Handmade cards, gift wrapping ideas & free printables
This craft category is a huge collection of handmade cards, DIY gift wrapping ideas & free printables! Handmade cards & free printable cards for all holidays and occasions ( free printable Christmas cards, handmade birthday cards, mother's day cards, father's day cards, valentine's day cards ), gift wrapping on a budget, creative gift wrapping ideas, free printable gift boxes, handmade invitation cards ( wedding invitations, Halloween invitations, birthday party invitations ), easy cards for kids, free printable gift tags .. and many other paper craft ideas about cards, gifts & gift wrapping!

Kids love snow globes, a nd we love looking at pictures of our kids ! Today’s winter craft project combines both of those into an easy winter craft little kids will love to make. This little 3D family photo snow globe card by It's Always Autumn is a perfect classroom winter or Christmas craft for kids to make. Her template ( as usual ) makes this winter craft easy-peasy and you can be sure the parents will love receiving one of these super adorable Christmas cards. Not only does this winter snow globe card hold a special message inside, with a child’s photo at the center of the snow globe, this one takes “personal” to a whole new level.
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In this nice papercraft video tutorial she will show you how to make this super fun exploding suprise box in no time! It may look like a box from the outside, but once you open it up, everything inside just jumps open. Whoever you give this fun paper exploding box will be very surprised! This suprise box is a perfect gift for any ocassion ( birthdays, christmas, graduation parties or mother's day ) ! You can put small candies or money inside the box or glue in nice messages/quotes/pictures to make it more personal! You won't believe it how easy is to make it!
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This Valentine's day, don't forget to give your loved ones a big hug ! When it comes to giving the perfect gift for Valentine's day, it's the thought that counts, which makes this lovely dimensional heart card craft by I Heart Crafty Things a perfect Valentine's day gift! Everyone loves a gift comes from the heart! This easy, DIY 3D heart card is a simple craft , and ( if you add personal notes to them ) it will make you smile every time. This easy DIY 3D heart card is just the perfect gift to tell your loved ones just how special are they!
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If you are in need of a last minute ( teacher appreciation ) gift create this fun gift card bouquet by Cutesy Crafts. You can group up with other parents and create a whole gift card flower bouquet, or simply create one flower. Cutesy Crafts has made a free printable template to cut with scissors and a cut file for your electronic die cutting machine. This DIY Gift card bouquet is also a really great group gift idea for a coworker or friend . A much more creative way to give gift cards ( and money ) than just handing them over in an envelope.
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These fun chicken Easter cards by Paper Magic are super cute, very easy to make, and it's just perfect for keeping little ones entertained. This chicken Easter card is a great fun craft for kids that lets them practice their fine motor skills too. The finished chicken Easter cards make adorable wall decorations or you can share them with friends and family members! Plus, because this chicken Easter card is such a simple and easy craft, it’s great for kids of all ages ! Let's get crafting!
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You can easily make the most beautiful card for Valentine's day or Mother’s day ! Follow Andreja's step by step tutorial that will show you how to make a DIY rolled paper roses Valentines Day Card! We love simple ideas that look like they took hours to make! You won’t believe how easy this rolled paper roses Valentine's Day cards are to make!
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These super cute paper carrot Easter baskets by Kids Craft Room only take a few minutes to make and the finished baskets filled with yummy Easter sweets or toys can be a wonderful ( last minute ) Easter gifts or Easter party treats! ( As usual ) Kids Craft Room will give you a free printable carrot basket template to make it really easy. So don't hesitate: get the free printable Easter basket template , follow the step-by-step tutorial and create a bunch of these lovely little paper carrot easter baskets now:
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We LOVE making sock puppets and we bet that many children feel the same, so you can’t go wrong with a build a sock puppet kit as a fun Christmas gift idea ! This DIY sock puppet making kit by The Country Chic Cottage will grant hours of fun! This gift in a jar is perfect for the kids on your gift giving list. The kids will love opening this gift then getting creative and building their own sock puppets. You can find hundreds of sock puppet / sock softie ideas around the internet ( even you can find some of them here! ) so choose one, collect the ingredients, stuff them in a big mason jar and voilá' you have the perfect gift for those little creative hands!
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Fun free Valentine printable coloring page bookmarks are a great gift for classmates to help kids be creative & encourage reading too! Personalized & cute! Are you gearing up for Valentine’s Day? Here are some beautiful free Valentine's bookmarks for your little artists! With Valentine's day upon us what better way to start the season off than to encourage kids to develop a love and thirst for reading that will last a lifetime? This cute and colorful Valentine's cay coloring page bookmark is the perfect way to bring fun and excitement to your children’s reading activities whatever their age.
