Jean of “artful parent” has been making lots of DIY Halloween decorations this year and this “Felt Bat Garland” is a winner! She used the same bat template (from Country Living), but cut hers out of black felt rather than … Read More...
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.
How to make a pumpkin place setting
Mini pumpkins have many uses for Halloween and Thanksgiving. Using them as place settings is a great use. But what I really liked over at this post at The Scrap Shoppe where Michele shows a clever way to make the … Read More...
Tutorial: Maleficent costume horns
Christine from Heidi & Finn made the most fabulous Maleficent costume for her daughter! The costume includes a cape, a dress, and a vinyl hat with the signature curved horns. You can use any basic cape and shirt pattern to … Read More...
Tutorial: No-sew cat mask
Jessica from Ladyette shares a tutorial in the Catober series at See Kate Sew showing how you can make a no-sew cat mask. It’s simple to make and comes together quickly with fabric glue. Wear it with a black t-shirt … Read More...
Tutorial: Little girl’s fairy princess dress
Shauna from Shwin & Shwin shows how she made this beautiful fairy princess costume dress for her young daughter. It’s actually a simple t-shirt bodice with a circle skirt, but layers of tulle give it the float and the fluff … Read More...
DIY: Mini Pumpkin Macrame Hanger
Macrame is back! It’s definitely becoming popular again and I love these handmade Mini Pumpkin Macrame Hangers that the ladies from Adventures in Making created! They are a pretty genius way to display pumpkins as part of your Autumn decor, … Read More...
Tutorial: Chalkboard cloth table runner
Autie from iCandy Handmade shows how you can make a quick chalkboard cloth table runner. She shows it for Halloween – and with a black & white chevron border it’s sufficiently spooky – but you could use this throughout the … Read More...
DIY Halloween Witch Hat
Kristyn of “Lil’ Lunas” made her daughter, Lily, a cute and simple DIY Witch hat from felt and she was so excited. The best part of all was that it ended up costing just a few dollars and is the … Read More...
Spooky Halloween Clay
These are a few of the spookier or creepier Halloween clay finds on Etsy.
 Spider Web Pendant by BeadsByEarthTones |
 Creepy Tree Sculpture by OffensiveDementia |
 Skull Earrings by EarringsBraceletsEtc |
 Frankenstein Cabochon by graphixoutpost |
And yes, I do like my Halloween stuff.
DIY Geometric Paper Masks For Halloween
Not only are these masks super inexpensive, they are highly functional, and are easy to make.
These paper masks are of an amazing quality. Look at the details!
Artist Steve Wintercroft provides the plans and the instructions enable you to … Read More...
Needle Felted Spiders for Halloween
Shannon of “eat.sleep.make.” is a guest poster on WhipperBerry hosted by Heather. Shannon is showing us how to make needle felted Spiders and you can have fun with these. This is a good project to start with if you have … Read More...
Tutorial: Jack ‘o lantern embroidery hoop art
Jennifer Jangles shares a tutorial at Therm O Web showing how you can make this cute jack ‘o lantern embroidery hoop art. The hoop creates his round shape, with a bit of fabric at the top for the stem. Add … Read More...
DIY Faux Wax Drip Candle Tins
I shared the tutorial for these Faux Wax Drip Candles made out of empty Pirouline Tins on my own blog, Punk Projects.
I recycled 3 skinny Pirouline tins to look like melting “candles”. You know, like wax is dripping down … Read More...
Easy Cape Costumes Tutorial (One Pattern…Endless Possibilities!)
Does everybody have their Halloween costumes made for the children? If you don’t Liz and Elizabeth of Simple Simon and Company have you covered! They have the cutest little Capes that can be put together in a snap. They have … Read More...
DIY Magic Potion Bottles
Rachel shared these DIY Magic Potion Bottles on the blog Adventures in Making! It’s not too late to make up some fun Halloween projects like this.
According to Rachel, you can use this same technique to make homemade lava lamps. … Read More...
Supernatural Mittens to Knit
I’ve been following Kat from Just Crafty Enough in her mission to knit a pair of mittens each month this year with great interest. It’s even kind of inspired me to think about trying to knit a dozen of something … Read More...
Carve Your Pumpkin with Knitting Style
We knitters usually like the world to know our favorite craft, and there’s no reason the people who come to your house on Halloween shouldn’t know that you come armed with needles.
Knitting Daily has a couple of really cute … Read More...
Sweet and Chic Embellished Sweater Pumpkins
I am totally captivated with “cameo cottage designs”! Hosted by Debi; a wife, mother and Glam-ma. She has the most amazing ideas and everything she makes takes us to a higher level in design. You have got to check out … Read More...
Spider Web Cupcake
Creepy spider and spider web cover these cupcakes. They look a little too real. I might have a second look to make sure they aren’t real.
The cupcake is just your typical cupcake recipe or some store bought variety. Nikki … Read More...
Giveaway: 2 Silhouette Portraits with PixScan Mats
The winners of this giveaway are Meari and Cassie. Congratulations! We have sent you both an email.
Christmas, indeed has come in early this year for 2 of our loyal CraftGossip readers!
We are giving away, not 1, but 2, … Read More...