20 Free Paper Toys for Kids

**UPDATE** 2 of the paper toy links have been removed due to site issues. Therefore, I only have 18 currently listed until I find 2 suitable replacements to my liking:) Until then enjoy my top 18 picks!

If you follow me on Pinterest, you know that I have a board dedicated to paper toys. My older 2 girls LOVE to craft- and as of late I haven't had any good crafting supplies lying around the house. But what I DO have is a printer and plenty of paper! So I found dozens of free printable toys and my kids have been up to their elbows in paper crafting of all kinds ever since.

Canon has literally 100's of free paper toy printables including several Puppet Theaters.

Little Red Riding Hood

Hansel & Gretel

Three Little Pigs

Cinderella

The Emporers New Clothes

The Tortoise and the Hare

They also have the most amazing DIY aquariums!!

Manta Rays

Dolphins

I love this cute paper puzzle (also from Canon)! 

I LOVE the idea of shadow puppets!

Chez Beeper Bebe has some available to download for free

These are cake toppers- but I think they would make great popsicle stick puppets!

These finger puppets are from Canon again- and would go great with story time

My Fantastic Toys made these adorable gnome printables! It includes a mobile, puppets, paper dolls, and a gnome bowling game!

 Love this circus-ey bear wagon! From the toymaker.com. I especially love how the bears are double sided!

These are called "Snorfs" but they look like gnomes to me! And I <3 gnomes. These would make great Christmas decorations too!

My oldest daughter is OBSESSED with horses! Love this 3-D horse from Papertoys.com

This should make every VW fan's heart melt! (I'm one!) The website is in French but google translate can help with that!

I'm SO in love with this mask from Artbackwash it's ridic.

 These mustaches from Creativecuties would make great costume props too!

Printable crowns are sure to make your little Princess smile:)

Left: Mermaid Crown from Genevieve Gail

Middle: Floral Crown from She Knows

Right: Tiara (Replica of Dutchess Kate Middleton's wedding crown!) <--- fyi I'm 13-year-old-school-girl obsessed with Kate Middleton. Don't care for any celebrities (or much media for that matter)... but she is my exception. Don't know why. 

These Paper Cone Girls from Mr. Printables are a more durable version to paper dolls.

Another great printable from Mr. Printables. Doodle on the Moon!! Homeschool families- a great addition to any space unit. Maybe even fun for decorating a space themed bedroom?!

And to finish it off I'm going to do a shameless plug for a couple of my own printables :)

First, my pretend Dr. forms for Doctor inspired play

and second, my Cafe Omelette Menu for fun restaurant pretend play :) OR you could do it for 

realsies <---- another made up word.. My English professor would NOT be proud! And actually order and make some omelettes for a family meal

Or what about a paper based CHORE BINDER SYSTEM?! Instead of cluttering up your walls and fridge? Over 234 Chore Cards included!

And that my friends concludes our tour of my 20 favorite Paper toys on the web. ( or 37 if you count the ones that I threw together in a bundle)

Whew! That's a lot!

Now go stock up on printer ink, give your kids some scissors (safety ones of course) and let their imaginations run wild!

Omelette Menu

I created this printable a long time ago but lost the original file! So I had to start over and make a new one... which turned out to be OK because I LOVE the new one so much better!

This fun family breakfast activity would be a great addition to your Easter morning!

Simply print on cardstock, flip over and print page 2 (so you get a double sided document), then laminate for longevity. If you decide to laminate it, use a WET-DRY erase marker to write on the menu(s) so that it won't  wipe off unless you wipe it off with water.

Here is a close up of the inside of the menu:

CLICK HERE FOR THE FREE PRINTABLE

If you like this printable- check out my other ones HERE

Postcard Exchange

Guess what still exists?! SNAIL MAIL POSTCARD EXCHANGES!

I seriously can't think of a more entertaining way to instill a love and appreciation for Geography in your children than this!

This particular one is even GLOBAL!

