Easter Long Weekend in Toronto

I've moved my blog to torontofunplaces.com. Check my post on a few things to see and very cool crafts to do for Easter. Most of them require egg shells so I thought I'd add this link to TOP-10 omelette recipes!

TOP-5 paper snowflakes crafts on Pinterest

Do you remember how the time slowed down as we approached Christmas when you were a child? 

Here's an idea to help your kids kill some time before Christmas.
How about helping them make paper snowflakes to decorate the windows, or the trees, or the bathroom for the holidays (imagine your guests surprise when they enter your Christmas Wonderland bathroom!).

Here are my top-5 favourite crafts on Pinterest. Click on the photo to access the direct link to the original source of the crafts. And note that there's more on my Paper snowflakes Pinterest board at pinterest.com/NathaliePrezeau (you'll need a Pinterest account to have access to the posts).

This craft includes 26 snowflake patterns.

Who knew junk mail could look so good!

No direct link for this one but you get the idea. Lovely and cheap gift decoration.

One of these situations where there can't be too much of a good thing.

I don't know about you but I still have filters for my previous coffee machine.

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http://www.paperkawaii.com/2011/12/09/paper-snowflakes/

An original summer project for rainy days

Out of the closet!
Have you checked your husband's closet lately? My friend recently counted no less than 70 T-shirts in her husband's overflowing closet! Mainly gifts from sponsors. 

Most had never been worn because they're the kind of T-shirts you don't want your husband to be seen with outside of the house.

Here's a fantastic project for rainy days, to make good use of them: a knotted rag rug. Perfect screenless option for bigger kids who don't want to do a puzzle. 

It comes from the blog chawedrosin.wordpress.com where they teach you:

1) How to cut an old t-shirt

2) How to tie knots and link sections together

Useful blogs for crafting

When I wrote a post about Creative Bag, I didn't know they had a blog. And a very good one! 

It includes posts and tutorials on how to get the most out of some of the products they carry in their store (how to decorate their clear metal pails, how to sew on paper bags, etc). They also offer free labels to download.

They promote free workshops (with limited space, you need to register) presented in the store by artist Lorrie Everitt (another one with a fab blog!).

Finally, they've archived all their posts under an exhaustive list of categories (check the Labels section on the right-hand side of their page).

Here's the link to this useful blog on blogspot.

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Post-Christmas craft

Don't throw away all these Christmas cards!

For years, my friend Suzanne has been sending a most appreciated gift to a few lucky ones one month prior to Christmas: hand-made gift tags, made out of recycled cards.

The funny thing is, my friend is an architect with a big job. Not exactly the kind of person you'd imagine crafting gift tags. But it's her way to relax. First she harvests all the cards she can at her workplace (after the holidays). Then, later in the year, equipped with scissors, glue, ribbons and a glass of wine (I assume!), she recycles the cards into something really cute and useful.

Good idea, isn't it?

More posts about Christmas fun in Toronto.

No snow? Make your own snowman! (Christmas craft)

A cool graphic design firm I know in Toronto (Costa Leclerc Design) created an interactive Advent Calendar where we got to click one window everyday since December 1. It includes a Christmas craft activity!

You access all kinds of interesting thoughts, clips or links when exploring the calendar but my favourite window is the one featuring a cute penguin. 

Click on it and it leads to a craft activity with PDF templates to print. There's Pete the penguin, Sam the snowman and they had the great idea to include a blank template to create your own character. 

Related posts:
Check the paper snowflake activity.
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Paper snowflakes, anyone?

Many store windows are adorned with white snow flakes this year, had you noticed? It's in the air. I, myself, feel like decorating my windows with them.

Here's a great link to instruction on how to make elaborate paper snowflakes.

If you're on Pinterest, you can also follow my page:
http://pinterest.com/NathaliePrezeau/paper-snowflakes/

Check Sam the snowman Christmas craft!
More Christmas fun related posts.