This is a fun and easy craft activity for both adults and children. Instead of throwing out the empty plastic soda bottles, make use of them for free craft activities. Most soda bottles are meant to be disposable after consuming the drinks and they are made of soft plastic materials....
Creating scratch art with oil pastels was one of my favourite past times when I was little. In those days, artwork meant using coloured pencils, oil pastels, watercolours, and not Photoshop. As a child, scratch art to me was like some kind of magic I could do with colours. For...
Spirelli string art patterns can be used in scrapbooking, school projects and craft activities. This tutorial teaches you how to create spirelli string art patterns for various projects. The materials required for making embellishments with spirelli string art are simple. They are: Paper Thick drawing paper, cardstock or cardboard are...
When it comes to pampering your pet, soft dog beds and cat beds are always available in the pet stores. I could not find a smaller pet bed that is suitable for a pigeon. Pet pigeons like to nestle in soft beds just like cats and dogs, too. So here is...
In a previous tutorial, I made paper quilled fringed flowers with plain fringes like the flowers below: For full instructions on how to make fringed flowers from the previous tutorial, follow this link. In this paper quilling tutorial, I am going to add interesting colours to the fringes. Here is how I...
This craft tutorial teaches you how to make these beautiful paper quilled butterflies. The paper quilled butterflies can be used as embellishment in craft projects and other school work. Steps on how to make paper quilled butterflies With strips of quilling paper, make a couple of white teardrop coils. Instructions...
Craft tissue papers are nice to work with. They are soft but strong, and are best for making tissue paper pom poms and flowers. To make a paper pom pom, take a stack of 8 to 10 sheets of tissue paper, already cut to the size you want. Place and align each sheet of...
Miniature paper quilling designs are so lovely to look at. This paper quilling tutorial shows you how to make a miniature paper quilled flower pot with a bunch of tiny flowers. The materials for this quilling project are strips of quilling paper, a slotted quilling tool, a toothpick and a small amount of glue....
Learn how to make Honeycomb Coils in Paper Quilling in this tutorial. This is my own technique for making small loops inside a coil in paper quilling. The loops are made on a strip of quilling paper and then wrapped together to create a honeycomb pattern inside a coil. Instructions Here are the instructions...
Brighten up your day with colourful flowers. Make some quilled fringed flowers and use them to decorate those boring paper clips. Get a box of colourful paper clips and attach one flower to each paper clip with a glue gun. About Paper Quilling Art If you want to learn more on how...
Make Quilled Fringed Flowers This is a tutorial on how to make quilled fringed flowers in paper quilling art. Take a strip of quilling paper with a width of 10 mm. Make small and even cuts about three quarters across the width of the strip. The cuts should be at right...
The Chinese Yin-Yang symbol represents two complementary energies. Early Chinese scholars used the Yin-Yang concept to understand how things work in the universe. The Yin-Yang symbol still exist today. Its concept is used as a representation of the state of balance in many disciplines like health, medicine and feng shui. Here’s how to make...
Beautiful paper quilling patterns and designs can be created with the quilling comb technique. Basic step-by-step instructions on how to use a comb to create paper quilling comb patterns are available in this tutorial below: How To Do Paper Quilling With A Comb Other paper quilling techniques and amazing patterns with the comb...
Spirelli string art patterns are said to have originated from stitching on cards that was discovered by Mary Everest Boole in the late nineteenth century. It is created by winding a thread or string around a die cut shape. Spirelli string crafts can be used as embellishments for scrapbooking, cards and...
Do you know combs are very useful in paper crafts? Combs can be used for curling strips of paper for making interesting patterns in paper quilling art. It is a paper quilling technique that is easy to learn. Any kind of comb can be used – paper quilling comb, afro...
When working with paper quilling shapes and designs, things can get a little overwhelming when strips of quilling paper get mixed up or end up in a tangled mess. Long strips of paper easily get creased or torn if they are not kept or stored properly. If you are doing projects with...
How to Make Tight Coils In this tutorial on paper quilling technique, you will learn how to make tight coils. If you are new to paper quilling art, please read the basics of making coils in the previous tutorial. To make a tight coil, take one end of a strip...
Materials Required for Paper Quilling Here’s a list of items required for paper quilling craft and patterns. You can also click on the pictures for more information on each item. Quilling Paper Paper quilling craft uses strips of quilling paper that come in many colors and widths of 3mm, 5mm, 7mm and...
Paper quilling is the art of rolling or coiling thin strips of paper into different shapes and using these shapes to form a design. Alternatively, quilling patterns are also known as filigree designs. The handicraft can be traced back to ancient Europe. In the early thirteenth or fourteenth century, works...
