Book Fairy Costume. Last year I decided I was going to be a diction-fairy for Halloween. I had been making book page wreaths for my winter boutique and this just kinda evolved out of hours spent with a glue gun and rolled book pages. If you have made a book page wreath the this should be pretty simple. If you haven't made a book page wreath then it's still pretty easy just with a bit more reading. Rather than make a new one, I'm just breaking down how I made it last year so if it gets confusing just let me know! Book Page Tutu First take a scrap of fabric 3-4 inches wide and cut it to just a few inches longer than what you want the waist to be. You want just a few inches of overlap to make it easier to put on and so there is no gap in the back. Next lay the strip of fabric out flat and begin gluing on the rolled papers in rows along your strip. For each rolled up section of paper I used 2-3 pages together because dictionary pages are so thin. and mixing in a few more free formed paper rolls.
& paper cuts. How to make paper pumpkins tutorial | Craftaholics Anonymous. Fall is like the Super Bowl of the crafting world. seriously. I think there are more fall crafts than any other season. Just sayin. BUT I for one, do not mind one bit!! Fall is such a pretty time of year. Plus with all the holidays jam packed together, there’s a lot of decorating that needs to be done crafted! Haha Today I have a super easy paper pumpkin tutorial for you.
How to make a Paper Pumpkin Supplies {makes approx 7 mini paper pumpkins} -12″x12″ sheet of orange cardstock {or you could use pattern paper for a fun twist} -scraps of green or brown cardstock -1″ circle punch -low heat glue gun -pen cut your 12″x12″ into 2.5″ by 0.5″ strips except for the last 2″x12″ strip. use your 1″ circle punch and cut out 14- 1″ circles. Using your glue gun, glue the small strips of paper to the circle, overlapping them slightly. glue strips all the way around the circle. depending on how much you over lap them, it will take between 7 to 10 strips per pumpkin. Happy crafting, Linda Share and Enjoy Hi! Make Glow-in-the-Dark Slime. Learn how to Make Glow-in-the-Dark Slime like we made the other day. My kids ranked this as one of their favorite of our summer projects so far. Even I was enjoying playing with it. It just feels so cool. We added a few drops of glow in the dark craft paint to get the glow-in-the-dark effect.
The more borax solution you add, the stiffer your slime will become. If you want runny slime go easy on the borax solution. We wanted our a little stiffer so we added a bit more Borax solution. You can roll it into a perfectly round sphere, that slowly flattens when left alone. **Thank you for all of your fun and kind comments as of late. 26Kstumbleupon. Blob Lights | Family Chic. MONDAY, AUGUST 15, 2011 | Comments: 36 If you’ve ever had a group of kids sitting around your dinner table – you know that candles are not a practical or safe option. However, I am a believer that children appreciate the same details that adults enjoy so I try to create interesting lighting options for the table that are child-friendly.
I find LED candles are a great option, but not the prettiest looking – so I am always thinking of ways to dress them up a bit. Here’s a quick trick you might want to try… all you’ll need are a bag of balloons and LED tea lights. Line your table with these glowing blobs and dim the lights to create a fun and intriguing look that appeals to kids of all ages. This would be a great look for Halloween too. Start out by cutting the neck off of the balloon. Slip balloon over LED light – leaving the bottom of the candle exposed. To give your blob some shape, pull a small section of the balloon away from the base of the candle and blow some air inside. Halloween Garland. I have been trying to make more of an effort to have seasonal changes in the house, to change the daily objects of our gaze in keeping with what is happening outside. The temptation is to call it decorating, but I don't want to use that word because the small changes I am talking about come not so much from a desire to celebrate any particular holidays (although that's there, of course), but from a more deep-seated need for a connection to the passage of time.
Barring the opening and closing of windows, our apartment stays the same through the seasons. Summer brings with it only air conditioning. Winter does not frost our windows, and however copious the snowfall, it never blows in when we open the door. Flowers can be had year-round, and even though the box of vegetables from the farmer tends to be full of mostly tubers by the middle of winter, the grocery store fills in. Three blown-up clip art images, some poster board, yarn, and tape. Ghost in a Jar. For weeks now our boys have been begging to "Halloweenify" the house, but we're making them wait until October 1st, which is this weekend.
To help get the festivities started we wanted to find a fun Halloween craft. After seeing some of the cute projects where people turn jars into ghosts, we wondered if we could put a ghost in a jar! We knew the kids would get a kick out of that! We gave it some thought, and this is what we came up with! What You Need: clean jar with lidgauze padsmall toy or object to shape your ghostschool gluewaterplastic wrapconstruction paperfabric, ribbon (optional)First, wrap your small toy in plastic wrap.
Pour some glue into a small bowl and dilute it with water a bit (there are no exact measurements for this - just eyeball it). Stand up your wrapped toy on a small dish. Let your ghost dry for a few hours or overnight...or if you are impatient like us, use the hairdryer! They are cute as-is, but look really neat with lights shining behind them!