Seasons and Holidays

Painted/Upcycled Fall Welcome Sign

Oct

2012

Today I have a fun Fall Welcome Sign that your kids will love to help you with! The idea for this project came to me last week when I cleaned the inside of my refrigerator for the first time in 6-9 months! I couldn't believe how many bottles of condiments and salad dressings we had that were expired! Rather than toss them all in the trash (seriously, I had about 10-12 bottles!) I did the following: Gather, Clean & Take Off the Labels from Various Bottles- glass and plastic both work … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Furniture & Decor, Seasons and Holidays · Tagged With: fall, Halloween, upcycle

Felt Halloween Banner

Oct

2012

by Stephanie 7 Comments

I love this darling tutorial on how to make a Felt Halloween Banner. Jennifer shows the step by step tutorial on her site My Life A Happy Circus. (This idea was originally featured in October 2010) … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Seasons and Holidays · Tagged With: Halloween

30 Favorite Halloween Ideas

Oct

2012

by Stephanie 6 Comments

How fun has this October been so far? I'm super enjoying all the projects I am seeing from magazines and from bloggers, I simply can't get enough of it! Here are some of my 30 Favorite Halloween Ideas:- (This post originally published on Somewhat Simple in 2010) … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Seasons and Holidays · Tagged With: Halloween

Make Your Own Superhero Capes for Kids

Oct

2012

by Todays Post 6 Comments

Want to learn an easy way to make your own superhero capes for kids? I'll show you!!! My boys love playing pretend. I love that they are still at the dress up stage. Having a super hero cape is a must in my opinion. This is simple way for you to make cape for you kids. I used Felt so that the only sewing you would need to do would be for the Velcro. Buy felt by the yard. I bought in 1/2 yard increments because these are capes for smaller kids. If you want a larger cape maybe go for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Baby & Kids, Seasons and Holidays · Tagged With: boys, Halloween

Make Your Own Monster Eyeballs

Oct

2012

by Ashleigh 14 Comments

Halloween season is upon us, which means it's time to stock up on monster eyeballs! Yes, this is totally necessary for all of your monster needs this season! It is so fast and fun to mass produce these little candies made from royal icing. You will just need 2 colors of royal icing. For the recipe and other tips, see this post on the basics of sugar cookies and royal icing. In order for the eyes to end up flat, we are going to do the "wet on wet" technique. This means that as soon as … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Baking, Seasons and Holidays · Tagged With: cookies, Halloween