Stories

Download, print-out and craft these fun Meri Meri-designed Lunar New Year red envelopes, red lanterns and rabbit lanterns. 

Valentine’s cards are the perfect way to tell the special people in your life that you love them. Put them in the post, into a postbox or deliver them in person (if virus rules allow). Our talented designers have created several card designs for you to make.

Christmas Bingo: a game for the whole family to enjoy over the Holidays 

Dress your tree in festive paper chains! Our free, printable template contains fun designs in holiday colours and is an activity to share with friends and family.

Welcome Jasper, the black cat who loves Halloween! Enjoy hours of imaginative play with our printable templates of Jasper, his outfits, and accessories.

Boom! Zap! These cool superhero cuffs are a great activity for DIY dressing up. Simply download the free template, follow our easy instructions, and prepare to save the world...

A great party activity or at-home craft – make your own circus top hats with a signature Meri Meri twist! Download the free template to make yours now.

Perfect for a mermaid-themed party or to hang up in their bedroom – this easy mermaid craft is a great activity for creative kids.

Gravity-defying acrobats, mischievous clowns, bareback horse riders and thoughtful creative direction... Gifford’s Circus is a breath-taking spectacular of diverse talent. Originally homegrown in the Cotswolds, the circus now tours the country and is loved by British celebrities like Stella McCartney, Helena Bonham Carter and Lily Allen. 

Say “boo!” Celebrate Halloween with this easy-to-make treat box. Simply download the free template, follow our easy instructions, and prepare to collect all the treats...

Sydney Piercey is a mother of three who is passionate about re-use, creativity and pursuing a slower, more sustainable life. Previously a nanny before having her own children, she’s now making waves online with her cardboard play creations. Sydney’s first book, Sustainable Play, will be released this Spring – featuring over 60 cardboard crafts and games for an earth-kind home.

Triceratops fans will love transforming into their favorite dino with this easy headpiece to make at home.

Baker Elizabeth Mayhew shares her buttercream recipe with our studio, and the classic, sweet icing is perfect for adding that finishing touch to your cakes!

Keep the Christmas magic alive by sending Santa a letter and crafting a reply! With our free, printable templates & top tips for writing a response, you’ll ace the holidays this year.

Craft a Halloween Headpiece: Meri Meri's DIY Delight - Unleash your creativity with step-by-step instructions to create a bewitching headpiece for a truly unique Halloween look.

Make your home look Halloween ready with lots of sensational scary and eye-catching decorations. Here are our top 5 tips. 1. Entrance Hall Horrors Even if you don’t have guests around, it’s still a brilliant idea to make your entrance hallway look amazing as it’s the opening into your haunted house. Balloons look fabulous tied on and above doors, like our sparkly bat foil balloons and giant spider balloons. Place Halloween heads in the windows, like Frankenstein’s monster, Dracula and skulls, for an eerie effect. Make them out of card and colour in. Add lots of shiny foil to add shimmer at night, like our sparkly silver mylar tape. 2. Creepy Corridors  Children will love a terrifying thrill when they peek around corners and zoom along corridors. We recommend hanging decorations from the ceiling, that they need to avoid bumping into. Check out our scary ghost decorations and hanging bat decorations. Lots of fake cobwebs and spiderwebs are a must too! 1. Hanging Bat Decorations 2. Scary Ghost Decorations 3. Sparkle Bat Foil Balloons 4. Halloween Motif Sticker Sheets 5. Glitter Halloween Sticker Sheets 6. Halloween Motif Frame Plates   To make cobwebs: Stretch out cotton ball pieces until thin and spray with hairspray to stick them together. Place on brick walls or hang from lights. To make a spider web: Place two pipe cleaners on top of each other, and twist together to make ‘arms’ in an X shape. Twist a third pipe cleaner once around the centre of the X to make two more ‘arms’. Ensure each of the six ‘arms’ extending from the centre are even. Wrap a 3 foot long piece of cotton thread around the ‘arms’ in a spiral pattern. Add a dab of glue at the thread twists to help keep them in place. Tie the thread into a knot once you’ve finished the spiral, and create a loop at the top of the cobweb for you to easily hang it. For more spiderweb and cobweb ideas go here. 3. Party Room Portraits  Haunted houses are always full of scary portraits to give lots of atmosphere. Print out or draw freaky faces and put them in frames. Or hang up our Halloween motif frame plates featuring Dracula, Luna Witch, Midnight the black cat and a Jack o’ Lantern. Lots of candles are a great way to add a scary illumination to the portraits. Pop them into mason jars, which you can cover on the outside with cobwebs or black lace. For more Halloween candle decoration ideas go here. You can also decorate toilet roll inners and tape electric candles on top for a ‘fake candle’ look, which is safer if you’ve got very little people in the house. 4. Piñata Party Time A piñata is excellent as a decoration and a fun way to get candy too! Why not make your own as a great craft project with your kids? Here’s how to make a Frankenstein Monster piñata and a Jack o’ Lantern piñata. Or, if you don’t have the time or inclination to make one, take a look at our wonderful witch piñata with lots of shimmering holographic foil. 5. Sticker Solutions A set of Halloween themed stickers can give you a multitude of decorations – pop them onto pumpkins, candlesticks and posters. We’ve got glittery stickers  or ones with fun googly-eyes.