If you are looking for Easy Crafts for Kids to do with things that you have around the home, this page is your best starting point. It is packed and I mean PACKED with easy kids crafts ideas to keep you busy for a long time!
This should really be called a “Craft 101” opposed 101 Crafts, as you will in fact find MORE than 101 kids crafts ideas here!
Hopefully it will be your “craft idea” rescue whenever you are stuck for crafty inspiration and you will always find things to make! If you need Preschool Crafts by theme, we have a dedicated Preschool Crafts Page to browse!
Currently Trending Kids Crafts:
This is a list in chronological order of more or less ALL kids crafts ideas you will find on Red Ted Art. There is A LOT for you to choose from! Something for big kids and little kids! Though we have a special Preschool Crafts update here too.
Our basic craft materials for these easy kids crafts include:
- Paint & brushes (we love acrylic paint as it has a great finish but it is best for big kids, so any paint will do!)
- PVA glue & tape
- Googly eyes – though these days we love to “cut” our own eyes out to make them more eco friendly
- Plain paper
The rest I have “hoarded” over time – e.g. saved colourful tissue paper from presents, using old children’s clothing for fabric etc and of course paper towel rolls and cereal boxes make great craft materials for kiddos.
Easy Kids Crafts – in reverse chronological order:
If you are looking for something specific, there is a CATEGORY drop down menu on the right hand side, you can search by type (e.g. sticking) or theme (e.g. Easter or Card Making).
NOTE: The below is a little miss-aligned, as we are currently going through a technical update and it all got a bit skewy.. bear with me whilst I fix it all!
Summer fun with:
- Salt Dough Turtles – eco friendly crafting with kids!
- Red, White & Blue Headbands for Preschoolers this 4th July
- COMING SOON: Paper Cactus from my Easy Paper Projects book!
- How to make handpainted sugar cookies (in any design)
- Adorable and easy origami dogs
- How to make a paper basket flower design
Love these easy Coloring Pages Bookmarks for Dad!
Super cute and easy PUZZLE Cards – Dad, I love you to pieces! Such a cute little project for Daddy!
We love these (H)Andy Warhol Handprint Art Projects – easy and fun.
Have fun with these easy coloring page Trophy Cards!
Science fun with these Arty Sun Print Cards
Make dad this fabulous Charging Station and Desk Organiser!
Father’s Day Dress Up Ted Card (with printable)
Fun with Jar Lid Medals
Learn how to make a Father’s Day Book
Father’s Day Medals with hidden message and photos
Fun Father’s Catcus Art with templates for personalisation
Father’s Day Tool Card DIY – for the DIY Dad
You make me hap-PEA cards for kids to print and make!
Your are out of this world – learn how to make your own watercolours too!
Easy Handprint Rockets – love you to the moon and back with templates
Printable Guitar Cards for Dad’s that Rock!
Adorable Father’s Day Crown made from Cereal Boxes
Monster Hug Cards for Kids – lovely handprint art
Printable Seahorse Father’s Day Card
Pop Up Trophy Card – so easy and fun Cute
Paper Plate Medal Craft for Preschoolers on Father’s Day
Get yourself Platinum Jubilee Ready with these fabulous royal free printables:
- Make a paper crown
- Make some Union Jack Bunting
- Make a union Jack Fortune teller (and write your own quiz about Queen Elizabeth)
We have had a bit of a Easter card making frenzy – well when inspiration strikes, how can you say “no” right? Take a peak at these. Happy crafting.
- Floppy Eared Pop Up Bunny Card
- Adorable Peeps Bunnies Pop Up Easter Card
- Cute Pop Up Easter Egg & Bunny Card or check out the 3d Easter Egg & Chick version
We love some cute Chick and Egg Crafts for springtime, try these:
- Chick Easter Garland – I love how you can mix and match the egg shapes!
- Bunny Headband for our preschoolers
- Chick Headband for our preschoolers
A little break/ interlude from Easter with these creative activities..
