Story baskets are a fun way to make a well-loved story a little more fun when you’ve read it a bunch of times, or to engage kids who need something more visual during readaloud time.
The Imagination Tree has a … 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.
Halloween Lollipop Covers
Add an extra special touch to your Halloween candy this year with these fun Lollipop Covers. Dina shows how to score, fold and cut cardstock using some simple die shapes to create a Pumpkin and Cat. Your trick or treaters … Read More...
Halloween Calendar Layout
An October Calendar page is the perfect background for a Halloween page like this one from Pam. She added stamps around the calendar border, layers of different Halloween pattern papers in the center and circled her photo with die cuts … Read More...
Halloween Balloons Card
Maria had a very clever idea to take stamps that might normally be used for a birthday card, in this case a bunch of balloons, and added some Jack O’ Lantern faces to them to create a fun and festive … Read More...
Cross-Stitch Pattern – Witches Love Stitches
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...
Jack O Lantern Card
I love how Cassie cut apart a large detailed background die cut shape to create something smaller for the background of her Halloween Card. It’s a great way to get more from your dies! And the black glitter paper works … Read More...
Haunted House Knock Knock Joke Card
This Haunted House Card from Kara is just too much fun! When you turn the wheel a knock knock joke is revealed and the punch line is hidden behind the door, so clever! She used house and wheel dies along … Read More...
Flip Flap Halloween Card
When you pull the tab on this amazing Halloween Flip Flap Card it flops to the side to reveal another scene behind it. How cute and clever is that!? You can find step by step photo directions for making one … Read More...
Halloween Journal Page
Shari used stamps, stencils, ink, die cuts and pattern papers to create this spooky mixed media Halloween Journal Page. Stamping and stenciling directly over her pattern paper gives her images a nice ghostly see-through look. I love the simple accents … Read More...
4 Halloween Coloring Pages
Ghosts, gargoyles and witches, oh my! Grab a warm cup of coffee or tea and your colored pencils and get in a spooky mood with four FREE Halloween coloring pages from Dover Publications.
Click here (then click the number across … Read More...
Cross Stitch Chart-Black Cat Skeleton Cross Stitch
I love cats of all sorts, including black cats, and this cute little black cat skeleton cross stitch pattern from Home Sewn Stitches would definitely make a great addition to any cat lover’s Halloween decor.
It uses just four colors … Read More...
Grim Reaper Card
I’m not sure how you make the Grim Reaper cute but somehow Stamping Bella managed too 🙂 Elaine colored up this cute reaper girl for fun little Halloween card and she’s sharing her coloring tutorial on their blog.
Use a pumpkin as a message board
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
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
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...
6 Halloween Pages Plus Tags
Close to My Heart has directions for using some of their papers, stamps and stickers to create six different Halloween themed scrapbook pages and tags for treat bags. There are detailed cutting direction for getting the most from each sheet … Read More...
A Quick Pumpkin Cross Stitch Design
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...
Halloween Trick or Treaters Card
The current small die of the month from Spellbinders
had lots of pieces to mix and match to create some fun trick or treaters, you can make a ghost, a devil or skeleton. Vicky create this cute card using the … Read More...
How to make a giant eyeball hoodie for Halloween
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?
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...
