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Our August Daily Practice, Love Letter Quilt Top with Heidi Parkes, inspired and led us through quilting for someone we loved. As a community we stitched, block by block, and made quilts inspired by someone special. On social media the Creativebug community shared their stories and their quilts. Here are a few of them…...

by Sarah Kuntz Jones, Adult Programming Coordinator, St. Louis County Library Patrons often ask for beginning painting or drawing classes, but with the limitations of a library branch’s time, space, and budget, it can be difficult to find an instructor. Creativebug’s multi-part classes have been a great way to meet those community needs without...

Mooncakes are a rich Chinese pastry that you traditionally eat to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival. Their round shape represents the roundness and fullness of the moon. This festival falls on the 15th day of the 8th month on the lunar calendar and is a time to celebrate the rice harvest and gather with loved ones. Learn how to make a festive...

September is Library Card Sign-Up Month, and we here at Creativebug LOVE our libraries! To celebrate the value of libraries, we worked with artist Kay Wolfersperger to create this adorable Library Card printable coloring page. Libraries can print these coloring pages and share with their patrons, and patrons can share with their friends....

by Sarah Kuntz Jones, Adult Programming Coordinator, St. Louis County Library Craft programs are always a hit with public library patrons, but coming up with fresh ideas can be challenging. As an adult programming coordinator for a busy metropolitan library system, I have found Creativebug to be an invaluable tool–between its cleanly...

Back to school is an exciting time for kids and parents. Plus, it gives an excellent opportunity for lots of CRAFTING! Learn to DIY your own planner, sew a new backpack or customize a pencil case with fun, kid-friendly video tutorials. Make a School Planner Staying organized through the school year is necessary whether you are the...

In August we’re looking forward to going back to school with pencil boxes that can hold treats, school supplies, or even write. These oversized paper pencil boxes can be made a quick way or a more substantial version. You can either print the artwork on heavyweight matte photopaper, which is faster but a little less sturdy. Or you can make a...

Happy International Friendship Day! A wonderful way to celebrate your friendships is to bring your favorite people together for creative time. While I normally find myself crafting alone, working on BFF crafts with my bestie Amanda always leads to the biggest laughs, reminiscing about funny old stories, and creating new memories. I’ve been...

The team here at Creativebug is always busy prepping and producing amazing classes for you, but we’ve also been finding time to work on some pretty cool personal projects since we last checked in for New Year’s resolutions. Come see our staff’s crafts! Katrina, Art Director “Here’s the mural I painted in...

Frida Kahlo’s birthday is July 6, 1907. We’re celebrating her with this woven paper tote bag printable inspired by woven plastic bags found in Mexican markets. Throughout her 47 years of life, she painted her own reality that was filled with the highest ups and downs of painful heath problems, romance, and political revolution. Her famously...

Hi, it’s Katia from Luckyjuju. Since one of my favorite things about doll-making is the opportunity to play dress-up, I’m delighted to share a new doll overalls pattern for your handmade cat! In this sewing tutorial, we’ll create darling kitty overalls that can be easily dressed up or down. Two length options give you more ways to style...

For Pride Month, I painted one of the brightest paintings I think I’ve ever done. These pinwheels are so fun and can be customized with your own personal flair. They go well with the noisemakers that I originally made for Purim. Make a handful of these festive paper pinwheels to attach to your backpack, or bicycle, and hand them out wherever you...

Yarn is transformative in more ways than you might think. You can knit and crochet yarn into toys, clothes, home décor, and anything you can dream of in 2D and 3D. Most importantly, yarn can also transform you. A growing number of studies and surveys reveal the many mental health benefits of knitting and crocheting. Yarn crafts are relaxing,...

Two of my favorite things are thrifting and items that look like they belong in your grandma’s attic. So, when I stumbled upon a crochet granny square blanket for only $5 at my local thrift store, I knew I had to have it! It was a beautiful handmade blanket with dozens of different colors and large – nearly 14” x 14” granny squares. Once I...

Create a paper bouquet of flowers that you can make into a card, a poster, or gift to a loved one with this sweet little coloring page designed by Dawn M. Cardona. Use the medium of your choice to color in the design and cut out and arrange into a charming vase of flowers. How to Make a Paper Bouquet with Your Coloring Page Print...