- Pirate finger puppets or Parrot finger puppets – a quick and easy make
- How to make your own cloud spotter – a montessori inspired educational craft
- Make a cool upcycled plant pot for spring (reminds me a little of Encanto!)
- FLAPPING birds (templates available)
- Young children will love this easy Rocking chick – hatching from egg (no mess!)
- Nice April Fools ideas
- How to make paper baskets (a lovely accessory for any occasions) – with or without a template – they are super lovely for Mother’s Day too!
- Paper Plate Easter Bunny Purse
- 11 Easter Treats to bake with kids
Popuplar among kids craft ideas, are of course Toilet Paper Roll Crafts! We have a lovely set of Valentines Toilet Paper Roll DIYs – Some creative fun with cardboard tubes:
- Valentine’s Owls for Preschoolers
- Kawaii heart gift boxes – super simple – though we made these for Valentine’s, they make cute Mother’s Day Gift boxes too!
- Yarn wrapped owls for kids of all ages (also a gift box!)
Our collection of 5 Super Simple Valentines Cards to make with kids – great for classroom crafting. Grab a glue stick, a little card stock and then some construction paper and scissors to make these simple cards. Valentine’s day sorted. The designs include:
These craft projects focus on the winter months..or more specifically how long will winter last, let’s ask Phil!
- Potato Print Polar bear THANK YOU CARDS (but nice for Valentine’s too)
- Toilet Paper Roll Groundhog craft (or beaver craft!!)
- Collection of the Top Groundhog Day Activities for kids!
Flex your creativity and take a look at a fantastic set of Tiger Crafts for Lunar New Year.. but our top most popular three are:
- Tiger Hand Puppet
- Easy Origami Tiger Face
- Fun Tiger Bookmark corners
Try some of these fun crafts for New Year’s – make hats, and firecracker rockets:
- Learn how to make a simple star hat
- Have a go at our Tiger Headband Printable
- Traditional Toilet Roll Rocket for Bonfire Night, Diwali or New Year’s Eve!
The Christmas Fun Crafts continues.. with more cute cardboard tube crafts, but also a lovely personalised photo pop up printable…
- Photo Pop Up Gift Box craft
- Turn the humble cardboard tube into this quirky Snowman Gift Box
- Similarly, you can turn your Toilet Paper Roll, into this super duper quick and easy Toilet Paper Roll Reindeer gift box! Fill with treats and Hershey’s kisses! So fun.
- Easy Pumpkin Wreath for Preschoolers
- Free 3d My Little Pony Printable
- Pop Up Surprise Gift Cards! using our free printable and some popsicle sticks
Have a blast with these seasonal crafts
- Reindeer Purse – kindergarten kiddos will ADORE these. So cute.
- 3d Paper Witch Hat
- Collection of Jack O’Lantern Crafts (grab your mod podge for the fabulous Jack O’Lanterns!)
More fun craft ideas… Get yourself Halloween ready, we have some lovely new ideas:
More Halloween Fun:
- Halloween Fairy Doors (love the rock jack o’lanterns)
- Newspaper Monster Wreath
- Halloween Party Food
Collection of ideas to get you ready for the seasons ahead!
- Our TOP 10 Halloween Crafts of all times (there are so many ideas, where to start….? With these top 10!)
- Cutest Snow Globe Crafts
- How to host an Ornaments Exchange (start planning now)
Christmas fun heading your way:
- Plastic Plate Snow Globe Photo Collage
- How to knit an Elf Hat
- How to make a snow globe card with recycled lids
More fun for you:
- A collection of easy Tiger Crafts for Kids
- Cheerful name tags from cardboard
- How to make a hedgehog pincushion
Mor fun with collections of ideas:
- Unexpected things to make from broken crayons (and avoid landfill!)
- 10 DIY Kitten Toys
- How to make your backpack stand out
A series of new pop up birthday cards:
* Pop Up Puppy Card (by my 11yrs old)
* Pop Up Car Card (by my 11yrs old)
* A set of free Birthday Milestone Cards
A bit of tiger fun with these:
* Tiger Hand Puppets
* Tiger Handprints (two ways!)
