Folding Trees

Print these Halloween masks from Canon Creative Park onto cardstock and cut out for instant Halloween fun!

Growing up Creative is sharing a great tutorial for some eco kids craft making flower wall art for the kids room but I think you could easily use this as a wall piece for a boring hallway as well .

Fantastic Toys makes the most adorable plush, and now Tim has generously created a free PDF set of 5 gnome paper toys, featuring a hanging mobile, gnome bowling, a gnome paper doll and finger puppets – all equally cute!

Get ready for back to school time with these adorable printable animal bookmarks from Tricia Rennea.

Inchmark is treating us to a really lovely idea. These speech bubble note cards are so easy to make and can also be  a great recycle project if you use the insides of your security envelopes.

A great idea by Martha Stewart to motivate your child to do some summer reading with the bookworm game, a fun variation of the reward chart. Maybe a lovely idea to let your child help you make the game and think of prizes….

Happy Independence Day to all our US readers! Here’s a really simple craft from Disney Family Fun to make these fold and snip stars – make them in red, white and blue for today, or any time as a simple decoration!

It’s Father’s Day tomorrow – but don’t worry, we’ve got you covered if the kids still haven’t made anything for Dad…

This Daddyland coupon book from Disney is just adorable:

Or check out HP for all sort of Father’s Day cards and other printables:

Happy Father’s Day to all the Dads out there! We’ll see you on Monday

Here’s a simple project to try with the kids this summer: this picture frame decoupaged with origami paper from The Crafty Classroom. [via Dollar Store Crafts]

Stuck for Father’s Day gift ideas? Check out Erin’s template to make a cute shirt and tie tin. I especially like the paper-covered Riesen chocolates inside (yum!) – show me a dad who wouldn’t appreciate those! You could also repurpose the shirt and tie templates to make a fun Father’s Day card.