Not only is this Halloween decoration easy, it’s very inexpensive! Use paint that you have at home, and grab some accessories (like the stick on jewels we used) from the dollar store and your set. A real pumpkin from a pumpkin patch, or grocery store and that’s all! Paint varying sizes of pumpkin and arrange them together to create a full fall porch decor idea. The little pie pumpkins look super cute alone or with a larger one. Let’s get into what you’ll need for this fun craft!

Materials:

• Real pumpkin
• Acrylic Paint
• Painters tape
• Jewel stickers
• Paint brushes

Firstly, apply the painters tape in vertical lines. Follow the natural grooves in your pumpkin.

Secondly, paint your pumpkin. Let the pumpkin dry between coats. You may need multiple coats, depending on the colour you choose (light colours will need more). Set aside to dry completely.

Once the pumpkin paint is dry, carefully remove the tape. Then add the stick on jewels where the tape was.

We hope you loved this Easy No-Carve Painted Pumpkin Idea as much as we do! And if you’re looking for more fall or halloween ideas, certainly check out our Get Ready for Fall Ideas or our Quick and Easy Pumpkin Spice Decorations.

Be sure to check out this Macrame Pumpkin Cover or this Cute and Simple Cork Pumpkin Idea for more Halloween fun!

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Remembrance Day Craft – Elegant Button Poppy

Almost done your DIY Poppy Decor!

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What You’ll Need:

• Red felt
• Black felt
• A black button
• Embroidery thread in black 
• Needle
• Scissors
• Hot glue gun and sticks
• Paper
• Marker
• Brooch Pin

Take a scrap piece of paper and fold it in half. Draw half of a heart onto the paper, making the straight edge on the fold. Cut out the heart shape. Use the cut-out to trace the heart onto the red felt. Cut out the felt heart, you’ll need four hearts in total.

Red Felt from Amazon – $6.56

Glue the heart petals together in the centre, overlapping the edges in the middle.

Cut a circle from the black felt slightly larger than your black button.

Black felt from Amazon – $5.00

Glue the circle onto the centre of the red heart petals.

Use some black thread and a needle to stitch some decorative lines around the black felt circle. Sew a black button into the middle of the black circle.

Embroidery Thread from Amazon – $1.05

Glue a brooch pin or magnet clasp to the back of the poppy and you are done!

Pin Clasp from Amazon – $7.99

Check out our Remembrance Day Craft  – Elegant Button Poppy for more November decor – its also makes for a great family project.

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No sewing machine needed here; just an iron and some decorative hand stitching. To be honest, I upgraded a $5 fleece blanket that I picked up at big box store but you could easily head to your local fabric store and grab a few yards of fleece if you can’t find one. Add some sheet of felt from the dollar store and some fusible interfacing – you’ve got a custom blanket for under $15!

DIY Popsicle Blanket

What You’ll Need:

• A fleece blanket
• Felt sheets in six colours
• Brown or burlap ribbon
• Scissors
• Paper (for making a template)
• Fusible interfacing
• An iron
• Embroidery thread and needle

Cut out a paper template to the size you want your Popsicle to be. It’s easier is you fold the paper in half and draw and cut your template from the fold. This way the Popsicle shape will be even on both sides.

Now we can make the first Popsicle. Cut the yellow felt in the whole shape, this will be your base. Cut an orange layer by laying half of the template onto the and half off. When you lay the orange felt on top of the yellow, it should only cover half of the Popsicle. Finally, cut the top blue portion by laying only the top third of your template onto the felt. When layered together, this makes our first Popsicle.

For our second Popsicle, cut out a full template in light green felt, like we did for the yellow layer in Popsicle number one. To make the Popsicle bumps, cut out two strips of dark green felt and then round both edges to make semi-circles. These will lay in the centre of the Popsicle, side by side.

For our last Popsicle, cut out a full pink template and then a half template in yellow. Lay the yellow half on top of the pink and your done.

To make the Popsicle sticks, cut out three lengths of ribbon and then round of one end.

Time to assemble all the pieces! This step takes some time, it’s not difficult but setting each layer takes patience. Cut out pieces of fusible interfacing (this can be purchased at any fabric store, it is a heat activated adhesive for fabric) to match each of the felt Popsicle pieces and the sticks.

