Accordion fold red packet butterfly

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Posted by Merryn | Posted in Butterfly, Chinese New Year Crafts, Insect crafts, Paper Crafts, Party Craft | Posted on 08-02-2010

Tags: Butterfly, Chinese New Year craft, paper craft, Red packet craft

Accordion fold red packet butterfly

Cut the red packet as you'll need only a side and not both.

Fold it accordion style. You'll need to do two of this.

Pinch the middle and cut it into two different sizes.

Staple in the middle to secure it.

Spread the wings and your butterfly is done. Use a double sided tape to secure it onto your window panes or wall :)

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Valentine’s Cup Cake Note Holder

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Posted by Merryn | Posted in Paper Crafts, Shapes, Valentine's Day Crafts | Posted on 01-02-2010

Tags: Valentine's Day

Valentine’s Day, love is in the air… Romance is everywhere… As a crafter, all I see is heart shapes everywhere :)

Let’s make this lovely cupcake note holder that can also be used as place cards for wedding dinners or anything alike.

Valentine's Cup Cake Note Holder

You'll need some clay, paper cup, fork and crepe paper.

Press some clay onto the paper cup.

Insert a fork in the middle.

Crumple some crepe paper and wrap it around the clay and glue the end.

Using a "Heart" shape punch, punch out several hearts and paste them onto the 'cake'.

Your note holder is done. Insert a nice heart shape card and write some lovely messages on it :)

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Red Packet Seashell Tree Ornament

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Posted by Merryn | Posted in Chinese New Year Crafts, Paper Crafts, Party Craft | Posted on 29-01-2010

Tags: Ang Pau, Chinese New Year craft, Paper Crafts, Red packet craft

This red packet seashell tree ornament is extremely easy to do. This Chinese New Year, let’s do one :)

Red Packet Seashell Tree Ornament

Fold the red packet in half.

Cut the folded side of the packet into strips measuring about 0.5cm each. Make sure you leave about 1 cm around the edges before you start cutting, as you are going to staple the edges together later.

Open up the folded red packet. Bring together two opposite corners and staple them together. Poke a hole through one of the ends, put a thread through it and tie a knot in the end of the thread.

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Valentine Paper Heart Garland

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Posted by Merryn | Posted in Paper Chain, Paper Crafts, Party Craft, Shapes, Valentine's Day Crafts | Posted on 25-01-2010

Tags: heart, Paper Crafts, Valentine's Day

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. Let’s make a lovely paper heart garland :)

Paper Heart Garland

You'll need a long strip of coloured paper.

Cut a heart shape on one end of the strip.

Fold the heart shape and fold the rest of the paper strip.

Once you are done folding, cut along the heart shape. Be careful not to cut on the sides of the heart.

Unfold it and you'll get yourself a lovely paper heart garland :) You may want to use it to decorate your Valentine's Day card, notice board or basically anything! This Valentine's Day.. let the hearts flow :D

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Red Packet Fish Lantern

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Posted by Merryn | Posted in Chinese New Year Crafts, Paper Crafts, Party Craft | Posted on 21-01-2010

Tags: Ang Pao, Chinese New Year craft, Fish, Lantern, Red packet craft

This year, I want to hang some Ang Pow fish in my porch :)

Red Packet Fish Lantern

You will need 18 Ang Pows (Red Packet) of same designs.

First, make sure all 18 ang pows are sealed. Some ang pow came with self adhesive, some don't. For those that do not have self adhesive, use some glue to seal off the ang pows.

Fold the all 18 ang pow slightly into half at the top and bottom. Do not fold the whole ang pow until there is a straight line, only fold for a tiny marking.

Fold all 18 ang pows at the corners.

Stapler 2 top corners of 2 ang pows together. Stapler another 2 more ang pows to form the fish body like the picture above. You will need to make 2 of these shape.

Stapler all the side together to form the fish body.

Fold 2 ang pows into halves. Arrange the ang pows just like the picture shown above and stapler them together.

Stapler the mouth piece to the body piece as shown in the picture.

Fold 2 ang pows into halves. Stapler one of the folded ang pow on the top of the fish body as shown. Stapler the other folded ang pow into the fin. Repeat the fish fins instruction for the bottom side of the fish body.

Fold the rest of the ang pows into halves, there should be 4 ang pows left. Take 2 ang pows and stapler them as shown above. Do the same for the rest of the ang pows. Stapler one tail onto the body of the fish first, then stapler the second one.

Put a string through the top fin of your fish and hang it. Your lantern is done :)

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