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Halloween Crafts and DIY Ideas

Here are some terrific ideas for Halloween crafts to do with the kids and whole family. Ideas to entertain, celebrate and decorate. We have found Halloween decorations, easy crafts and kids costume ideas.

Wicked blog hop spooky fun

October 24, 2013 by Scarlett Burroughs

Wicked quilts series

Serial quilters, listen up, the Wicked 3 Blog Hop is on. You are in for a treat as participating quilters reveal their ghoulish quilt-y creations this week and next. Wendy of Why Knot Kwilt? has the schedule and a video … Read More...

Product Review: Customized Purse

October 24, 2013 by Heather Holbrook

Product Review: Customized Purse

Want to carry your stamp art work around with you wherever you go? Well, with the Z Becky Purse you can! This customizable clear purse allows you to insert your own art for a fabulous personalized accessory. Splitcoast Stampers has … Read More...

DIY Grumpy Felt Cat Mask

October 23, 2013 by Linda Lanese

old cat mask

Kathleen of “Snowdrop & Company” is a collection of do-it-yourself crafts for parties, holidays, gifting, and the home. She loves repurposing and reinventing the ordinary and think every day is worth celebrating.   Her “DIY Grumpy Cat Mask” tutorial is so … Read More...

Halloween Pillow Tutorial

October 22, 2013 by Linda Lanese

Halloween pillow

Amanda, of “Jedi Craft Girl” and she likes to share her love for crafting, sewing, quilting, trifting, and DIY-ing with you!  When October showed it’s cool face Amanda decided to put her summer pillows away and make this very fetching … Read More...

DIY felt & tulle bats, a simple Halloween craft!

October 22, 2013 by Linda Lanese

DIY felt & tulle bats

Keri of “Shaken Together” is sharing her tutorial “DIY felt & tulle bats”! Her goal is to celebrate a creative life with easy recipes, seasonal projects and gifts, DIY tutorials, crafty goodness and a family life with two boys, two … Read More...

How to Make An Easy Knotted Jute Rosette

October 22, 2013 by Vikram Goyal

jute-rosette-collage

Learn to create a rosette using jute in this clever step by step tutorial by Jenn from Endlessly Inspired!

She even has a video of the whole process. The steps couldn’t be any easier (even I can do it!).

She … Read More...

How to make a recycled soda can bat

October 22, 2013 by Stefanie Girard

Soda-Can-Bat Now this cute bat was created by a mom with a soda can but I could see this being a big hit with the beer drinking crowd. Pop on over to the blog Oy Vey A Day for the great … Read More...

Tutorial: Luke Skywalker leather belt

October 22, 2013 by Anne Weaver

Tutorial: Luke Skywalker leather beltMelissa from Blank Slate Patterns and Melly Sews shows how to make a leather belt like the one Luke Skywalker wore.  It has two pockets and a loop for a light saber.  (On hers, the loop was purely decorative, as … Read More...

Felt Pumpkin Wreath Tutorial

October 21, 2013 by Linda Lanese

Felt Pumpkin Wreath Tutorial

Stephanie is the writer and creator of “Twodaloo”.   She worked as a speech-language pathologist in a variety of settings (predominantly public schools) before she became the mother of twins.  Now she is a blogger taking on a hiatus from school … Read More...

Spooky Diorama Pumpkin

October 21, 2013 by Vikram Goyal

spooky-diorama-pumpkin

Brenda from Unique Junktique provides us with a wonderful tutorial on how to create a lighted diorama pumpkin with decoupage for Halloween decor.

The diorama features a graveyard and Brenda used some Christmas lights, some decoupage and some other oddments … Read More...

Spider with Skinny Legs and All

October 21, 2013 by Linda Lanese

Poppy's spider

Heather Jennings of “Poppy Haus” is an idea blog for the modern homestead featuring original DIY content, recipes, and musings on parenthood dispatched from Petaluma, California.  Heather has this GREAT “Spider with Skinny Legs” tutorial for us to follow.  … Read More...

Recycled Easter Egg Halloween decorations

October 21, 2013 by Stefanie Girard

Easter-eggs-for-halloween-decorations-2 OK I think this takes the first place prize for the easiest recycled craft ever!

Got a bunch of orange, green and white Easter eggs in your stash? Get out your Sharpie and doodle some spook-tacular pumpkin, ghost and monster … Read More...

Tutorial: Pumpkin Stack

October 20, 2013 by Elaine Robitaille

pumpkin-stack

Michele of Michele’s Woman Cave offers up a tutorial for a simple Halloween decoration: this pumpkin stack. The quantities are proportional – she says one stick of clay which I guess could mean 1 package or 1/4 package or … Read More...

Hello Fall Free Printable

October 20, 2013 by Vikram Goyal

hello-fall-free-printable

Hello Fall! We have another beautiful set of printable for printing at home and decorating you around our home. Thanks to Kendra from KeyLimeDesigns.

Did I mention that this was free? Yes, free – as in zilch to pay.

So … Read More...

No Candy Halloween Treats – Glow Stick Brooms & Felt

October 20, 2013 by Linda Lanese

No Candy Halloween Treats

Alex @ “North Story” is a vintage and thrift store hunter. She is a DIY addict and displaced city mom living in Canada.  She is always brainstorming ideas for classroom treats that don’t involve food or candy because their school … Read More...

How To Make Halloween Lamp Shades using felt

October 19, 2013 by Linda Lanese

Halloween Lamp Shadeslamp shade

Amy Locurto publishes “Living Locurto” out of Dallas, Texas.  Amy has Charisa of “Madtown Macs” sharing her guest tutorial “How To Make Halloween Lamp Shades”.  We have all seen themed chandelier lamp shades and they are very pricey. Charisa decided … Read More...

Felt Scarecrow Hat Tutorial

October 19, 2013 by Linda Lanese

Felt Scarecrow Hat Tutorial

Kelly of “Simply Kelly Designs” has a clever tutorial on how to make a “Felt Scarecrow Hat” and it is darling and so is the young lady wearing it. This tutorial is on how to create a cute and easy … Read More...

Felt & Wood Toadstool Seat Instruction

October 17, 2013 by Linda Lanese

Toadstool Seat

I love these for limber adults or children and for extra setting.  Here are the instructions from “Better homes and Gardens” from their “Spooky Forest Halloween Party for Kids” they have 18 fun projects.  Serve lunch with toadstool seats set … Read More...

Tutorial | Candy Corn Cupcake Toppers

October 17, 2013 by Francine Clouden

Tutorial - Candy-Corn-Cupcake-Toppers from Unusually Lovely

Top your pumpkin spice cupcakes with these cute candy corn toppers made from patterned scrapbook papers. Diana at Unusually Lovely explains how she made hers. Not making cupcakes this fall? Use the idea as a cute page embellishment!

Pincushion Pumpkin video tutorial

October 16, 2013 by Linda Lanese

Pincushion Pumpkin video tutorial

Decorate your pumpkin like a pincushion using paint and felt, free tutorial and pattern.  A fun alternative to carving, this Halloween pumpkin looks like a pincushion and is perfect for anyone who loves sewing.   This video is by Tova, “Professor … Read More...

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