Last weekend we had a Halloween pin-making party at Goods Detroit. I think this was my favorite - hard felt cut into a ghost shape with googley eyes, sequins, and lots of zeroes - created by an awesome 4-year-old crafter.
Inspired to craft something for Halloween? Be sure to enter it in our CRAFT Halloween contest to win cool prizes. Costumes, decor, food — whatever you create for Halloween is welcome in the contest. Read our full contest page for all the details. Deadline to enter is November 2.
Halloween is just around the corner and the next thing you know, it’s gift giving season again. Here for some recycled wrapping inspiration is John Boak who has some new wraps up on his site Wrap Artist. I love the layered beauty of his Japanese inspired wedding gift wrap and the ingenious use of using two aerosol lids in his aerosol lid wrap above.
Rashida of I Heart Linen guest blogs on Petite Purls with a super cute coin purse tutorial using hinged purse frames. I love the mix of fabric prints she’s using, especially that apple one. [via whipup]
Rashida writes:
Springy hinge purse frames are so fun to use. They come in various sizes and are perfect for making little pouches for coins, makeup, or other accessories. You could even elongate the pieces to make a secure case for your sunglasses. This little coin purse is cute-as-a-button and will keep all that loose change from rattling around at the bottom of your bag. It would even make a great gift for your little one’s new teacher!
Kami of NoBiggie makes a DIY spooky Halloween mirror that’s reminding me of why I used to get a little bit scared as a kid at the Haunted House in Disneyland.
AngryRedhead has a brilliant project over on Instructables: shoes, spraypaint, and Sugru make some devilish custom shoes!
This Instructable shows how to make a pair of stylized shoes using Sugru and spray paint and how to add treads to shoes that are a bit slippery. Most of the instructions are on the high heels as they require more techniques and instruction, so if you are making the men’s shoes, please read through the women’s, too.
If you would like to save yourself time and a whole lot of headache, please follow these directions on how to paint shoes as carefully as possible, or you may end up spending a lot more time on repairing mistakes than if you’d been patient from the start. Give yourself at least 2 weeks to decorate these shoes. Each step is short, but there’s a lot of time for curing necessary. Don’t skimp on the cure time!
Inspired to craft something for Halloween? Be sure to enter it in our CRAFT Halloween contest to win cool prizes. Costumes, decor, food - whatever you create for Halloween is welcome in the contest. Read our full contest page for all the details. Deadline to enter is November 2.
Using a rolling pin, a used inner tube and some sticky tape, you can make a really cool roller stamp. By really cool I mean really big. You can make prints as wide as the largest roller pin you can find (43 cm wide is standard), and as tall as you wish.
Tide over your hunger for brains with a fun, quick, an inexpensive sock zombie toy this Halloween. Learn to make them in today’s CRAFT Video! My friend Sarah Hatton made and gave me the first sock zombie for my birthday a few years ago, and I love it so much I just had to share. Thanks, Sarah!
Inspired to craft something for Halloween? Be sure to enter it in our CRAFT Halloween contest to win cool prizes. Costumes, decor, food - whatever you create for Halloween is welcome in the contest. Read our full contest page for all the details. Deadline to enter is November 2.
How often do you get the chance to crochet a tiny bird skull? Not nearly often enough, if you ask me. I made that for my dad, because he likes outdoorsy stuff like owl puke. I thought it would be nice for him to have a crafty toy that resembled something an owl might vomit up.
If you want to create a spooky welcome for trick-or-treaters next weekend, try this cool skeleton tutorial from Meg of Mega-Spooky.
Inspired to craft something for Halloween? Be sure to enter it in our CRAFT Halloween contest to win cool prizes. Costumes, decor, food - whatever you create for Halloween is welcome in the contest. Read our full contest page for all the details. Deadline to enter is November 2.
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