Tag: halloween crafts

Halloween Scrapbook Collage Serving Tray

DIY, Home Decor, Shopping, Stories

I have been holding on a to a booklet gifted to me by a friend of amazing art work by Austin Pardun. This printed booklet had their most popular work from 2017-2018 and I have always enjoyed their work and that vintage Halloween feeling that is prominently captured in their designs. I always wanted to find the best way to display these works, and I ultimately settled on incorporating them into a scrapbook-style collage onto a serving tray.

If you have some cool Halloween paper, cards, posters, etc you’ve always wanted to share and display – a decorative serving tray might also be the answer to your decorating needs as well!

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DIY Whimsical Grapevine Halloween Wreath

DIY, Home Decor

Hey! I’m baaaack! And in a new house for 2025! Since we moved this spring, I decided it was an ideal time to refresh the Halloween look for my giant front porch. This called for a new wreath. My old wreath was crafted six years ago and prior to children, so I had a lot of time to go slow on it – but this time I wanted an inexpensive, cute and easy wreath that didn’t require a lot of new materials with a whimsical, fun theme. Keep on reading to get inspired and see the final product and all the fun ways you can customize a grapevine wreath for your porch this season.

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Make Your Own Halloween Piñata

DIY, Home Decor

I’m back again with an easy, fun, DIY that can mostly be create out of things around your home!

My budget is tight this year, so I’m trying to get creative with ways I can upcycle things to make something new for Halloween without breaking the bank.

If you have cereal boxes or other thin cardboard, tissue paper, glue and tape you can create your very own piñata for decor or for your next Halloween bash!

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Upcycled Halloween Planters

DIY, Family, Home Decor, Summerween

This past spring, I decided to put lots of beautiful planted flowers in old paint cans I recycled and decorated from my garage, which then of course inspired me to create a wonderland land of hand painted Halloween planters for the fall.

I decided to get started painting my goulish containers now so that I will have an abundance of pots for mums when the time comes to plant them ( because it is too darn hot to plant them in this Oklahoma summer heat).

The great thing about upcycling planters from containers is that you could also use smaller containers for indoor plants or herbs to decorate with and display now! I recommend using tin cans, paint cans, yogurt containers, etc.

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Mini Pumpkin Play Activities for Toddlers

DIY, Educational, Family

Happy October! It’s naturally my favorite time of year, and hopefully by incorporating pumpkins into our play time throughout the month, it’ll easily become my kids favorite time of year too!

I’ve put together some simple and easy fun activities using mini pumpkins that you and your toddler can do to celebrate Halloween and pumpkins all month long!

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“Spookley the Square Pumpkin” Shape Match Game

DIY, Educational, Family, Kid Friendly

I adore the book “The Legend of Spookley the Square Pumpkin!” It is the cutest little tale about how wonderful it is to embrace the qualities that make you unique from everyone else, and they might even be the qualities needed to save the day!

If your child loves this book as much as our family does, then you can keep the story going with a fun little DIY “Spookley’s Pumpkin Patch Shape Match” game.

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Autumn Leaves Cotton Swab Painting for Toddlers

DIY, Educational, Family, Kid Friendly

The leaves may not quite be turning yet, but I sense an urge in the air for the season to begin to change soon. As fall begins to approach, you can chat about the changing season with your little one and make your very own dreamy fall scene with simple painted autumn trees! This activity is simple and fun – and requires very little materials, many of which you might have laying around your home. This activity is also an excellent way to strengthen fine motor skills by using a cotton swab to dab foliage onto the paper.

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Paper Pumpkin Decorating for Toddlers

DIY, Educational, Family

It’s never too early to start engaging in OR planning your fall activities with your toddlers. As a mom of an almost 3-year-old and an almost 2-year-old, I know that the most desirable activities are the easy ones! This is the kind of festive Halloween activity that doesn’t need a lot of planning or prep – but has endless open play, exploration and discussion opportunities!

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Joann Fabric Halloween Sneak Peek

DIY, Shopping

I’m starting to see more Halloween in home decor and craft stores – and it’s only the beginning of July! I am okay with an early Halloween shopping season…if we keep moving up Christmas shopping earlier each year, it’s only fair that Halloween gets the same treatment. Right!?

I decided to stop into my local Joann Fabric and Crafts store to see what spooky delights await for me…I’ve seen some images and videos floating around where folks have already spotted some home decor in store, but my location was still trying purge the last of their Christmas decor. They need to sell it faster to make room for Halloween!

I thought I’d treat you to some sneak peaks at some of the gorgeous, whimsical and vintage inspired Halloween fabric I did see in store already! I hope this photo dump will help your mind churn up some ideas on what you might create this fall!

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