*It's FREE to sign up
*Your information remains as confidential as you like (but let's face it- you're going to need to give out your address in order to receive some postcards)
*AND you can request up to 6 different addresses to send at a time! So if your anxious to get started that's a good way to go!

Our first one went to RUSSIA!

And to all you fellow Homeschool families out there... this is a GREAT thing to incorporate into your Geography studies! (that's what we are doing!)

HAPPY EXCHANGING!

P.S. Good luck finding postcards! In this digital day and age that might be a bit of a challenge!
{we got ours at a local hotel FYI}

Car Travel Games

I found these travel games for kids over at my new favorite blog Prepared NOT Scared. She put together an entire travel kit for each kid and designed these awesome (and adorable) car games for you to print for FREE! With summer vacation time slowly creeping up on us these are a sure fire way to keep your kids entertained for those long car rides to reunions and vacations.

 Complete with "Car Bucks" and all!! The car bucks are earned for good behavior. She has TONS of free printables many of which I will be spotlighting over the next little while, so be sure to head over and check her out!

DIY Pizza Night

Friday Nights are designated as our Family Activity Day. We spend Monday Night learning, and Friday night playing as a family. This way our week is sandwiched by time spent together :)

One of my resolutions this year is to plan more fun, educational, and unique events for "F.A.D". We spent our first Friday together this year playing Pizza Chefs!

FAMILY ACTIVITY IDEA:

Pizza Bar!

Decorating, baking, and eating home-made pizza!

 {This required quite a bit of prep work from me but it was well worth it!}

Items needed:

Toppings:

Cheese (several types if you're ambitious)

Tomatoes

Green/Red Peppers

Olives

Onions

Pepporoni

Sausage

Bacon

Pineapple

Ham

Mushrooms

Squash

Spinach

Chicken

Pizza Sauce

Alfredo Sauce

Barbeque Sauce

And of course good old fashioned home made Pizza Dough!

I used this recipe I found at All Recipes.   I doubled the recipe because we invited my sister and her husband over so including their 2 little kids we had 6 kids under 6 and us 4 adults. We had just enough dough for 6 baby pizzas and 2 large ones for the boys!

This dough was so good we are going to be making bread sticks with this dough in the future!

Here are my Kid's creations

And here is my 5 year old regretting that she put squash on her creation :)

And here is my biggest kid showing off his creation: Stuffed Crust BBQ/Alfredo Chicken Tomato Pizza. He got reeeeeeeaallly into this :)

And remember... 

A family that plays together STAYS together! {that's how that saying goes right? ;) }

Stay at Home Movie Theater Night!

We had a super fun family activity Friday Night!

We set up our T.V. room like a movie theater by putting dark sheets on all the walls, blocked off the entrance with curtains, and made a fully stocked concession stand and ticket stand!

I went to our local theater and bought theater popcorn and asked for kid cups and those plastic kid containers. The popcorn was $5 the other stuff they gave to me free! I got the candy and soda from my local grocer cuz we all know how expensive movie theater candy is! We told the kids that we were going to the movies and got them all ready to "go out". When we "arrived" at our living room they went from confused to amazed in a matter of seconds!

The kids had tickets which they redeemed to get into the "movie theater" and to get candy and popcorn. You can print these super cute tickets as well as concession stand labels HERE. 

---They are from Prepared Not Scared. ( One of my all time fav blogs. )---

 

We watched Karate Kid [which we loved!] and the kiddos had a blast as was evident by the super huge mess that was left in our living room :)

This was by far one of our most memorable family activities to date! I think this one is going down as a tradition!

Omelette Menu

Here's a fun idea for a family night, special breakfast, birthday meal, or even just pretend play:

An Omelette Menu!

I included pictures so that even the teeny-tots could get in on the fun!


Have each person order by circling the ingredients they want in their custom omelette. Have them write their name at the bottom so the "chef/waitress" knows who ordered what. Fun for everyone in the family from toddlers to grandparents!!

CLICK HERE TO PRINT!

Be sure to check out my other printables as well... Click HERE!