Templates are great way to start a craft project. The nuts and bolts are sorted for you but you can still have lots of creative fun making up the designs and adding your own decoration and finishing touches.

American illustrator and story-teller Suzy Ultman has a great range of printable templates on her website.

You will need to sign up to her mailing list but will be rewarded with a password that lets you download great freebies that include this bear hug card plus a cute idea for that ubiquitous loo roll tube!