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"Undersea Tawashi Collection" 6 patterns, $4.50
"3 Flower Tawashi" 3 patterns, $3.50
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Kirigami derives from the Japanese words ‘kiri’ – to cut, and ‘kami’ – paper. If you ever made a paper snowflake in primary school, you’ve done kirigami! Today, I’ll show you how to make an elegant butterfly paper sculpture. You’ll need: Paper – in general, the more intricate your design, the thinner paper you should [...]  Making your own stamps can be so much fun, to add a personalised touch to cards, gift tags, scrapbook pages and other craft projects. Small and medium-sized stamps can be carved from erasers, which are easy to obtain, and have the advantage that they don’t need mounting on a wooden block to be used. To [...] Here’s 5 fun and useful ways to recycle milk or juice cartons! 1. Make a wallet Cut down the side of the carton, and cut as pictured. Fold in half, and cut the bottom section up the centre, and v-shaped cuts in the centre of the middle section. Fold the bottom section up, then [...] ‘Eco craft’, in Japan, refers to a kind of recycled paper tape, which is like several strands of strong paper twine, bonded together into a flat ribbon with more paper. Strong and lightweight, it’s mostly used to make baskets and bags. Today, I’ll show you how to weave this small shallow basket. You can get [...] Kusudama are origami flower balls – technically they don’t need to be flowers but any polygonal orgami model, but traditionally these balls were made from actual flowers. The flowers used were medicinal herbs, hence the name kusudama, which is a portmanteau of kusuri (medicine) and dama (ball). Over time, people began making models of these [...] Giving money as a gift, no matter how welcome, can be seen by some as the ‘lazy option’. But not if you use some of these cute ideas! Diane at Pittypat Paperie shares a magic box of money, which should delight any lucky kid as a string of notes continues to come out of the [...] Having a good weekend? Hope so! This weeks’s quickie is another musical kids craft – an easy to make ‘harmonica’ which is played by blowing and makes a sound like a duck whistle or a kazoo. You’ll need: Card cellophane or waxed paper tape scissors markers, crayons, stickers, etc. Cut two strips of card around [...] Hope everyone’s having a great weekend! Today’s weekend quickie was inspired by these cool PVC chromatic drums. My topic for my Saturday class this month is musical instruments, and today we made percussion instruments. Sawing up PVC tubing seemed a mite challenging for 3-7-year-olds, but luckily I had some sturdy cardboard tubing lying around. You’ll [...] It’s been a while since we looked at how to make cardboard furniture – today I’d like to revisit the topic and show you how to make this customisable Tetris-themed organiser. This time, rather than corrugated cardboard, I worked with thin cardstock. Cardboard would have been better, but I didn’t have enough on hand to [...] Here in Japan, we’re getting ready for Boys Day on May 5th. Already, koinobori (carp-shaped banners) are starting to appear in front of households with boys in the family, traditionally one banner for each boy. The carp is a symbol of strength and perseverance, swimming untiringly upstream. Another common symbol seen as a boys-day decoration [...] |
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