Easy cardboard mobile

Here is a DIY-mobile suitable for any season. It's made from geometric cardboard shapes that are attached with strings to two plywood sticks. You can find the instructions for the cardboard ornaments in here. When the ornaments are done, drill holes to plywood sticks (ends and middle) so that you can pull the lines through and hang the geometric shapes. 

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Tässä on joka vuodenaikaan sopiva mobile joka on myös helppo toteuttaa. Ohjeet geometrisiin muotoihin löytyvät täältä ja niitä voi tehdä omien väri-ja muotomieltymysten mukaan. Itse teki mieli tehdä tällä kertaa pinkki. Kun pahviset kappeleet on liimattu kasaan ja niihin tehty ripustuslangat, tarvitsee vain porata reiät vareristen keppien päihin ja keskelle. Sen jälkeen muodot voi ryhmitellä haluamallaan tavalla ja solmia kiinni pujottamalla langat reiästä ja tekemällä kunnon solmun kepin päälle. Keskimmäinen lanka kiinnittää samalla kepit toisiinsa ja toimii ripustuslankana. Ja ta-daa, valmista tuli!

Soon we start counting !

Today I fixed our other Christmas calendar ready for December. I found this cardboard house from Dutch by design last year and it happens to have just perfectly 24 boxes. Originally, it came without numbers but today I made small numbers to each box with rubber stamps. Boxes will contain candies, stickers and other small surprises.

Cardboard castle

This diy cardboard castle was originally built for a work project. It is made from old cardboard packages of different shapes and sizes and then covered with white tissue paper. Now I brought it home for kids to play with - and to test for durability. And maybe we will paint it if we get bored with white.

Summer fashion lives here

Here is an innovative use for H&M summer catalogue and a shoebox by the kids.

Paper art by Helen Musselwhite

 I adore these paper art pieces under glass domes by talented artist and illustrator Helen Musselwhite.

Cardboard town

We own a town! This cute cardboard town comes from Poland. Three different sets are sold in flat packed packages. They can be bought separately to form smaller towns but all pieces also function together as a bigger town. I ordered the town directly from from the manufacture's website papierowemiasto.pl .

Paris, mon amour

One of my New Year's resolutions is to do some travelling. Paris has always been on the top of my list and maybe I'll visit the city again this year. While I wait for nicer weather and springtime in Paris I can visit this paper-Paris from Made by Joel. The template can be downloaded for free in here. And if Paris isn't your thing there are many other printable toys to choose from.

Family on holiday

We are on holiday this week and I must say this holiday is needed. This cardboard family by illustrator Sanna Pelliccioni is my only new Christmas decoration for this year since it's not really meant for Christmas only. It is sold as a card in Papershop and can be cut out so that it stands on a table.