A couple of years ago I found a store that was going out of business. They had the music cards at a ridiculously low price, and I bought several. Their sentiments don't match any occasions I have coming up, but that's not a problem. You can easily cover the cards with your own design to personalize them for your friends and family and still have the fun of the music!

For my card, my stuffed Spongebob was the inspiration.

I'll show you how I made my own Spongebob Squarepants music card...

I find that most people have plenty of decorations for major holidays -- such as Fourth of July or Christmas -- but many people do not have decorations for other seasonal festivities.

The reason for this could range anywhere from lack of money to decorate year round to the person or family just not having enough time to decorate.

This is where you, the creative friend or family member, comes in!

After all, you found this article, and there are caboodles of similar tips for making fun seasonal crafts on this site. So take note and make someone close to you smile this holiday season!

Following are the steps I used to make this spooky Halloween gift idea. The best part is, you could adapt this same idea to make any type of seasonal craft for any time of year...
 

It's never too early to start thinking about Christmas, so I wanted to share this fun idea with you now.

I will be estimating card and paper sizes from what I recall using...

Or would you rather be called a "life artist"?

I've been doing scrapbooks since my high school days in the 80s. Of course, those were the old-fashioned kind using products that were not archival.

It's easy and only takes 15 minutes using 8-1/2 x 11 photo paper.

Here are the instructions from HP: Black & White Scrapbook Embellishments

If that sounds familiar, then you are a great candidate for hosting a stamp swap!

Here's how to organize a stamp swap...

Here's a simple way to put 16 of your favorite photos onto a set of playing cards. All you need is some photo printer paper!

Instructions from HP: King of Cool Photo Playing Cards

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The video instructions are easy to follow, showing you how to make a card that opens up for you to write your message inside.

These witch boot-shaped Halloween cards would make great Halloween party invitations too!

The great thing about those value packs of paper is that each sheet is in there 3 times, giving you the option of creating several cards using the same design. This is great for making invitations or thank you cards.

I started this card with 8.5x11 purple cardstock folded in half.

My plan was to cut a large section of the birthday paper into panels for the top and to use one line of "happy birthday" from the card as the message at the bottom.

I started with the message...

I love the site Custom Crops, and their prices are quite reasonable, so I got my Cuttlebug from them.

Cuttlebug Embossing Machine

With the Cuttlebug, you to use their plastic and metal dies to cut and emboss paper. You can also use the dies of several other popular cutting machines.

I wanted to be able to emboss the paper and cutouts I use to make my handmade cards and other craft projects.

Because I have a Cricut Expressions machine for cutting paper, I was less interested in that feature, but I couldn't wait to start embossing!

I recently had a friend who was pregnant and I wanted to make her something very special for herself and the baby. I wanted it to be something unique and elegant, but sturdy enough to withstand little hands.

I decided to make my own counting book as a numbers board book for little Ava.

Here's how I made it...

Many of these scrapbook challenges show you a picture or give you names of colors. Then, you get to come up with the exact palette that you want to try to use.

One of my favorite places to get these weekly challenges is Creative Scrappers. They have a wonderful selection. Give it a try, you won't be disappointed.