Faux Stained Glass Candy Corn

stained glass candy corn

Kids will love making this candy corn sun catcher to hang in the window! The sun shines through the mosaic of tissue paper that they created. A fun fall craft, even for the little ones. If you prefer a picture-free printable version click here.   Faux Stained Glass Candy Corn 5.0 from 2 reviews Print Author: Amanda Formaro Supplies Heavy   Read More »

Paper Plate Crow

Paper Plate Crow

This cute fall crow is made from craft paint and paper plates. A fun fall craft for the kids! Scarecrows always get the spotlight, so don’t forget about the crows! This is easy enough for preschoolers, and toddlers can join the fun too with a little help. Paper Plate Crow 5.0 from 3 reviews Print Author: Amanda Formaro Supplies 1   Read More »

Big Paper Bag Luminaries

One day while surfing around I found some awesome looking luminaries on grandinroad’s website. They are no longer available for sale, but when they were they were $99.00! Ouch. I wanted to see if I could make something similar using my Silhouette machine and good ole paper grocery bags. My inspiration: from grandinroad They came out pretty cool I think.   Read More »

Halloween Monster Yard Lights

We’ve all seen the fun Halloween and Christmas luminaries made from milk jugs. This is a different twist  on that basic idea and a fun way to light up your yard or walkway for Halloween! I recently guest posted over at Someday Crafts with this project, but in case you missed it, here it is! Let’s get started, shall we?   Read More »

Halloween Hand Print Ghoul Banner

Halloween brings out the creativity in me more than any other time of year. Not even Christmas conjures of the ideas that go through my head at Halloween. If you visit this blog regularly, you know I am obsessed with creating fun crafts for kids that use inexpensive or recycled supplies. I know that when I was a young mother   Read More »

Jack O’Lantern TV

I am so excited to show this to you guys! I posted on Facebook the other day saying I was spray painting a TV for my next project. That aroused some curiosity :) Last year I was watching CNN, right around Halloween time, and they had this really cool pumpkin television sitting on the counter right behind the anchor desk. I would love to   Read More »

Recycled Bread Tag Monsters

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Eeeee! I’ve been saving bread tags (those little plastic clips that keep your bread bag closed) for months just waiting for Halloween to get close. I’ve had this craft idea for these little monsters in my head for a while and finally got the chance to make them today. You could probably make them in much simpler fashion, but I   Read More »

Spooky Eyeball Treat Bag

Last year I made these cute monster treat bags for my blog, and I also made this spooky eyeball bucket for Disney’s Kaboose.com. So this year I decided to combine the two and throw in some color, and that’s how I came up with the spooky eyeball treat bag! I’m all about color for Halloween, I’m sure you’ve seen that   Read More »

Paper Plate Mummy

One of my day jobs is Chief Editor of Craftown.com. I’m working on beefing up the content over there and will be adding lots of new crafts to the site in the coming months. I’m even looking for contributors! So if you are interested in sharing your projects, check out the information on the contributor’s page. This paper plate mummy   Read More »

Halloween Felt Ghouls: Last Minute Easy Craft

I was sitting here yesterday trying to decide what would be the easiest, least expensive, last minute Halloween craft. At first I was going to use construction paper, and you certainly could, but I really like felt so much better. These are such cute little ghouls and they can literally be made in a few short minutes! So if you   Read More »