By Noreen Doll. A super easy dollar bill heart makes a fun gift. Sometimes money is the best gift to give, but it seems so much nicer when you wrap it in a fun way or do something special with it. This is the third dollar bill heart tutorial I’ve done, and it’s very easy [...]
By Noreen Doll. Sewing cards from greeting cards are easy to make and fun for kids to use. To make these, you can use your old Christmas or birthday cards, and shoe laces you can find at the Dollar Store. Look for pictures that will interest and delight children, such as animals, snowmen, or Santa, [...]
By Noreen Doll. When you make your own gift bags, you can make them any size you need. And they can be made from almost any kind of paper. Gift Wrap Brown Paper Newspaper Magazine Page – for Small Bags Comics Page Wallpaper or Wallpaper Samples Butcher Paper – Let your kids draw on it [...]
By Noreen Doll. Make a fun bunny bagalope with an envelope. It’s easy and quick to do and could be used as a gift bag, for favors, or even a small Easter basket. You can make different sizes depending on the size of the envelope you use. Materials. Envelope – Mine is 5 1/2 by [...]
By Noreen Doll. Here’s a quick and easy way to tie a tiny bow. To tie this bow all you need is a length of narrow ribbon, twine, or string. For this bow I used 1/8 inch wide ribbon. I did the photos with twine because the ribbon wouldn’t lay properly for the camera to [...]
By Noreen Doll. Little girls will love wearing a stretchy Valentine heart bracelet. It is easily made with foam heart stickers and hair elastics. And they are very cheap to make. It could be a fun project to make with your little girl, or one she can make them with her friends. (With a little [...]
By Noreen Doll. A candy bar slider is a great gift idea for kids or teens. You can wrap money around the bottom end of the candy bar, and when you slide the candy bar up, the money appears. Materials 1 Candy Bar – I used a 7 ounce size 12×12 Sheet of Designer Paper [...]
By Noreen Doll. Make folded tags from Christmas cards to recycle your saved stash of cards. Or buy boxes of deeply discounted cards just before or after Christmas. Usually when you see recycled Christmas card tags, they are flat and pinked around the edges, then layered with 2 or 3 other paper shapes. Here is [...]
By Noreen Doll. A soda bottle gift wrap is a fun way to wrap gifts for kids or teens. I recently needed a way to wrap some money I was giving, and I wanted to make it interesting. I washed and rinsed a 12 ounce soda bottle, and made sure it was completely dry before [...]
Boxes, baskets, pouches and cones become Valentine gift wrap ideas. Add a big red bow, or a bow with a big heart. Valentine’s Day is a fun reason for decorating boxes, baskets and other containers to hold sweet treats and Valentine gifts. You can also decorate paper bags or make fun baskets or containers with [...]
Greeting Card Gift Boxes
