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...
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.
Recycled Easter Egg Halloween decorations
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: Wonder Woman costume appropriate for a girl to wear
Heather from The Sewing Loft shows how she made a Wonder Woman costume for her daughter. She could have purchased one, but it was expensive and, like many costumes available in stores, not appropriate for a 13-year-old to wear. In … Read More...
Tutorial: 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...
Free pattern: Lego Indiana Jones costume shirt
Max California shows how she made this Lego Indiana Jones costume shirt for her son. He reenacts the video game regularly as part of his play. Now he has the outfit to wear during his adventuring. It looks like a … Read More...
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
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
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
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...
Doodle’s Halloween Cross Stitch Freebie
Stacey from Fearn Abbey Needleworks is a more recent addition to our freebie design world (and I hope you have also checked out her designs that are for sale too.) She always has the cutest design and this one is … Read More...
Felt & Wood Toadstool Seat Instruction
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
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...
EASY SWEATER PUMPKINS
Debbie is a retired French teacher! She loves anything French. Her blog is “Confessions of a Plate Addict” but today her tutorial has nothing to do with plates. Debbie has this fun & “Easy Sweater Pumpkins tutorial”! Use an old … Read More...
How to make a no-sew recycled shirt doggy cape
If you are one of those people that like to dress up your doggie either for Halloween or just because pop on over to the blog Sew Doggy Style for a no-sew tutorial on how to make a recycled shirt … Read More...
Tutorial: Wipe-clean appliqued Halloween placemats
Jennifer from Ellison Lane shares a tutorial over at Sew, Mama, Sew! showing how to make a set of Halloween-y placemats. The top is covered with a fusible vinyl so they’ll wipe clean. The stack of pumpkins were fussy cut … Read More...
Halloween felt “Penny Rug” Table Runner
Alecia is the creative mind behind “Chicken Scratch” and loves creating on the cheap. She created this lovely Halloween “Penny Rug” Table Runner. She whipped up this fun little number in an evening. The style is loosely based on vintage … Read More...
Tutorial Felt elf of the woods
Julia, lives in Treviso is City in Italy. She learned to sew at 5 on her grandmother’s 60 year old Singer treadle sewing machine and she never stopped sewing. Julia could not think of a project that was somehow autumn … Read More...
Freebie: Printable Witches Hat
Claudine Hellmuth has a fun and free witches hat to print. It’s a cute addition for photos, cards or mixed media projects, click here to download.
-Heather
Jack-o-Lantern Cookies
Oh boy. These cookies, when made to look like this, give me the Heebie-jeebies.
But these are cookies are pretty cool. In the end, they make a masked jack-o-lantern that your kids will love because they are full of Jolly … Read More...