Paper Flower Heart

Red, pink and coral paper is twirled into pretty flowers and then glued together into a heart shape with canary street crafts.

Good for ages 8 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://canarystreetcrafts.com/spiral-flower-heart/

Paper Leprechaun Hats

Green construction paper makes the base of this leprechaun hat.  Next, red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple strips of tissue paper are glued to the rim.  Hello wonderful adds a black band and gold buckle as the finishing touch.

Good for ages 7 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.hellowonderful.co/post/paper-tube-leprechaun-hat-craft

Paper Agate Stones

50 layers of various colored construction paper are glued together and then sanded down to reveal all of the colors with mark montano.

Good for ages 5 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://markmontanoblogs.blogspot.com/2016/01/beautiful-paper-rings.html

Mitten Lacing Cards

Construction paper is cut into a mitten shape with holes punched around the edges to make mitten lacing cards with busy bee kids crafts.  She then lets the kids practice their find motor skills by threading the cards with yarn.

Good for ages 2 and up.

Get the instructions here:

http://www.busybeekidscrafts.com/Mitten-Lacing.html

Hygloss also has a lacing card tutorial but with a winter theme of mittens. The cute idea is they use full page construction paper so the kids can actually wear the mittens once they're laced.

A Flock of Paper Birds

No time for flash cards cuts out bird shapes from scrapbooking paper and adds folded paper wings.

Good for ages 4 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.notimeforflashcards.com/2009/06/birds-of-a-feather.html

 

Domestic goddesque uses cup cake liners to make her birds.

Get the instructions here:

http://domesticgoddesque.com/2011/08/cupcake-cases-creatures/

All kids network folds a brown paper in half and give them a red tummy to make a robin.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.allkidsnetwork.com/crafts/animals/birds/robin-craft.asp

Spoonful curls up the paper to make the birds three dimensional.

Spoonful uses bent paper clips to give them legs and feet.

The website is no longer available.

Helen hopcroft puts hers on sticks and uses outside as garden decor.

Get the instructions here:
http://helenhopcroft.wordpress.com/tag/kids-craft-project/

Family Mittens

A cute twist on family hand prints, cut out paper mittens from scrapbooking paper in each of the family hand sizes and glue them one on top of each other to make a winter family montage with cindy derosier.

Good for ages 1 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.cindyderosier.com/2013/12/family-mittens.html

Paper Spider Webs

 White paper is folded and cut into a spider web.  Next a black paper spider is cut out and glued on top.  Kids craft room completes the look by giving the spiders googly eyes and smiles.

Good for ages 7 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://kidscraftroom.com/spider-decorations-halloween-incy-wincy/

Paper Pine Cone Ornaments

Brown paper squares are layered one upon the other to make a paper pine cone.

Good for ages 10 and up.

The website is no longer available.

Paper Peacocks

Strips of paper are folded to make looped feathers for the peacock with a cut out body, feet, beak and googly eyes.  Highlights kids then ties it to a string of yarn to hang.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
https://www.highlightskids.com/crafts/peacock

Paper Ferris Wheel

Paper is cut and folded to make a unique and working ferris wheel with cindy derosier.  She even sticks in paper smiling faced riders.

Good for ages 8 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.cindyderosier.com/2015/08/project-cat-challenge-7-ferris-wheel.html

Paper Rockets

A stencil is the secret to making this textured paper rocket which is glued on outer space scrapbooking paper with one artsy mama.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.oneartsymama.com/2015/08/framed-stencil-art-for-kids.html

Paper Flower Lanterns

Flower patterns are cut out of paper and rolled into a lantern to make pretty nighttime display with a piece of rainbow.

Good for ages 11 and up.

Get the templates here:
http://www.apieceofrainbow.com/make-paper-lanterns-3/

3D Paper Rockets

Scrapbooking paper is rolled up into a tube to make the base of the rocket.  A paper cone is added to top it off with paper streamers for blasting off.  Little fingers big art shares the details.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://littlefingersbigart.com/2013/04/12/blast-off-paper-rocket/

Paper Coasters

Scrapbooking paper is cut into circles and used to make pretty coasters with hello wonderful.

Good for ages 6 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.hellowonderful.co/post/easy-diy-paper-coaster-gift

Paper Finger Puppets

Paper is rolled up to make animal arms and legs with flat paper tummies and faces.  Spoonful shares the details.

Good for ages 10 and up.

The website is no longer available.

Paper Flower Garden

Scrapbooking paper is cut into a tulip shape and glued onto popsicle sticks.  Next, the sticks are glued into separate sections of an empty egg carton for a pretty tulip garden.

Good for ages 7 and up.

Website is no longer available. 

Paper Flower Bouquets

Scrapbooking paper is cut into circles and flower petals and strung onto jewelry wire and sealed with a button to make a paper flower bouquet with our big earth.

Good for ages 8 and up.

The website is no longer available. 

Cindy Derosier puts hers in a tiny basket.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.cindyderosier.com/2015/07/button-flowers.html

Paper Sand Art

Sand is poured onto contact paper to make an easy, mess free sand picture with hello wonderful.

Good for ages 2 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.hellowonderful.co/post/how-to-make-sand-art-stickers

Paper Airplanes

Make giant paper airplanes out of poster board with fireflies and mud pies.  Plus, since you're using poster board they'll be super sturdy.

Good for ages 5 and up.

Get the instructions here:
http://www.firefliesandmudpies.com/2013/07/21/giant-paper-airplanes/

Paper Flower Cup Covers

 

 

Keep the creepy crawlers out of your drinks this summer by making a paper circle topped with a flower with a cut out for a straw.  Paper source shares the details.

 

Good for ages 8 and up.

 

Get the instructions here:

http://blog.papersource.com/how-to/how-to-summer-cup-covers/