* Easy Origami Tiger Face
- Learn how to make super easy Bird Finger Puppets.
- Have a go at these Weaving Dolls for Kids.
- Make some Paper Helicopters – easy STEAM for kids.
- Harry Potter Bookmarks. Love this folding technique (and free printable badges if you wish to use them!)
- Fun Cardboard Pirate Boat
- Make some Grass Heads and watch them grow – a great activity to help teach kids to look after something (and give it a hair cut too!)
- Make Mini Pinatas for Cinco de Mayo – Frida Kahlo style! These are 100% recycled
- Coming soon – no sew denim pen pots/ desk organisers
- Fun with Paper Spinners (includes free printables)
- Easy Tangram Origami Chickens
- How to make a fun pop up friendship card (great for family members too0
- How to make Friendship Bracelets with this easy cardboard loom technique
- Jaspar Johns Flag Project (a collaborative pop art project)
- Pop Up Cow Card – so funny, with great cow puns!
- Mermaid Knitting Pattern for beginners
- Printable never ending paper toys for Pokemon fans – see your favourite characters “evolve” – 4 free printables to choose from
- Diving into your recycling box and make some junk modelling tug boats that actually move
- Plastic bottles and nature finds make super easy bug hotels.. make these and and observe what is in your garden!
- Learn how to make a Pop Up Birthday Card
- Adorable Paper Butterflies
- And the best DIY Bubble Recipe (even used by the London Science Museum!)
- Juice Carton Bird Feeders
- Fun with Tiki Masks and our Hawaii Day
- How to paint Plant Pots
- Turtle Bookmark Corner
- DIY Paper Clay Pencil Toppers
- Easy Origami Photo Album (it folds away too)
- Paper Mache Birds
- Easy Cloud Brooch – Sewing for Kids
- Pop Up Bee Card
- Fairy Garden Lanterns
- Recycled Decorative Birdhouses
- Saltdough Bakery – best saltdough recipe
We made ourselves an Easter Picnic! With:
* Shortbread Chick Cookies
* Chocolate Nests
* And fudge!
- Sock Bunny
- Easy Egg Suncatchers (with free template)
- Rainbow Photo Hunt
- We love this Pipecleaner Christmas Tree Decor! A fun introduction to the basics of “quilling” whilst also honing those fine motor skills!
- Or how about some Coffee Filter Christmas Tree Ornaments? Love the combination of coffee filter painting and nature crafting to make these cute ornaments. Again, great on their own or lovely as a garland.
- And finally – a simple Reindeer Ornament – simple basic shapes to make this super cute reindeer is all you need!
- Send some smiles through the post with our free Expandable Christmas Cards
- Check out our newspaper and Yarn wrapping technique to make our cute Yarn Wrapped Snowman and Yarn Wrapped Knitting Ball ornaments!
Well if you cant “beat them, join them”… right? Some Among Us Game Character crafts – Among Us Notebooks, Among Us Bookmarks.. and Among Us TP Rolls (found via the bookmark link)!
We do love pop up cards and ornaments –
- Easy Pop Up Reindeer Card (love the button baubles)
- Easy Koala Cork Ornament
- Fun with Pop Up Snowman Cards
You can tell the seasons are changing, with this mixed bunch:
- Walnut Penguin Ornaments
- Adorable Pipe Cleaner Turkeys
- And a lovely Handprint Poppy Wreath
Grab some yarn, and some more basic craft supplies and take a look at these:
- Paper Plate Yarn Art Pumpkin
- Walnut Fox Ornament
- Yarn Wrapped Christmas Tree with twigs (coming soon!) – Subscribe to our free 5yrs+ newsletter to be sure to get these as soon as they are live!
- Halloween Scavenger Hunt Cootie Catcher (play indoors or outdoors, turn it into a Candy Hunt!)
- Simple Halloween Scavenger Hunt (walk the area or drive through)
- Day of the Dead Pinata
- Owl Finger Puppet Origami
- Pop Up Monster Cards
- Pop Up Penguin – coming SOON!! Subscribe to our free 5yrs+ newsletter to be sure to get these as soon as they are live!
