Crafting Tutorials

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If you are new to crafting or just want to learn how to do a new technique or use a specific medium, check out these educational how-to's and tutorials.

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As a parent, one of the biggest crafting dilemmas you may face is what to do with all the wonderful masterpieces your child creates. Here are some creative ideas to help you with this dilemma. Family Crafts Ads Christmas Paper Plates Family Crafts Craft Easy Christmas Craft Ideas Craft Activities for Kids Classroom Activities

Beaded Safety Pins
Easy to follow directions and many free patterns for making your own beaded safety pins. We got patriotic and made "flag pins".

Colored Noodles Photo
See a picture of the Colored Noodles craft.

Coloring Noodles
Directions for making colorful noodles that can be used for a large variety of projects

Crafter's Toolbox: The Basics
Find out what basic craft supplies you should always keep on hand.

Crafters Toolbox: Beyond the Basics
Find out what craft supplies you might want to stock in your toolbox.

Crafter's Toolbox: Specialty Tools and Fun Gadgets
Discover great specialty items you might want to add to your crafting toolbox.

Create a Craft Room
A special how-to video from About.com. To personalize every gift, forget about store-bought paper or generic gift bags. Create a home workshop and start custom-wrapping gifts.

Decoupage
Learn how to decoupage. Here are basic decoupage techniques, supply lists, and easy projects you can do.

Drying and Pressing Flowers
Learn how to save your colorful flowers by drying or pressing them. Great for crafts, decorations, and gifts!

Etching Glass
Believe it or not, etching glass can be fairly simple! Use these guidelines and suggested supplies to make a variety of etched glass masterpieces.

How to Felt
Felting is actually an ancient craft that has become increasingly popular lately. Felting is the process of transforming wool into a dense cloth by bonding and shrinking the fibers together.

How to Make Garden Stepping Stones
Learn how to make garden stepping stones. Here are basic techniques, a supply list, tips and hints, and even great pictures to help you make your own personalized garden stepping stones.

How to Make a Stamp
Melissa from Darnell Spirit Productions shares dirctions for making your own stamps. Her ideas feature a dance-cheer design, but these directions can be used for any theme!

How To Turn Trash Into Treasures
Creative and fun ideas for recycling trash into crafts! Not only is recycling good for the environment, it can help save you money, and, with the projects posted here, you can find out how to recycle creatively!

Learn How to Emboss
Embossing is a technique which creates a raised, or 3-dimensional, image on a piece of paper. There are two ways to emboss: dry embossing and heat embossing.

Let's Create a Story Sack
Hmm, what's a story sack? It's simply a bag or sack of some sort, which contains a story book along with related craft ideas, games, and other fun stuff. Why would you want to make one? What better way to get a child interested in reading than by getting them involved with the story in the book.

Make a Craft Kit
Create your own handy craft kit that you can carry around anywhere and have your supplies ready to go at a moments notice. These make great gifts as well!

Painting
Find out how you can use a variety of objects to paint with and discover recipes to make your own paint.

Paper Mache
Try your hand at paper mache. A great craft for everyone. Find recipes, project ideas, and helpful hints.

Printing From Your Browser Window
Find out how you can print out coloring pages and other images from the browser window without ads and other extras.

Printing From Your Hard Drive
Find out how you can save coloring pages onto your computer to print it out.

Printing
Get creative with printing, and I don't mean writing! Find out how you can make pictures, t-shirts, wrapping paper, and more.

Tie-Dye
Learn how to tie-dye! Here are basic tie-dye techniques, supply lists, and easy projects you can do.

How To Make Stained Glass
Learn the basics of how to do stained glass here. The pictorial on this page takes you through the basic steps of stained glass construction.

and last but not least, my favourite, "paper plate" crafts.  They are accessible, inexpensive and it is amazing what one can create. We recently made a cute puffer fish.  here are some ideas:

Elephant Puppet Craft
Make this elephant puppet out of a paper plate.

Fish Bowl Craft
Create a fun fish bowl picture using a paper plate and a few other supplies -

Flying Saucer
Instructions to make a home made flying saucer from paper plates.

Foot and Hand Turkey Craft
Find out how to create this cute turkey craft using a footprint, a few handprints, and a paper plate.

Football Player Craft
Instructions for making a a football out of a paper plate.

Garland Christmas Wreath
Instructions to make a simple Christmas wreath using garland and paper plates.

God Made... Mobile Craft
Instructions to make a special mobile.