For Mental Health Month, here is a feel-good craft that makes a great gift. It is a combination of Greek worry beads (the OG fidget toy) and origami wish/lucky stars. Worry beads are used by pushing one bead at a time down the empty string, flipping the beads around, and generally just fiddling with the strand. Some people will hope or pray for...

Start saving your 100% wool yarn scraps. Earth Day is the perfect time to think about new eco-friendly changes – big or small – that you can incorporate into your everyday life. Making your own dryer balls with 100% wool yarn is a fabulous alternative to using chemical-laden, wasteful, synthetic dryer sheets. Dryer balls reduce static...

Spring gardens and spring organizing are on our minds with this Seed Pack Printable. Organize your seeds or any other tiny bits like beads, embroidery thread, or pressed flowers. If you want to be able to open and reseal your envelopes, put some removable double stick tape under the flap. Seed saving is an activity that has been continued over...

Having a birthday in April means most years my birthday falls during the holiday of Passover. This means instead of a traditional birthday cake (since you can’t eat anything that leavens over Passover), I have Matzah Crunch for my birthday treat. Not that I am complaining! I mean what could be better than melted chocolate, gooey caramel and...

Hello! I’m Sharon, a Yiddishe Momme[1] making everyday magic at home with my two boychiks[2]. We potschke[3] with crafts, tea parties, and nature. What we make is incredibly simple. I love collecting beautiful new and vintage raw materials, with a focus on natural fibers. If you’re interested in our antics please follow along with our...

March is Women’s History Month, and a creative and immersive way to honor the women of history and inspire others is to design a piece of resin art. Resin is amazing because it can suspend a moment in time or crystallize a thought or a feeling. With a resin trinket tray, you have a good amount of surface area for imagery and words, and any time...

Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, is celebrated on full moon in March to welcome spring. Hi, I am Mou Saha and I grew up in India joyfully celebrating Holi. The name ‘Holi’ comes from the myth of Prince Prahlad whose faith in Vishnu was unparalleled. The highest trinity of the Hindu Gods are Brahma, the Creator; Vishnu, the Preserver; and...

Purim is a fun holiday filled with yummy food, spiels and noise – lots of noise! A *very* brief overview of Purim for those who are new to learning about the holiday: the story of Purim starts thousands of years ago in Persia when a man named Haman wanted his king to murder all of the Jews. A brave young woman named Queen Esther stood up for...

Welcome to the Creativebug family. Let’s get crafting! Creativebug.com has thousands of award-winning art & craft video classes taught by recognized design experts and artists. Let us know what types of classes interest you, and we’ll help you find what you love. 1. Inspired by what you see? Add the class to...

I tend to think about the act of naming a great deal from both sides—from the place of being named and also from the place of someone doing the naming. How many times have we heard our names called out to us by someone and felt seen? What responsibility comes along with naming someone or something and forever calling it forward? As an artist, I...

We’re always delighted for the opportunity to celebrate crafting and this month we plan to stitch along with our spectacular roster of sewing instructors in honor of National Embroidery Month. We’re especially excited to be bringing you a brand-new PDF pattern from Lauren of Lark Rising – Orange Grove – featuring...

What I love most about Valentine’s Day, Galentine’s Day, or Palentine’s Day, is the aesthetic. I love vintage candy boxes, I love wearing pink and red, and I love heart-shaped everything. I crocheted tons of hearts to show you 5 Valentine’s Day gift ideas that you can make with just one crochet heart pattern. I’m sure...

Happy Valentine’s Day, Galentine’s Day, or any day that could use some cute pink charm. Here is a printable of the tiniest little love charms that you can attach to cards, tags, jewelry, gift wrap, and more. This could be a fun project to do with the kiddos to see what kinds of ways they come up with to use the charms. I’ve posted a few ideas...

Happy Lunar New Year! 2023 is the year of the Water Rabbit, predicting a gentler year of peace, patience, and hope. Celebrate by making a beautiful paper lantern with cardstock, tissue paper, and our free printable PDF. Lunar New Year celebrations begin on the first day of the first lunar month – which was January 22nd – marked by...

Portrait of Martin Luther King Jr. I am inherently drawn to faces. I love looking into people’s faces. I love to draw, doodle and sketch faces. I love to paint them and my house is filled with paintings of people that I don’t know. Many creators and even painters are intimidated by creating portraits because it can be hard to...