Like the mystical Magic 8 Ball, a paper fortune teller can reveal the user’s fortune, but only if you know how! Well, maybe. If you don’t remember how to play with a fortune teller, it’s ok. Just jump in my time machine and we’ll head back to the school yard for a little 101 in …
Paper craft
So many cool things kids can make with paper! Right now we’re folding fortune tellers & cootie catchers and Minecraft blocks.
Make your own friendly fox from the simplest of “junk” craft supplies: a cardboard toilet paper roll! You can make quiet a few things from cardboard tubes, and lets face it, TP rolls are always popping up at your house. This fox is made from a toilet paper tube covered in orange construction paper. Your …
Today we’re getting girly with Paper Dolls! Paper dolls are a classic crafty toy that any kid should get a kick out of –especially on a day when you can’t play outside. All the dolls featured in this collection are great for kids excited about fashion and playing dressup! Some of the designs can be …
Sloths! Robots! Monster Trucks! Coloring Pages to Keep Kids Stuck at Home Busy Speaking as a semi-professional Boy Mom with years of experience, I know all about the basic needs of the creative boy. He wants to color and do art, but maybe he won’t come within miles of glitter glue or pink crayons. (Then …
Remember running from the boys with “cooties” on the playground when you were a kid? Yep, today we’re talking Cootie Catchers, otherwise known as Fortune Tellers or Chatter Boxes. Oh wait, is a Cootie Catcher…just a paper Fortune Teller? Yep. They’re the same thing! A cootie catcher is a paper toy — they make great …
When your kids lose Wi-Fi do they act like the world is going to end? How did we ever get through childhood without the internet, social media and video games in our pocket? Before Gameboy and Nintendo DS (like they even know what those are) we played with PAPER. And our imagination. A piece of …
New Designs with Llamas, Pandas and Bees! My boys love Minecraft…but they aren’t really fond of Valentine’s Day. I mean, they like getting chocolate hearts from their mom–that’s cool. But sending out cute Valentine’s to all the kids in their classroom? No thanks! We started making our own Valentine cards at home so we can …
If you grew up before “screen time” was a thing to worry about, then you’ve made origami paper fortune tellers — also known as cootie catchers or chatterboxes — when you were a kid. Right? One day Mitch came home with a folded paper fortune teller his friend’s mom made to entertain them during a …