Rock Painting: Paint designs on smooth rocks with acrylic paint (enamel works even better, but it's more expensive). They make great paperweights or garden decor - or gifts!
Simmer thick leaves in a baking soda mixture. It should leave behind the skeleton of the leaf which you can then lightly paint or dye. Or you could always just buy some skeleton leaves in craft shop;
How to make gift bags from newspaper. DIY recycled newspaper project: gift bags made from the Wall Street Journal. You can vary the dimensions, of course, but here's what I used to create a bag that's tall, wide, and deep.
There are a ton of these tutorials floating around out there, just pinning to remind myself to try it. I always forget bags when I am at shows, maybe I could make my own.