Use an iron (follow the directions for heat setting, but be sure to turn of the steam) to attach each piece of felt together. Attach the sticks directly to the blanket, this will determine where the Popsicle’s will be so space it out before you iron them down. Once the sticks are in place, attach the Popsicle’s in place.

Add some stitches around the Popsicle edges in coloured threads for an added touch.

And it’s done! Curl up on the patio with a good book and make the most of the last few weeks of summer. Enjoy!

We hope you loved this DIY Popsicle Blanket!  Looking for more home decor?  Certainly check out this Beach Decor DIY Flip Flop Hanger or our Tie Dye Tea Towels.

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Let’s get to the DIY Origami Paper Garland Tutorial now!

• Origami paper
• Scissors
• Needle
• Sewing thread
• Ruler
• Tree branch with all bark removed (or a piece of wooden doweling)

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What You’ll Need:

• Felt
• Thread and a sewing needle
• Various decorations

Pouch #1 – Pom Poms Galore

This pouch uses pom poms for a fun pop of colour!

Take two pieces of felt and cut them to the size you need. Lay the two felts against either other, cutting the lining slightly smaller than the outer piece.

Fold the bottom third of the felt up to create a pouch. Use some thread to create a ladder stitch on both sides of the felt. Follow this diagram to make this easy, yet impressive stitch:

Photo Credit: My Poppet

Fold the top half of the pouch down and use some more thread to sew some pom poms along the edge of the flap.

Done!

DIY Felt Pouches

Pouch #2 – Pineapple Persuasion

This pouch is made to hold a cell phone safe and sound.

Measure your phone against a piece of felt. Fold the felt in half and use a ladder stitch along the open edge and the bottom.

Cut a yellow oval and a green stem from a sheet of felt. Sew some small chevrons into the yellow oval to make some pineapple spikes and then use some hot glue to attach the pineapple to the front of the pouch.

Complete! It’s really just that easy.

Pouch #3 – The Envelope

Two stitches is all that’s need here – no joke!

Cut two pieces of felt into a square. It can be any size, but it has to be a square for this design to work. This time, leave the two pieces of felt the same size.

Working with the square turned towards you to make a diamond, fold two corners in to meet in the middle. Secure with a simple stitch.

Fold one more corner to meet the other two, and sew this one to the others.

Add a snap to the middle and to the remaining loose corner.

TA-DA, a five minute, two stitch pouch.

Pouch #4 – Jewel Tones

This pouch repeats many of the steps from Pouch #1 but instead of adding pom poms, try adding a brooch or pendant. Makes a great pouch for all of your travel documents – Bon Voyage! Pro Tip – make a few for different trips. Going to the beach – palm trees and sea creatures. Paris – try an Eiffel Tower. Cruise? – how about an anchor?

We hope this inspires you to create many more designs and sizes  – be sure to share your project ideas and pics with us in the comment section!

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10 Fun and Easy Yarn Crafts

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We’ve come up with the top 10 boredom-busting ways to keep everyone entertained indoors all day. Do something different on the next rainy day and try a new craft, recipe, game or activity that you maybe wouldn’t have thought of. Being stuck inside shouldn’t be a bad thing, make it a fun thing with these inspired ideas!

10 Rainy Day Ideas

1. Go to the library.

Your local library is a great place to spend some time during a downpour. There’s not much better than a room full of free books  and a whole day to try and read them all. Many libraries also offer programmes like story-time or crafts.

2. Play Board Games

Snakes & Ladders, Candyland, Clue, there are hundreds of choices. If you have a stack of them at home then endless hours of entertainment ahead of you. Once on game gets old, switch it out for another and them another until the dark clouds clear and the sun comes back out.

3. Bake Something

Baking is a great group activity. With most recipes having multiple steps, there’s always something for everyone to do. Check out this list for inspiration, Top 10 Soft and Chewy Cookie Recipes

4. Photo Scavenger Hunt

It’s a fact – kids LOVE playing with cameras. Make their day and set up a photo scavenger hunt. Make up a list of items throughout the house for them to find and photograph. Remember, the longer the list, the longer they’ll be busy!

