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Cricut Crafts

Wendy Piersall — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 04:00:40 +0000

I wish I owed a Cricut. This wonderous paper cutting device makes amazing crafts out of the simplest things. I’m a patient paper cutter – but no way could I do everything a Cricut does! Here are 24 Cricut paper cutting crafts, most on the simple side so that kids can do them. While the Cricut obviously requires adult assistance, the resulting work will look so good that your kids will be extra proud of their accomplishments! There’s a section for each major holiday – Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Valentine’s Day, and Easter, along with a few general everyday Cricut crafts.

I’ve tried to find Cricut craft projects that don’t require a big investment in more cartridges, though some do, of course. Several of them offer free template downloads or instructions on how to create the projects on your own. Also, some of these patterns are just as easily made on other paper cutting craft tools, such as the Gypsy and Cuttlebug.

Related Pages: Printable Box Templates, Printable Vintage Postcards, Printable Dragon Paper Craft

Cricut Paper Crafts


Cricut Paper Purse	Cricut Robot Papercraft	Pretty Cricut Cupcake Wrappers	Cricut Paper Flowers Craft

Halloween Cricut Crafts


Cricut Halloween Decorations	Cricut Paper Pumpkins	Decorated Halloween Candles	Halloween Door Hangers

Thanksgiving Cricut Crafts


Cricut Thanksgiving Turkey Craft	Cricut Thanksgiving Pie Favor Boxes	Cricut Thanksgiving Place Cards	Thanksgiving Paper Banners

Christmas Cricut Crafts


Paper Cutting Christmas Ornaments	Cricut Glitter Snowflakes	Christmas Mouse Candy Cane Holders	Cricut Paper Christmas Scene

Valentines Day Cricut Crafts


Cricut Valentine Treat Bag Toppers	Cricut Strawberry Valentine Treats	Cricut Valentine Cards	Cricut Valentines Day Banner

Easter Cricut Crafts


Cricut Spring Flower Easter Treats	Cricut Easter Bunny Basket	Cricut Easter Egg Holder	Cricut Easter Place Cards

Check out more paper cutting crafts while you are here, too!

Wedding Favor & Valentine’s Day Heart Gift Box Cones

Wendy Piersall — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:26:38 +0000

To celebrate the season of love, I created a favor cone with a heart shape on top. It’s great for wedding shower favor boxes, or alternatively would be equally awesome to house Valentine’s Day treats.

The print on the paper in the photo was some leftover scrapbooking paper I had laying around. You can print the box template on the back of any printed/plain/colored paper to make your favor cones look however you want. They are super simple to assemble, but I do highly recommend scoring the folds before you start, because the bottom corner gets awfully tight. After that, just fold, glue the flap, and tie the hearts together on top with some ribbon.

Alternatively print it on blank paper and let the kids decorate it themselves!

Heart Favor Box / Cone

Heart Favor Box / Cone Template

Print this GIF file on regular letter size paper.

Heart Favor Box / Cone Printable PDF

Print this PDF if you want to scale

the favor cone to a different size.

You might also like our wedding coloring pages or the rest of our Valentine’s Day crafts or Valentine activities from across all the Jr. Network sites.

Printable Halloween Treat Bags

Wendy Piersall — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:28:49 +0000

You might remember these treat bags from our Circus party printables. Today I redid them with a Halloween theme as Halloween treat bags!

This year I vow to send kick-butt treat bags to school with my kids for Halloween. Most years I am lucky if I remember to send them with a bag of candy! This year I think I am going to make some mini books for them with these printable Halloween masks, Halloween coloring pages, and Halloween word puzzles and word searches.

Directions for assembly are on the blank version of this favor bag template.

Printable Halloween Treat Bag

Halloween Treat Bags to Print

Cute Halloween Treat Bag

Vintage Halloween Treat Bag

Monster Halloween Treat Bag