thanksgiving paper crafts to keep the children occupied before the celebration and some great decorations for the day.

	Paper Bag Turkey Thanksgiving Hat Make this hat to wear at your thanksgiving day celebration.
	Paper Gratitude Garland Make this garland of gratitude statements or simply things you are thankful for. It makes a great decoration and trying to read every link adds extra interest. Some examples to get you started: for friends I can cry with for my lovely mother for my happy home for my favorite toy for our thanksgiving gathering
	Thanksgiving Hand Print Turkey Have some fun making these Thanksgiving turkeys with the children.