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This heart flower card by Easy Peasy And Fun is the cutest handmade card your kids can make, either for Valentine’s day or Mother’s day. This time Andreja will show you how to make this beautiful heart flower card from a few sheets of simple craft paper in no time! Homemade cards are not only a joy to create, but they are also super special for the recipient to open up. This 3D paper flower in a heart card is colorful, sweet and unbelievably easy to create. Get the free template and the step-by-step tutorial at easypeasyandfun.com and create yours today:
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With this beautiful printable christmas advent calendar you can spice up your christmas decoration easily! (And its fun to open them, if you hide small gifts for your kids inside the boxes). You can use them as gift wrappers for small gifts for easter too, because there are so many bunnies in the printable.
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Look at these festive Christmas tree bauble gift tags ! Aren't they super adorable? These free, printable Christmas gift tags by Craft And Creativity can be printed straight from your home computer, cut out, and then attached to your Christmas gifts! Not only will you save money by using these free printable Christmas bauble gift tags, but you'll also save the time from having to buy them at the store, and they'll add a personal handmade touch to your Christmas gifts. After all, saving money, time, and showing someone you care should be what Christmas is all about. Get the free printable and let's decorate those gifts :
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Have you always wanted to paint watercolor flowers? I am pretty sure 9 out of 10 would say YES! These gorgeous watercorlor spring flowers are really easy to paint! Once you go through a few simple steps and watercolor painting tips, you will be able to improvise on your own, and paint all kinds of flowers in no time! You can decorate your home with this beautiful spring flower painting or give them as a nice (mother's day) card!
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If you need a last minute birtday card or you just want to suprise your friends with a cute and funny card, with the help of this nice craft tutorial and its dowloadable card template make this silly, flappity-eared puppy card that has a tongue pull tab! It’s just the thing to make to say Hi to friends you miss, or just give to someone who could use some puppy love.
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In this nice step-by-step video tutorial you can learn how to fold this cute paper rose from simple origami curler units. Unbelievable, but simple colorful paper is all you need to make these gorgeous origami flowers ( gift toppers ) . Take small squares of copy paper with a side-lenght of 7 cm. Use these beautiful paper roses for handmade greeting cards for Mother’s day, Valentine’s Day or birthdays OR decorate a gift box , a spring mantel or other craft projects with them. You can also DIY these handmade paper flowers and give them as gift to your mom, grandmother, sister, friend or someone else special. You can fold several paper roses and make a cute origami bouquet for your wedding as
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A quick, easy and fun spring craft idea: a bouquet of lollipop flowers to give to all that special people in our lives! A sweet treat with a fun twist! This fun spring craft project is just in time for Mother's day or Easter but it’s a DIY gift that will be appreciated all year round! You can make the lollipop flowers in any color, they will look gorgeous in any form! This handmade gift project is suitable for kids of all ages because it's really super simple! If you need a whole bunch of quick gifts/party favors this craft idea is a perfect choice!
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Look at this adorable peeking bunny card ! This bunny card is a very easy Easter kids craft project: all you need is to create some is a few sheets of colorful paper! This cute peeking Easter bunny card is a super quick, easy and low budget Easter craft project for the kids! This adorable Easter card will look gorgeous in any color and style: you can use colorful construction paper, scrapbook paper or even Christmas leftover wrapping paper to create some! You can use these adorable, quick & easy paper craft cards as nice Easter gifts or it can be a perfect frugal classroom/home decor!
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This flying bat art project by Projects With Kids is super easy and fun for kids of all ages ! This beautiful and spooky flying bat art project is a great Halloween craft for kids to work on their fine motor skills and concentration, plus it makes a great addition to your Halloween decor ! Get the step-by-step drawing tutorial and free printable at projectswithkids.com and let the fun begin:
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Watch this super easy paper craft video tutorial and learn how to make a fun paper cat pop-up card ! These directions surely will be clear enough for you to make your own paper cat card with the kids ! This easy and frugal paper craft projec t is absolutely suitable for kids of all ages ( with a little help ). This easy paper craft project can be a purrfect Halloween card or Halloween decor ! Download the template >>> from RedTedArt.com <<<
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In this nice step-by-step video tutorial you can learn how to make scratch off cards for Valentines Day or for any other occasions. This DIY "scratch off" project is super easy to make and requires only three ingredients: a white crayon ( or white wax candle ) , dish soap and acrylic paint ! Of course you can use this homemade scratch lottery card in other special ocassions as a fun gift it will be a great hit in any form! You can write on sweet romantic short quotes about how much you love him or her or you can use it as a fun lottery coupon ticket ! This Valentine's day craft is also suitable for kids because it's really quick and easy to do!
