American Paper Town

American Paper Town

by | Dec 31, 2015 | Coloring Activities

From the point of view of someone from Europe, American houses look a lot like doll houses, and everything seems to come out of a movie at first. I find the architectural styles of older American towns fascinating and beautiful and this interest is what inspired me in this project. I designed 7 houses in 7 different styles: Italianate, Tudor revival, Greek revival, Craftsman, Victorian, Colonial and Log Cabin. I looked at pictures of real houses for inspiration although these are not exactly perfect copies in most cases. I also decided to draw four classic cars, although they are not all American in this case: I couldn’t help but add a VW Beetle and a Fiat 500!

You can color them or not, and you can print them on cardstock, cut them out and create your own little town. I think they would be cute even just as wall decorations. Click on the image to get the hi-resolution printable version.

 

Preview of Free Printable American Paper Town

Preview of Free Printable American Paper Town 2/2
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Preview of Free Printable American Paper Town

Preview of Free Printable American Paper Town 1/2
by www.print-cut-paste-craft.com

Free Printable Quotes Bookmarks

Free Printable Quotes Bookmarks

by | Dec 29, 2015 | Coloring Activities

Today I was doodling while my kids were happily bouncing around in one of those awesome bouncy house places we love to go to in the winter. The doodling resulted in these four bookmarks with quotes by four of my favorite authors: Neil Gaiman, Patrick Rothfuss, Terry Pratchett and Jenny Lawson a.ka. The Bloggess.

I liked them so much that I thought I would share them so you can print them and color them if you like. Click here (not on the image!) for the hi-resolution version of the bookmarks.

Is there any quote you would like to see as a bookmark? Let me know and if I like it enough I might create one and post it!

free printable bookmarks by www.print-cut-paste-craft.com

Preview of the Free printable quote bookmarks with quotes from Gaiman, Rothfuss, Lawson and Pratchett; by www.print-cut-paste-craft.com

Free Printable Whimsical Castle Adult Coloring Page

Free Printable Whimsical Castle Adult Coloring Page

by | Dec 27, 2015 | Coloring Activities

I am back! I have been gone for a while I know, but I plan on being back with some new exciting projects this year!

My first plan is to make a series of adult coloring pages. I have always loved coloring pages and this year I have noticed I am not the only one since many of my friends got some awesome coloring books for Christmas (me included). So I thought, why not make some nice free ones for my readers? Here is my first one!

It is a whimsical fairy tale castle. Ok maybe it is not so “adult” but the drawing is intricate enough to keep anyone busy for at least a few hours I would say! As I was drawing it I couldn’t help but let my imagination wander into what kind of story could take place in a castle like this, imagining what kind of wizards, knights and princesses would live there…. yeah, I am a child at heart! I have also used some special symbols on the castle doors, can you tell me what they are?

The image below is a low resolution preview, but if you click on the image it should open the link to the high resolution printable version. I recommend using something thicker than normal printer paper, especially if you plan on using markers, but it’s up to you.

I would love to see some finished versions of this! I know I will be working on a couple of mine today, please share yours and I will post them here!

Printable Castle Coloring Page

Free Printable Adult Coloring Page of a Whimsical Fairy Tale Castle by www.print-cut-paste-craft.com

EDIT: I spent the rest of the afternoon coloring one of these castles with my 6 years old son and here is the result! It was so much fun, especially hearing the stories he would make up about what is inside each of the towers… Can you guess which one is the princess’ tower and which one is the king’s ?

Colored version of the Free printable whimsical castle coloring page

Colored version of the Free printable whimsical castle coloring page

Printable Kids Activity: Make a Face/Exploring emotions.

Printable Kids Activity: Make a Face/Exploring emotions.

by | Jan 4, 2014 | Coloring Activities, Learning Activities

Back to winter and back to the long days at home. With the schools closed and the freezing temperatures outside this is a good moment to find some new easy printable kid activities to do! This easy to cut face can turn into hours of fun! Click here to download the face template and here  for the parts template. If you want a more durable activity, print the parts on cardstock instead of regular paper. If you don’t have cardstock, don’t worry, paper will do just fine. Have your child color the face parts before he cuts them and then have him cut along the dotted lines or help him cut them out. You can either: print multiple faces and glue different parts to make a gallery of different people or just place the different cardstock parts on the face and have fun! It can also be used to discuss emotions: prompt your child to create a sad face, a happy face, an angry face and a sad face. Try moving the eyes and the mouths in different positions to see how the face will change emotions!

empty face template preview

Preview of the empty face template

preview of the face parts template

Preview of the face parts template

More Free Space Themed Address Labels for Kids’ Stuff AND a Free Coloring Page

More Free Space Themed Address Labels for Kids’ Stuff AND a Free Coloring Page

by | Jun 25, 2012 | Coloring Activities, Learning Activities

I have been working on some new lovely space themed digital backgrounds for our Etsy Store, and to celebrate I have decided to create some more free address labels and a new printable coloring page!

I like using these to label the boxes of clothes and toys in my son’s room, but they would work well also for a classroom environment.

Get the free printable pdf for the labels here. It is compatible with most standard address labels. Remember it is for personal use only and not for commercial reuse.

And here is my new coloring page!

 

Click here to download the pdf of the free coloring page. I like it because my son loves anything space related but also because it is useful to practice sizes ( small, medium, big) as well as location words (above, in the middle, left, right, etc.)