PAPER CRAFTS

Thumbnail closeupf photo for The Paper Snail - Summer 2026, featuring summer reading paper crafts. Shown is a closeup of a cherry paper patch on a paper reading tote, a sunny summer reading patch and a Summer Reading List sticking out of the bag.

The Paper Snail Club™— Summer 2026

Key tag charms closeup feature of five charms made with king, queen and pieces of vintage playing cards. Overlayed are sparkly read and clear faceted flat back gems and brass tiny mini gems like a heart locket to add dimension. Coated with a thick dome layer of Dimension Mod Podge and a silver jewelry bail matching the silver rim of the key tag glued to the back to make it a necklace pendant.

DIY Key Tag Charms – No Resin

Seven cute coloring pages in one PDF ready to download. These are great kid-friendly pages, great for the Thanksgiving kids table. There is a cut howl with his pilgrim hat, smiling pumpkins having a hayride, a squirrel and hedgehog playing in a big pile of leaves, Happy Thanksgiving with elements like smiling turkeys with pilgrim buckel hats, apple pie, falling leaves, a cornicopia, pumpkins, corn and acorns, a slice of pumpkin pie, a bushel basket of pumpkins and sunflowers and a smiling turkey waving with a pilgrim hat on.

Free Thankgiving Color Pages

Square feature of a finished cocktail umbrella Christmas Tree with a starfish topper in a tablescape with a gnome holding a pineapple cocktail on a hot pink flamingo floatie. The colors of the umbrellas are bright pink, aqua, yellow and spring green.

Christmas in July Drink Umbrella Tree DIY

Finished keepsake box with and old world Paris Monuments map decoupaged to each panel. The map is off white parchment paper look with peach, pink, light blue and green accents. The monuments are line art drawn in black. The finished keepsake box is photographed on a wood table with a metal Eiffel Tower souvenir on top and greenery in the background.

Make A Decoupaged Keepsake Box

Overhead photo of a finished 'Best Mom Ever' card customized with family photos and an envelope underneath. The text is in a bold collegiate font in pink.

Free Customizable Mother’s Day Card – Add Your Photos

Photo of multiple colorful paper beads drying on a skewers.

Make Sparkly Paper Beads From Old Magazine Pages

Square feature photo of finished stained glass-look earrings in full focus that has a light rose gold leaf pattern within a sea of translucent glass with shimmering waves in the glass look. The earrings are hanging in front of green succulent plants with pops of magenta on the leaves and turquoise accent in the background which are all soft focus.

DIY Stained Glass Style Earrings – No Resin or Glass

Finished DIY snow cones in red, white and blue for the snow top and red and blue dots on a white snowcone cup. String hanging from the top but they are shown in a wicker basket with a palm leaf behind for Christmas and July!

Easy DIY Snow Cone Ornaments

Square feature photo showing three free printable cards with smiling Kawaii style fruit. Thank You with two smiling cherries on a stem, You're Sweet with a smiling pineapple and You're Awesome with a smiling strawberry.

Fruit Thank You Cards – Free Printable

Square feature image of a cardboard skeleton, a cardboard treasure chest and six paper clues for a kids pirate treasure hunt.

Kids Pirate Activity and Craft

Square image of handmade seed paper with a pink wildflower and greenery in the background.

DIY Seed Paper Favors with Custom Envelope

Square feature image showing three finished crazy straws in yellow, pink and green with free printable card at the center that say 'Have An EX-Straw Special Valentine's Day' in pink purple and blue colors. At the top of the card is a purple heart with a white background and an area to fill out 'to:' and 'from:'.

Free Valentine Printables – Cards & Classroom Favors

Square feature image of a free printable reindeer, cut and paste activity for young children.

Free Printable Reindeer Cut-and-Paste Activity Page

Square feature image of a finished Mother's Day Popup Card colored with color pencils on a table.

Mother’s Day Pop-Up Coloring Card — Free Printable

Square feature image of an accordion photo book, one open and one closed on a black background.

How to Make a Mini Accordion Photo Book

Square feature image of a colorful cardboard car wash to make with kids.

Cardboard Box Car Wash Craft for Kids

Square feature photo of three paper plate mummies with googly eyes on a dark background.

Paper Plate Mummies — A Halloween Craft for Kids

Square feature image of a pizza box and three different free printable pizza Father's Day Cards.

Father’s Day Pizza Cards and Box – Free Printables

Shown is a feature photo for a post offering 18 free beach prints. These are all photographed and designed by me. Some have text over the photos, some are just beautiful tropical beach and lake shots. A nice mix of colors, scenes and typography art. Each has it's own story and this feature is of rounded bubble type that says 'MY HAPPY PLACE' with a picture of the beach sand stretching out from green to dark blue water then light blue sky inset into the type. The photo type is on a white textured water color paper.

18 Free Beach Art Prints for Your Home

Square feature image of two tissue paper rainbows on a white background.

Tissue Paper Rainbow Craft

Square overhead feature photo of a square brown kraft paper envelope being folded around a square birthday card that has a pink sprinkled donut and says 'Have a Sweet Birthday!' On a black background is a wood ruler and X-Acto knife.

DIY Envelope Instructions To Fit Any Greeting Card

Three free printable birthday cards shown, chocolate fudge bar, pink donut and blue frosted cupcake.

Free Printable Birthday Cards — Sprinkles on Top Collection

Square feature image of four Easter Treat Cups with customized names and jelly beans in front.

Easter Bunny Treat Cups – Free Printables