- Free Printable Letters for a Halloween Letter Hunt (low contact Halloween 2020!)
- Rangoli Suncatcher Activity
- Pom Pom Bee
- How to make a pop up beak Owl Card – a super cute Pop Up Card for all occassions – customise this handmade card for Birthdays, Halloween, Christmas and beyond.. what a hoot!
- Learn how to make a TP Roll Spider Windsock! So fun.
- ANd some adorable Owl Tin Can Desk Tidies.
- Baby Shark Pom Poms (with free pom pom maker template and shark features)
- Finger Knitting Rainbows – more Yarn Crafts for kids!
- Cozy Coupe Toy – we love cardboard box crafts
- Surprise relatives and friends with a DIY Perler Bead Photo Frame – would make a super cute mother’s day frame gift with your favourite photo too! Hama beads are great for coordination and fine motor skills.
- Super fun Cactus Card Making DIY! I am stuck on you! More amazing Valentine’s Cards here
- Get arty with these easy Chalk Pastel Heart Art projects – more great Valentine’s Art Projects Here
More Kids’ Valentine’s Day Activities, with some fun –
* STEAM Salt Hearts – see our extensive list of Valentine’s Day Science Projects here
* Easy Rock painting (with top tips)
* I’m Stuck on You – DIY Heart Pins to gift!
- Fun with cute handmade Valentine’s Day cards and puns – I love you BEAR-y Much, you are PURRRFECT – Pop Up Bear Hug Cards
- I Whaley Whaley Like You – Valentine’s Origami Whale, and
- I am Batty about You! Valentine’s Origami Bat
- Printable Valentine’s Day Game and coloring Page
- Fun with DIY Heart Fidget Toys
- Adorable LEGO Valentine’s Box and Printable Valentine’s Gift Cards
- Easy Valentine’s Day Key Chains with printables.
- Heart Softie Pattern
- Secret Message Heart Printables
- Gorgeous Paper Tea Lights for Valentines (with printable pattern)
- Sewing Machine Felt heart project
- Newspaper Love Bug fridge magnets
- How to make a French Knot
- Sponge Print Easter Bunny Art – Recycled Easter Crafting
- St Patrick’s Day Quiz Fortune Teller
- Heart Teddy Bear Printable to Print, cut and assemble!
- Fun with Pour Painted Rocks!
- Pipecleaner Beaded Hearts
POPULAR on Red Ted Art are also our Paper STEAM Toys!
Looking ahead to Chinese New Year, we have some great:
* Chinese Zodiac Bookmark Corners
* A coolection of Chinese Zodiac Animal Crafts – over 36 ideas!
* Our complete list of Chinese New Year’s Crafts!
Pom Pom Penguin Wreath for Christmas and Winter
Holiday Card Bookmarks – quick and easy upcycled crafts, add pom poms and tassels!
Potato Printing Penguins – great Thank You Cards to make and write after Christmas
How to Knit a Hat Ornament or Doll’s Hat
Straw Snowflake Ornaments or Printing Making
About Me Mini Book – great for reflecting on the year gone by or as an introduction for Back to School. More New Year’s Eve Countdown Activities for you here.
We do love a Toilet Paper Roll Craft! And here is a set of story props:
* The TP Roll Nutcracker
* The TP Roll Ballerina or Sugar Plum Fairy
* The TP Roll Mouse King
Lots more great Nutcracker Craft ideas here.
Easy Rudolph Pinch Pot for Christmas
How to make Cinnamon Salt Dough or Cinnamon Play Dough
Simple gift ideas with Clay Tea Lights
Emotions Snowman – a free coloring page to explore feelings with. SEL resources!
Ted Christmas Card Pop Up
And another Emotions Paper Toy, with this Santa Flextangle!
Another set of lovely crafts for Christmas – using recycling and salt dough (made from super simple ingredients), but also giving sewing a go:
*Pringle’s Can Nutcracker Gift Box – perfect for gifting theatre tickets or experiences.
