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.

Wonderfully Wooly Witchy Halloween Cross Stitch Pattern

September 7, 2011 by Connie Barwick

Deborah of Woolensails shares this wonderful witch on a broom sitting on a crescent moon just in time to stitch for Halloween. Yep – it’s a free chart too!

Mini Paper Pumpkins

September 6, 2011 by Kristen Stephens

I’m so glad that craftaholics anonymous posted about this so soon in the fall season! I can’t wait to get started and make a bunch of these for my mantle. You will definitely want to supervise your children making these … Read More...

Ice Cream Cones, Summer, and Monsters, Oh My!

September 5, 2011 by Meaghan Mountford

The bonus of all these cute treats from Warning Sugary Goodness is that they come with video how-tos. Learn to make mini ice cream cone cake bites HERE, silly monster cupcakes HERE and summer lovin’ cupcakes HERE.

Tutorial, The Makings of a Superhero

September 4, 2011 by Linda Lanese

Marcie lives in their renovated house in the Hudson Valley with her hubby and children. She is a nature lover, gardener and a sewer and general fixer of anything made of fabric. Now she has a wonderful tutorial “The Making … Read More...

Felt Juice Box Monsters tutorial

September 1, 2011 by Linda Lanese

Amanda (our home and garden editor) has been meaning to make these guys for quite a while now. Every time she pulled out her craft supplies to make something, those empty juice boxes just keep staring at her. With Halloween … Read More...

The Mad Hatter Hat; FREE Tutorial

August 27, 2011 by Linda Lanese

Vivian of “Craft with Confidence” has an amazing blog fill with lots of wonderful free tutorials you will love. Her mom taught her to sew in junior high but then she lost interest in sewing. Vivian was given a basic … Read More...

Freebie: Pumpkins Digi

August 26, 2011 by Heather Holbrook

Jump over to Melon Headz and download a cute pumpkin digital stamp for free.

-Heather

Tip: Aligning Large Stamps

August 12, 2011 by Heather Holbrook

Elizabeth Allen’s Art Studio blog shares a great tip for stamping and aligning large background stamps. I adore the card sample she made, the background and card edge are so cool!

-Heather

Bread Heads and Cheese Dip

April 15, 2011 by Meaghan Mountford

The latest Slash and Dine (“slash” as in, horror movie, and “dine” and as in, dinner to match) from Brutal as Hell: The 1988 flick They Live. The dinner: Bread heads and cheese (as in, “You know, you … Read More...

DIY Snow Globe Soaps

February 1, 2011 by Nellie Lee Luhrmann

Here is a tutorial on how to make some really cute snow globe soaps that was brought to my attention via Charm Bracelet Diva These can be used year-round, not just at Christmas!