Posted by Merryn | Posted in Origami, Paper Crafts | Posted on 09-08-2010 | 273 views
It’s time to indulge in delicious ice-cream

Origami Ice-cream

Fold a square paper half

Fold both ends to meet in the middle

Fold it back down as shown in the picture

Turn it around and fold back the excess ends.

Fold the top ends to meet in the middle.

Fold down as shown in the picture above.

Fold up again.

Like this.

Fold down again.

And up again

Turn it around and you’ll have this.
Draw lines for the cone and your ice-cream is done

Slurp! Slurp! Yummy
This is one cute craft you can do with your old newspaper
See, our crafts are going green!

Cotton sheep

- Crumple a newspaper into a ball.
- Use masking tape to cover the entire surface

- Paste rolled up cotton onto the newspaper ball

- Poke a toothpick through, glue and let dry.
- Cut black straws and glue over the toothpicks.
- Let dry.

- Cut a face out of black colored foam and paste.
- Paste a couple of googly eyes and your cotton ball sheep is ready! So cute
Trumpet please! We are making an elephant today

Plate Elephant

Draw a circle on a felt, any colour of your choice. Draw a line in the middle and cut so you will have two semi-circles.

Glue the semi-circles as the ears.

Cut a strip of paper and fold accordion style.
Click here to learn what is accordion fold.

Glue the strip of paper as the trunk.

Glue two googly eyes and you are done
Posted by Merryn | Posted in Paper Crafts, What is | Posted on 16-06-2010 | 809 views
Sugar paper or construction paper is a light paper that looks frosted due to the nature of the source material from which the paper is manufactured. It is a tougher type of coloured paper; coarse, slightly rough with unfinished surface and is mostly available in large sheets.
The most commonly used sugar paper in craft is the black sugar paper.
Father’s Day is just around the corner. Let’s make a card for dear ol’ Dad

Father’s Day Card

Draw a heart on a craft foam and cut
Click here to learn how to get symmetrical heart shape

The kids with their ‘hearts’

Draw the outline of your palm

The kids decorating and personalising their cards

Their masterpiece