*Beginner’s Felt Penguin Ornament – we created party bag sewing kits from this
* More fun with Homemade Ornaments for kids, with this easy Santa Star DIY. Isn’t Salt Dough amazing?!
- Coming soon: Christmas Tree Crown
- Fun with easy Paper Christmas Tree Luminaries. Mastered the Paper Snowflake? Move on to these great Christmas trees!
- Design your own SURPRISE Birthday Card, we show you how!
We have a Super Simple Christmas Card series (10 in total) our favourites – these are a super easy craft for kids, especially suitable for classroom crafting, as materials are simple and the cards are quick to make. Great for independent crafting!
* Super Simple Snowman Card (less than 2 min to make)
* Super Simple Christmas Tree Card (to decorate!)
* Super Simple Penguin Cards
How about some POP Up Christmas Card fun? All you need is some light card and construction paper, glue stick, scissors and some markers to make these fun pop ups. Printable templates also available.
* Gingerbread Man Pop Up
* Christmas Tree Pop Up
* Snowman Pop Up
We love some Christmas Party Games, here we have:
* Snowman Snap
* Christmas Tree Toss
* Rudolp Ring Toss
Learning about and respecting Remembrance Day with some fantastic Poppy Crafts for Kids:
- Collaborative Poppy Wreath (with free template)
- Printable Poppy Lanterns
Here are some cute and easy crafts using recycled materials too! Our Squashed witch was made from donations from the community and the little owl bag is mate using upcycled trousers and DIY Tshirt yarn!
- Starting to work on our Turkey Crafts for Kids, with these fantastic Paper Plate Turkey Blot Art. How fun!
- Squashed Witch Legs for Halloween – made from 100% recycled materials and NO SEW. Woohoo.
- Upcycle old school uniforms into fun Owl Bags (with pockets). A great sewing project for kids (with template!).
Super gorgeous collection to help Celebrate Diwali with Kids – two the projects are a fantastic introduction to paper quilling – crafts made using long strips of paper curled up:
- How to make a Paper Lotus Light
- DIYA Cards or DIYA garland (with templates)
- Gorgeous Paper Quilled Rangoli Pattern – use this as a decoration or greeting card
SUPER cute Black Cat Paper Cups – these are a lovely little decoration or work well as finger puppets too.
Super simple Santa Card Design to make in bulk – part of the SUPER SIMPLE Christmas Card series!
Halloween Frankenstein Paper Toy
Bubble Printing Jellyfish
Easy Black Cat Origami
Easy Paper Mouse Hand Puppet
Paper Crown Printable – a fabulous printable for any royal celebration
How to start a Little Free Library
Easy Pop Up Butterfly Card
Create masterpieces with a wonderful Andy Warhol Mixed Media Project (with template)
Paper craft fun, with these Fun Monkey Corner Bookmark
Or how about pretty Ballerina Corner Bookmark
Easy School Bus Crafts for Kids
Best Pencil Crafts
Best School Supplies DIYs
Rock painting family keepsakes
How to make paper clay
Easy Mouse Corner Bookmark (year of the rat craft too!)
Saltdough Sea Shell Turtle Fridge Magnets – check out the simple ingredients needed for this salt dough recipe
Easy Wild Things Paper Bag Masks revisited
Quirky upcycled bottle and newspaper turtle stool – a fabulous eco friendly craft, great for Earth Day shenanigans. Plastic bottles are great fun to craft with!
Three easy sewing projetcs:
Easy circle spider – pipe cleaners legs are so cute and fun to make!
Upcycled Ted Purse (with Ted Pocket)
Easy Ted Softie
A collection of Frida Kahlo Projects
Paper Mini Notebooks with paper locks
Rock Pets to gift to friends or use as “pocket buddies” during back to school
Loving these oh so easy Paper Mice Finger Puppets (explore shapes and colours)
How to make a Ted Corner Bookmark (from scratch)
Introducing PIP! And the Pip Bear Bookmark Printable
- Welcome Ted: Ted Bookmark Printable
- Welcome Ted: Ted Paper Puppet Printable
- Welcome Ted: How to make a Ted Corner Bookmark
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- Super Easy Heart Pop Up Card for kids great vor Valentine’s Day!
