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Category: Arts and Crafts

Are you looking for arts and crafts tutorials on drawing, painting, embroidery, DIY paper crafts and other craft ideas?

My crafts tutorials are easy and suitable for home crafting.

Crafts for adults

Here you’ll find simple arts and crafts for adults such as embroidery tutorials, painting and paper or hot glue crafts.

Crafts for kids

From simple crafts for kids like recycled paper stand or paper gift bag to more complex ones like paper snow flakes or creative techniques.

So come and paint with me, fold paper, make some jewelry and maybe make a quiet book or two!

Enjoy my crafts tutorials made by me for you <3

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Arts and Crafts Get inspired

5 Minute Crafts

updated on August 4, 2021August 4, 2021Leave a Comment on 5 Minute Crafts

Do you feel like crafting but don’t have much time? No problem, here are some 5 Minute Crafts just for you.

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Arts and Crafts Get inspired

18 Fun Family Crafts

updated on August 1, 2021August 2, 2021Leave a Comment on 18 Fun Family Crafts

These 18 Fun Family Crafts are craft tutorials (and recipes) for the whole family to enjoy.

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Arts and Crafts

DIY Flower Sun Catcher

updated on June 25, 2021June 27, 2021Leave a Comment on DIY Flower Sun Catcher

I like making seasonal and thematic home decor with my girls and our beautiful flower garden supplies us with the ideal material for summer decor. We actually don’t really pick flowers for our house, we prefer to enjoy them in the garden and leave everything for the bees. Once every now and then we make …

Arts and Crafts Gifts Paper Crafts

Miniature Paper Handbag

updated on January 15, 2022April 25, 2021Leave a Comment on Miniature Paper Handbag

I have two girls at home just at the age when they like all those little things that we adults consider dust-catchers and generally ask Why have this? And they also like making these little things for their friend. And this miniature handbag from paper – I should rather say handbags – are great gifts. …

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Knickers Embroidery

updated on March 14, 2021March 14, 2021Leave a Comment on Knickers Embroidery

Why embroider knickers, you ask? Why not, I say! Besides being quite a funny project the knickers embroidery can also be a great gift. You can embroider a cushion a shopping bag…or even use it as an applique for a t-shirt.

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Arts and Crafts Recycle & Upcycle

Recycled Snowflakes

updated on April 24, 2021February 24, 2021Leave a Comment on Recycled Snowflakes

Recycled snowflakes are one of my very favorite Christmas decorations. They’re easy to make and we have lots of fund making them with the kids.

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Arts and Crafts Costumes

Butterfly Costume

on January 15, 2021January 15, 2021Leave a Comment on Butterfly Costume

The last carnivale season was in the name of insect costumes. If you’ve been on this blog before, you probably know that I have been making my children’s costumes myself. Check out also my spider costume that came out together with the two butterfly costumes for our girls.

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Arts and Crafts Gifts Paper Crafts

Origami Mini Book

updated on January 15, 2022December 23, 2020Leave a Comment on Origami Mini Book

Our Lily is becoming quite the craftsy kid. She likes to make furniture for her dolls, she makes origami flowers and small gifts for her friends. We made this origami mini book together and actually not just one. We made a pile of them which comes handy now before Christmas. It’s an ideal gift for …

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How to Paint a Poppy

on October 29, 2020October 29, 2020Leave a Comment on How to Paint a Poppy

I would like to show you how I paint my little flower cards and that you could do the same even if you’re a painting beginner. There are just a few simple steps to follow and you can paint this poppy easily. At the end I’ll show you how I add a little “Thank you” …

Arts and Crafts Recycle & Upcycle

Recycled mini hats

updated on March 6, 2020March 3, 2020Leave a Comment on Recycled mini hats

So you say your dolls have nothing to wear, ey…

Arts and Crafts Other Tutorials Sewing

Embroidery Llama

updated on March 4, 2020February 18, 2020Leave a Comment on Embroidery Llama

Embroider yourself a llama because why not?

Arts and Crafts Gifts Holidays and traditions Paper Crafts

Scratch Off (Valentine) Love Card

updated on January 15, 2022February 3, 2020Leave a Comment on Scratch Off (Valentine) Love Card

Are you looking for an original idea for a card for St. Valentine’s Day, anniversary or birthday? Try to make this scratch off card with my tutorial.

Arts and Crafts Gifts Paper Crafts

Gift bag

updated on January 15, 2022January 1, 2020Leave a Comment on Gift bag

Looking for original gift bags? Just make them yourself!

Arts and Crafts Gifts

Christmas cards

updated on July 2, 2021December 19, 2019Leave a Comment on Christmas cards

This year’s Christmas cards are inspired by the poinsettia plant.

Arts and Crafts Gifts Paper Crafts

Pillow box

updated on January 15, 2022December 15, 2019Leave a Comment on Pillow box

Nice giftbox easy to make. Pick a paper with some nice pattern to bring it to the next level.

Arts and Crafts Other Tutorials Paper Crafts

“How many times to we go to sleep until…” countdown meter

updated on January 15, 2022October 29, 2019Leave a Comment on “How many times to we go to sleep until…” countdown meter

Lately Lily has been measuring everything by how many times we have to go to bed until the event comes – birthdays, holidays, Christmas… my mom started making the girls these simple and effective meters which help them grasp the time concept better.

Arts and Crafts Sewing

Beadweaving – the Flower Ring

updated on February 10, 2020May 20, 2019Leave a Comment on Beadweaving – the Flower Ring

Beadweaving What is beadweaving? It is a weaving technique used to create anything from jewelry to animals and boxes using beads, adding them one by one. This technique is very time-demanding and mastering it requires practice, time and patience. The real and fair price of the beadwoven jewelry easily equals that of jewelry made from …

Arts and Crafts

Matchbox suitcase

updated on February 10, 2020April 30, 20191 Comment on Matchbox suitcase

Lately I’ve made the exploding box for my husband and I decided to stay creative when it came to his birthday. I made him this matchbox suitcase as an alternative to a birthday card.

Arts and Crafts

Pencil stand for kids

updated on February 10, 2020April 10, 2019Leave a Comment on Pencil stand for kids

Do you also fail horribly when you try to convince your kids to have their room tidy and organized? No worries, most of us do. However, I am never going to stop trying and every now and then I come up with an idea to make things better. This time me and the girls were …

explosion box
Arts and Crafts Gifts Paper Crafts

Explosion Box

updated on January 15, 2022March 11, 2019Leave a Comment on Explosion Box

Me and my husband don’t celebrate our wedding anniversaries big, however, I wanted to give him something personal this year. It took a me a while to get any idea at all but in the end I remembered that a while ago I saw a box that kind of exploded into several layers. My explosion …

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