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How about making the cutest little snowman pop up card? This pop-up card might look like it’s tricky to make but it is in fact really simple and quick project for kids! The process of making your very own Christmas card and giving or sending it to your loved ones is precious for a kid, and a memory they will cherish for years to come. We love making Christmas crafts and cards! This 3D snowman card is pretty simple to make, once you understand how to fold and cut the different parts, and we are sure, once your kids master this, they will come up with all kinds of different characters that can be made in a similar way.
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Every Mom and Dad appreciates handmade cards, so create one of these adorable hugging /cuddling bird cards for them for mother's day or father's day! (Or you can simply gift it to thank their hard work and unlimited love. ) These cute paper cuddling bird cards are super easy to make: you just need some colorful (scrapbooking or wrapping) paper to create it which is nice because you don't need to buy lots of craft supplies. (You will be able to download 2 different free card templates from this nice craft website! )
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If you love handprint crafts we have the perfect ones for Christmas ! These Christmas Handprint Cards by The Best Ideas For Kids are the cutest handmade Christmas cards for kids to make. These handprint cards are really easy to make and everyone is will love them, because who could resist such a fun little Christmas card which doubles up as a lovely keepsake ? The kids will love making their own handprint Santa , handprint reindeer and handprint elf ! Head to thebestideasforkids.com and learn how to make them:
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Give your holiday gifting a modern spin by opting for magazine gift bows instead of classic ribbons. These handmade ( Christmas ) gift bows by Origami Twist are so easy to personalize! You can use magazines, wrapping paper, patterned paper, or old book pages in colors that coordinate with your wrapping paper. Christmas is the season to wrap thoughtfully chosen gifts , and shouldn't the outside match the gift within? Make your own cool custom gift toppers with your favorite decorative wrapping paper and this easy-to-follow DIY paper gift bow tutorial!
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Look at these gift tags ! Aren't the super adorable? These designs by Clementine Creative are North Pole inspired and feature characters and elements like a polar bear, penguin, mittens, Christmas stockings , and a cup of hot chocolate. All of these cute gift tags were hand-drawn by Carmia and designed with love. ( The gift tag template is free to download and print! ) These adorable gift tags will give your gift the finishing touch that shows you care.
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This fall leaf chalk pastel art for kids by Projects With Kids is just gorgeous! The chalk pastels on black paper look like they are glowing and using this simple technique makes this art project perfect for kids of all ages. This beautiful chalk pastel art is such a great lesson on positive and negative space which lets kids explore drawing and smudging with chalk pastels and it also produces wow-worthy art kids will be proud to display! Pastels are so fun for kids to explore! So don't hesitate: get those pastels and let's get crafting :
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We love Easy Peasy And Fun's crafts because they are so wonderful and easy to make! And this lovely Easter card is no exception! This paper circle hen and chick craft is the simplest Easter card or craft you can make with your kids. If making this craft in larger groups we really recommend you get two circle punches, one big and one small to make the process faster ( and more fun as kids love punching circles ). Get the step-by-step tutorial at easypeasyandfun.com and let's get crafting:
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One of our favorite parts of the Christmas season is the giving and receiving of yummy gifts. This year, she's sharing two versions with us of the cutest gingerbread house treat boxes and a yummy snack to fill them with. This gingerbread houise cookie box filled with delicious store bought or homemade cookies is really a perfect gift idea for co-workers, neighbors or teachers at Christmas because who doesn't love delicious swets packaged in an adorable gingerbread house box? In this ice craft blog you will find the free gingerbread house printables: a colorful version and a plain cut file to decorate!
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There’s not much better than Christmas cookies right?! ( Big cookie fans here. ) You can make them even better by packaging them up cute and taking them to a friend and this is a super fun way to do it. Make a cookie container from a Pringles can. It’s easy, it’s creative , it looks amazing and it’s a perfect fit for cookies ! Your friends and neighbors will love this gift ! How perfect and pretty does that Pringles cookie container look? And won’t your firends be surprised when they open it up and there’s cookies inside! ? And you can make this useful container in any style you want! You can use any other cardboard tubes to make a cookie container if you haven't got Pringles cans at hand.
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If you’re looking for a fun and quick summer craft for kids to make this summer , this flamingo handprint card by The Chirping Moms can’t be topped. The Chirping Moms' easy to follow tutorial makes this gorgeous handprint flamingo card a super easy and fun kids craft to make. This flamingo craft is perfect for kids of all ages, and it's a creative and adorable way to send out best wishes to all your friends! This adorable little flamingo card also doubles as a keepsake, which makes it a perfect gift for every special occasion.
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This adorable Valentine's day heart balloon card by The Best Ideas For Kids was made with only a few supplies and a huge bunch of love ! You can modify the balloons by drawing your own, using heart stickers, or make fingerprint hearts.. the possibilities are endless! The only important thing you’ll need is a picture of your child pretending to hold balloons. Super fun, isn't it? Create festive photos and make fun cards for your loved ones ( not just for Valentine's day ) !
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