Handprint Sun
See a full color photo of this fun craft!

Handprint Wall Hanging
Make this wall hanging gift for someone special.

Happy Earth Craft
Instructions to make a happy earth picture using a paper plate

Helping Hands Craft
This unique handprint craft idea is easy and fun to create.

Lamb's Face Craft
Follow these instructions and make an adorable lamb's face using a paper plate

Learning About Time
See a full color photo of this fun craft!

Leprechaun Hat
Instructions to make a leprechaun hat from a paper plate and cup

Lion's Face Craft
Follow these instructions and make an adorable lion's face using a paper plate

Mardi Gras Noise Maker
Instructions for making a festive, Mardi Gras noise maker out of paper plates

New Year Noise Maker
Instructions for making New Year Noise Maker out of paper plates

Noise Shaker
See a full color photo of this fun craft!

Outer Spacers
Make a fun outer space costume using paper bags -

 Paper Plate Bird
Instructions to make a bird using 2 paper plates.

Paper Plate Butterfly
Susan instructions for making a butterfly using a paper plate, a toilet tissue roll, and a few other supplies.

Paper Plate Frog
Instructions on how to make frogs out of paper plates.

Paper Plate Heart Pocket
Paper Plate Heart Pocket Free Arts and Crafts for Kids paper plate heart envelope Make this Simple Craft valentines day heart basket

Paper Plate Tamborine
Instructions for making paper plate tamborines to play music.

Paper Plate Turkey
A fun and easy Thanksgiving craft project!

Pilgrim Hat for Boys
Make your very own pilgrim hat using a paper plate.

Pokemon Valentine Mailbox
Instructions for making a Valentine mailbox that looks like a pokeball. A great way to gather your Valentine's day cards.

Popcorn Wreath Ornament
Use these free directions to create a wreath ornament using a paper plate and popcorn. A great Christmas tree ornament or gift.

Pot-O-Gold Craft
Make a small rainbow and a pot of gold. A great craft for St. Patricks day!

Recycled Angel Craft
Instructions to make an Angel using a toilet tissue roll and a few other supplies.

Salad Spinner Painting
How to make great works of art using a Salad Spinner!

Santa Mask
Create a Santa Claus mask using a paper plate.

Simple Pumpkin
Make a simple pumpkin using a paper plate.

Spiral Snake Craft
Make a silly snake using a paper plate. An easy craft for everyone.

Thanksgiving Collage
Make a Thanksgiving collage picture using a paper plate.

Toothy Puppet
Make this paper plate puppet with teeth.

Top Hat Craft
Make Top Hat from a paper plate. Just like Abraham Lincolns!

Watermelon Picture
See a full color photo of this fun craft!

Watermelon Art
Make a slice of watermelon using a paper plate and real watermelon seeds.

Witch Hat Craft
Make this witches hat using poster board and a paper plate.

Easter Bonnet
Fashion your own Easter basket using these suggestions

Dreamcatcher
Try your hand at making a Native American dreamcatcher using a paper plate, yarn, and a few other supplies

Flower Pot Wall Hanging
A unique flower pot made to hang on the wall.

Frog Pouch Craft
This frog pouch craft is made with a paper plate and a half.

Good Luck Rainbow
Among other things, this craft is made using a half a paper plate and colorful tissue paper

Huge Scary Spiders
Make a huge scary spider that you can hang anywhere.

Leprechaun Masks
Have you ever wanted to be a leprechaun? Here's your chance!

Make a Magical Latke
Can you make and "fry" some magical latkes?

Nylon Snake
Here's a way to use up those colorful plastic cups and plates used at birthday parties and school events.

Paper Plate Angel
Turn a paper plate into a beautiful angel.

Paper Plate Duck Craft
This easy-to-make duck is a cute craft that is made from a single paper plate and construction paper.

Paper Plate Spiders
This is a good craft for a group of kids to make.

Paper Plate Pilgrim Craft
To make this craft you need a paper plate, printer, crayons, paper, scissors and glue.

Pumpkin Pie Game
Create this holiday game using a paper plate and a few other supplies.

Race Car
Children will enjoy making the car and playing a game of Red Light Green Light.

Rainbow Streamers
Bring the rainbow inside with these fun and colorful streamers. Have a parade, put on some Irish dance music, or just enjoy the bright colors flowing in the breeze.

 Hope this helps keep you and yours happy and productive during the upcoming holidays! Happy Holidays!