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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.

Wash your hands or….

March 30, 2020 by Stefanie Girard

This soap dispenser is beautiful and may be a great reminder on how serious it is especially now to wash your hands as lives depend on it. It does happen to be beautiful as well. Pop on over to the … Read More...

Review: Water-Reactive Ink Pads from Spectrum Noir

October 29, 2019 by Heather Holbrook

Review: Water-Reactive Ink Pads from Spectrum Noir

The Water-Reactive Ink Pads from Spectrum Noir are fun inks that, you guessed it, react with water! With these slow drying dye based ink pads you can get trendy looks like distress, ink splatters, ink blending and you can even … Read More...

Polymer Clay Skull Cane

October 29, 2019 by Elaine Robitaille

Need a quick polymer clay project for Halloween? Here’s a great, simple skull cane to do. It’d be equally awesome, in other colours, for fun punk stuff at any time of the year. In my little bit of the universe … Read More...

Great collection of Halloween recycled crafts

October 28, 2019 by Stefanie Girard

If  you are in need of a bunch of last minute Halloween decorations and want to make them with stuff you are likely to have around pop on over to the blog Decor Dolphin for a whole bunch of spooktactular … Read More...

Day of the Dead Layout

October 26, 2019 by Heather Holbrook

Day of the Dead Layout

Meghann used new products like stamps and labels from Elle’s Studio to create this wonderful Calavera Cookies layout to celebrate Day of the Dead. The vivid colors work so well with the colorful designs on the cookies and I love … Read More...

Add a Jack o’Lantern to a Project for a Bit of Halloween Fun

October 25, 2019 by Sarah White

Admittedly it might be a little late to knit a whole sweater for Halloween unless you’re working on it all the time, but I couldn’t resist sharing the jack o’lantern chart Heidi from Hands Occupied used when she knit her … Read More...

Origami eye makes an easy Halloween craft

October 25, 2019 by Stefanie Girard

Are you “looking” for a fun craft that you can make a whole bunch of with a group? Why not try these origami eyeballs perfect to decorate for Halloween. Over at Elements of the Art Room there are step by … Read More...

Cross Stitch a Tiny Pin for Halloween

October 23, 2019 by Sarah White

If you’re still looking for a quick little project to make for Halloween, consider this little bat pin pattern from Kreinik, designed by Ursula Michael.

It makes a one-inch pin with a bat flapping against a background with yellow and … Read More...

Cross-Stitch Pattern – Witches Love Stitches

October 21, 2019 by Sarah White

Well, it’s certainly true of some witches that being handy with a needle is part of their magic.

Witches love Stitches is a fun single-color cross-stitch design from the Stranded Stitch. Gory-looking lettering and skulls make this project perfect for … Read More...

Use a pumpkin as a message board

October 14, 2019 by Stefanie Girard

Not only do I love this idea for using a pumpkin as a letterboard but I love the sentiment that it expresses. This makes me wonder what else can be used as a letterboard? Pop on over to the blog … Read More...

Cross Stitch a Halloween Tree

October 13, 2019 by Sarah White

I know there’s a trend among people who are really into Halloween to decorate trees with a Halloween theme (and then you can just leave them up through Christmas, right?).

This isn’t quite that kind of Halloween tree, but the … Read More...

Halloween Polymer Clay Decor

October 12, 2019 by Elaine Robitaille

Some of my favourite clay designers – Lianne and Paul of Swirly Designs – have more fun Halloween items up on Sculpey.com to share with us. The project uses Sculpey’s Soufflé which is great stuff. Sturdy, fantastic colours and it … Read More...

A Quick Pumpkin Cross Stitch Design

October 11, 2019 by Sarah White

I can’t stop with the pumpkins this year!

I love this fat little pumpkin from Alita Designs.

It’s super cute and simple, though it does have seven colors, which makes it look a lot more realistic than a single colored … Read More...

How to make a giant eyeball hoodie for Halloween

October 10, 2019 by Stefanie Girard

Eyeballs are one of my favorite Halloween motifs. I tend to make a new eyeball craft every Halloween. I did crochet eyeballs, paperweights, a paper lantern and felted ones in the past. This year’s Halloween eyeball craft could definitely be … Read More...

How About Some More Knit Pumpkins?

October 10, 2019 by Sarah White

I have a knit pumpkin problem this year. It’s probably a good thing I don’t have that much orange yarn in my house (though of course you can knit pumpkins in a multitude of colors) or every surface would be … Read More...

Easiest ring toss game for Halloween and Thanksgiving

October 9, 2019 by Stefanie Girard

Isn’t it great when your decorations can magically transform into a party game? Love that! So when you go score your pumpkins be sure to get them with a bit of a stem so that you can make a ring … Read More...

Distress Oxide Pumpkin Card

October 9, 2019 by Heather Holbrook

Distress Oxide Pumpkin Card

Distress Ink from Tim Holtz are so versatile, you can stamp with them, ink backgrounds and also stencil with them. Kristina Werner got an amazing look for this Halloween Card by using Distress Oxide Inks on black cardstock. The look … Read More...

Dress up your corn hole game for Halloween

October 6, 2019 by Stefanie Girard

Have you played corn hole? I have a bit and boy can it get rowdy, especially when you play in teams. This idea for dressing up the corn hole game board like a monster is so fun for Halloween. You … Read More...

When You Got It Haunt It Cross Stitch Pattern

October 2, 2019 by Sarah White

This one made me laugh so I had to share.

When you got it haunt it is a sweet Halloween cross stitch pattern from Stitching with Zeal. It features bats, ghosts, jack o’lanterns and flowers and isn’t at all spooky.… Read More...

How to sew little eyeballs in an old t-shirt for Halloween

October 2, 2019 by Stefanie Girard

How cute are these little eyeballs peeking out from the t-shirts? Pop on over to the blog Creative Kismet to see the front of the t-shirts that are covered in eyeballs and the step by step tutorial on how to … Read More...

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