5. Movie Marathon

Change up your usual watching space and throw every cushion you have in the house on the floor in front of  the TV. Have their favourite flicks lined up and let them watch all day. Don’t forget movie snacks – try this  Trial-mix (its not just for Easter!).

6. Crafts

Keep little hands busy and organize a craft or two. We like these Stocking Butterflies and Beaded Wind Chimes. Make them inside in the rain and put them outside tomorrow in better weather.

7. Host a Tea Party

Make a garden tea party in your living room. Gather houseplants to put around the table, with table linens, teacups, finger sandwiches and of course, fancy dress up. Invite teddy bears guests and you’ve got yourself a party. Try our Lemon Scones for a tasty teatime treat.

8. Go Bowling

Bowling is low-cost family friendly activity that kids love. Spend the next rained out day at the alley and bowl until the sky clears. Have lunch, plays some games and you’re certainly going to have a great day.

9. Go Swimming

Not in the backyard, swimming in a rainstorm can actually be dangerous, on the other hand, head to the local public pool. Many public pools have fun things like water slides, wave pools and rock climbing walls. Everything to make sure your kids aren’t bored for a single second.

10. Puddle Splashing

When all fails, embrace the weather, have the kids throw on their bathing suits and rubber boots and jump in as many puddles as they can find!  We hope you liked these 10 Rainy Day Ideas.

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Let’s get started….

Cut 28 pieces of wood. You can either cut them from a length of building planks from a hardware store or buy pre-cut pieces of wood from a craft store. Use a few different colours and spray paint the planks. 

For this step you  have a couple choices. If you have a punch, cut some dots from some thin craft foam. I highly recommend using a punch for this step, using scissors will take too long and be very difficult.  When using a punch, avoid buying anything with an adhesive backing.  The glue will get stuck in the punch and will make it difficult to use. The foam will be water resistant and is a good choice for the outdoors. If you would rather use paper, you will have to seal the planks after attaching the dots, otherwise the paper won’t survive he elements. The last option is to paint the dots onto the planks. Using some acrylic paint and a stencil, paint all of the dots in place.

If you opted to paint on your dots, you can skip this step. Otherwise, glue all of those dots into place.  

Done and done! Pro tip: Store and carry the dominoes in a laundry bag from the dollar store!

We hope you liked these lawn dominoes.  Looking for an amazing recipe for your summer BBQ’s?  Certainly try these delicious Campfire Cupcakes!

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Pottery Barn Inspired Easter Eggs

The inspiration shows plastic decorative eggs with letters on each that spell ‘Happy Easter’.  Our DIY is made from similar eggs, a sharpie, twine and eyelets.  All can be found at your local craft store.  You can do this craft with any colour easter egg.  Consider using a soft colour pallet with lavenders, pinks or soft yellow.  Or opt for some neons or ones that sparkle so they really stand out!  We went for a classic look and used white eggs with some speckles for character.

The twine is also flexible for this craft.  Use traditional burlap twine, you could certainly glam it up and use a pretty one that has a flash of colour.  Your letters can be written with a paint pen or a sharpie.  Either will do.  Just keep in mind that a paint pen will need some time to dry before you handle it.  Not sure if a paint pen is for you?  Take a minute and check out The Best Sharpie Paint Pen Review for an idea of what to expect.  Now you have some choices to make, let’s dive into the how-to!

DIY Happy Easter Eggs Inspired by Pottery Barn

What you’ll need:

• Eleven decorative eggs
• A paint pen or permanent marker
• Decorative twine
• Screw in eyelets

Firstly, write Happy Easter on the eggs with the marker or paint pen.  Be careful not to smudge the letters before they have time to dry.  I recommend having a place to set them down where they won’t role away on you! 

Secondly, screw the eyelets into the top of each egg then thread the twine through each eyelet and make a loop.  Don’t worry about the length of your twine, they should be different lengths to the eggs some character.  Hang up your own Pottery Barn Inspired Easter Eggs and enjoy!  

I hope you loved making these Pottery Barn Inspired Easter Eggs.  Not only does this craft only require four materials, it’s very simple to make.  I think it’s great because it’s fun for all crafters, whether you are a seasoned DIY’er, just starting out or looking for a great Easter kids craft.  Looking for more DIY Easter creations?  Certainly check out these Cute Critter Treat Jars for Sweet Easter Gifts

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