Need some ideas to inspire you to turn paper and cardboard into memories and fun? Here’s a new e-magazine from Hobbies on a Budget – Vol #2: Kids, Paper and Cardboard. There ares ideas for real life Angry Birds, paper animals, Star Wars Origami and rocket ships with eject buttons. All you need are a…
Each year, the kindergarten classes at many Kentucky schools celebrate the Kentucky Derby by running a stick horse race and letting the kids decorate their own Derby Hat. This is a chance for the students to be creative and show off their own personal style with a long standing Kentucky tradition. I searched all over…
Have you ever wondered how to make a pop up book like you see in the bookstores? It can be done much easier than you may think. Sure, there are some really fancy pop up books, but kids can have a whole lot of fun with nothing more than some paper, scissors and a little…
My daughter came home from school last week telling me that one of her friends had been trying to make a dog out of a piece of paper but it didn’t quite look right. I remembered making a dog face with floppy ears back when I was a kid, so we did what all intelligent…
Do you have any of those metal popcorn tins leftover from Christmas? What do you do with them once the popcorn is gone? For my kids, it was an easy idea to turn the can into a lego figure head. We picked up a can of bright Yellow Rustoleum Spray Paint, waited for a sunny…
I have a stack of treasured vintage books that I have inherited from my Grandparents and Great Grandparents. Those books have a place of honor on my book shelf. But I also have a box of old, water stained, torn up books in the garage that are not even good enough for a thrift store…
Many of us remember as kids making crafts out of yarn. I had a cat that a friend made me that stayed on my bed for years. We made little yarn dolls and of course the ever popular yarn octopus. But my kids have never made them. So earlier this week, my daughter needed something…
Are you ready to create a grand piano Valentine’s Day box for your child? Here’s a simple tutorial to create a grand piano Valentine’s box using a cereal box, toilet paper rolls, and black paint! Turning some simple cardboard into memories only takes a few hours and a little creativity. Hobbies on a Budget uses…