- Cereal Box Cardboard Frames – a great gift for Mother’s Day or Father’s Day!
- Thanks for Helping Me Grow – Activity for Fathe’rs Day, Mother’s Day or Teacher appreciation!
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- You keep us BOLTED together – adorable Father’s Day Card made from loose parts
- You Are TURTLEY Awesome – Mother’s Day, Father’s Day or Valentine’s Day idea
- Faux Beard Paper Plate Mask a fun Father’s Day Activity!
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- Father’s Day Dad Rock’s Art (with printables and easy to follow step by step instructions!)
- Father’s Day Crown
- Handprint Monster Hugs
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- Great Scientists Egg Decorating
- Climate Change March Egg Decorating (school competition winner!)
- Fun Paper Bunny Puppet (simple Steam for kids)
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- Simple maths – Triangle Bunny Cards
- Simple Maths – Triangle Chick Cards (and fun with zentagles)
- Paper Peeps Decorations
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- Spring Paper Bonnet
- Solar System Easter Bonnet (with Astronaut bunnies)
- Beano cake & Beano Party!
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- Air Drying Clay Birds
- Paper Flowers
- Pop Up Beano Card
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- Corner Bookmarks for Boys
- Paper Flower Crafts
- Origami Butterfly Bookmark Corner
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- No Sew Scrunchie
- How to make Squishies at home
- Folded Paper Butterflies
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- Easter Origami Crafts for Kids
- BRAND NEW Paper Projects For Kdis Book
- Sheep Corner Bookmark Design
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- Solar System EGG SPLORER (school egg decorating competition)
- The EGGcellent Eggspress (school egg decorating competition)
- World Book Day Costume ideas
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- Quirky and fun Paper Bird origami
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- Paper Chefs Hat Instructions
- Facts about Pancake Day Fortune Tellers
- Collection of Pancake Day Activities
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- This joins a great collection of Valentine’s Mailbox ideas for you to browse!
- Super easy origami egg cups for kids to make!
- Our collection of Newspaper Crafts for Eas
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- Paper Valentines Craft Collection Rocking Paper Plate Pigs Paper Cupid Treats or Bookmarks
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- Paper Heart Weaving Rainbows Princess Pop Up Cards Light Up My Life Corner Bookmarks
- Felt Hearts Collection of
- The Greatest Showman Activities
- Heart Pigs for Valentines or Year of the Pig
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- Classroom Valentine’s Bracelets
- Collection of Salt Dough Heart Crafts
- Heart Mermaids
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- Paper Roll Love Birds Mini Gumball Machines Folded Paper Butterflies (coming soon)
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- Easy Panda Pop Up Card Love you to the moon and back CLIMBER Love you to the moon and back Paper Plate Moons
Learn the basics of Needle Felting with this how to make a needle felted heart bookmark
Sparkly Heart Fridget Magnet
Clips Easy Paper Heart Flowers (Rainbow)
Yarn Wrapped Heart Bookmarks – darling!
Quirky and different make some “Love is in the Air” Cardboard Planes (incl. Printable) Fantastic
Adorable Mini Vase Cards for real flowers Printable Heart Glasses (perfect for Photo Shoots and Card Making) Watercolour & Heart Mixed Media Cards 
Easy Kids Crafts from 2017
- Easy Finger Knitted Owls
- Quick Summer Pencil Holders
- Fun 4th July Paper fans (including template)
- Stone Rock DIY
- Strawberry Plushie (upcycled)
- Super easy friendship bracelets (using a cardboard loom)
Process Art Wall Hanging Tissue Paper Roses Pop Art Heart Cards
Easy Kids Crafts from 2016
- Paper Snowman Ornament
- Turkey Bookmark
- Quilled Rudolph
- Reindeer sleigh gift wrap
- Straw Star
- Reindeer Ornament / Brooch
- Finger knitting hearts
- Santa Bookmark
- Christmas Tree Bookmark