Make my monstrously cute TRICKS Halloween banner! Each letter has glowing yellow monster eyes, stitched mouths, and claw-shredded bunting for adding a touch of not-so-scary to your elementary classroom, Halloween party, or covered front porch.
Add some ghoulish fun to your Halloween candy with my Monster Eyes Candy Bowl! My easy DIY Halloween candy bowl idea is a quick and easy way to add some spooky-fun to your porch or Halloween party.
Make my monstrously cute DIY Halloween monster wreath! My family-friendly Halloween wreath idea is perfect for kids who prefer funny over frightening. You can hang your monster wreath in so many places such as a covered front porch door, classroom door for preschoolers or elementary kids, or indoor Halloween decorations for a Halloween party!
Going to the Taylor Swift Eras tour? You’ve gotta make some DIY Taylor Swift friendship bracelets to trade at the concert with fellow Swifties! I’ve got lots of words and lyrics ideas to string onto your bracelets. Like Taylor says, you’ve gotta make all the friendship bracelets…
Sew up a set of my cute modern quilted potholders to brighten up your kitchen. My free quilted potholder sewing pattern makes both square and round potholders so you can choose whichever shape you like. The hand pockets on the back fold like a taco to protect your hands from heat.
Making a balloon garland is an easy way to add pizazz to your party decor. Balloon garlands look impressive yet they’re surprisingly easy and quick to make — you can make a balloon arch in about an hour or two depending on its size. Balloon arches make a great photo backdrop for birthdays and baby …
This easy emoji Halloween costume DIY will put the 😍 into your Halloween 🎃. Download and print my free emoji printable templates including a cute emoji headband for an easy last-minute Halloween costume idea from your closet.
Make an interactive pretend campfire and s’mores play set to bring camping fun indoors, rain or shine! This cute paper craft project features a toasty campfire with wood-grain logs surrounded by a stone ‘safety’ ring for kids to toast pretend marshmallows until they’re golden brown. Keep reading to see how to download the free printable …
Looking for an easy DIY Minecraft costume idea? See how to make my Minecraft head for a Halloween Costume or Minecraft birthday party. Download my free printab – Villager Minecraft head free printable and tutorial!
Today I’m sharing my paper bead jewelry DIY ideas that celebrate spring. I designed four pieces of bright and cheery paper bead jewelry — paper bead necklaces, paper bead bracelets, and paper bead earrings — inspired by my favorite spring flowers: daffodils, hyacinths, violets, tulips, and azaleas. Keep reading to see how to roll paper …
See how to make my easy pencil case with my free pencil case sewing pattern and tutorial! This useful and quick beginner sewing project is a perfect DIY back-to-school project and also makes a great DIY gifts idea for kids.
Looking for football party ideas for the upcoming Super Bowl? Today’s football craft is a guest post from my six-year-old son who’s sharing how to make Perler Bead football players that double as handy DIY drink coasters. Kids can make this easy football coasters craft idea for a Super Bowl party or just for fun. …
Make my easy mermaid cake with scales and tails, no special cake pan needed! This simple DIY mermaid cake for a birthday is shaped into a number 9 cake with a cute little mermaid tail. Add white chocolate shells and seashells on edible ‘sand’ to complete the beach-y look. Get my free number 9 mermaid …
Looking for easy Halloween cupcake ideas for kids? Make simple tombstone Halloween cupcakes with my free printable Halloween cupcake toppers. These Halloween cupcakes featuring funny tombstone sayings from Disney’s Haunted Mansion ride are easy and quick to make last-minute for Halloween parties. The Haunted Mansion is one of my all-time favorite Disney rides. And I …
Looking for a cute boys Halloween costume idea? Make this DIY kids cheetah Halloween costume with a cozy hoodie and pants plus a ‘World’s Fastest Land Animal’ running medal and running shoes. This kids cheetah costume is a cute Halloween costume idea for kids that you can make yourself. Kids love animal Halloween costumes and …
DIY kids play kitchens don’t have to take up a lot of space. Make this flat felt portable DIY kids play kitchen that you can play with anywhere — on the rug, on a coffee table, wherever. Then just roll it up to store away until the next time that the ‘restaurant’ is open. This …
Eek Bats! ? Make these batty Printable Halloween Party Decorations for your Halloween table. And you can print these Halloween bat party decorations right now at home or your local office supply store (I like FedExOffice and Staples). My ‘Eek Bats!’ printable Halloween party kit at my Etsy store contains an orange and black bat …
Here’s a fun kids Halloween party game or Halloween kids activity that doubles as a cool science lesson: Freeze glow-in-the-dark bouncy ball eyeballs in baking soda and water, and then have kids spoon vinegar on top to reveal the eyeball surprise! It’s a fun Halloween party game and great way to put the STEAM into …
Make an easy no-sew DIY Halloween Treat Bag to haul your kid’s Halloween loot. It takes just a handful of supplies, there’s no sewing, and you can make it in about an hour. How’s that for a treat? This no-sew DIY Halloween Treat Bag is an easy, no-sew version of my popular DIY Trick or …
This Bull in a China Shop DIY toddler Halloween costume was inspired by my charming 2-year-old boy. Liam is deliberate, like whenever he picks something up or puts it down it’s just a wee bit more aggressive that it needs to be. Things get broken. Ripped. We’ve made a handful of ER trips. Liam just …
Here’s a handmade kids Halloween costume idea that’s sure to be a trick-or-treating masterpiece: a classic watercolor paint box, topped with a handmade French-inspired beret and a jumbo paint brush made from a pool noodle. It’s a simple and clever DIY Halloween artist costume with just a little sewing needed. DIY watercolor paint box artist …
Here’s a treat: free printable Halloween party decorations to spook up your Halloween dinner table! These free printable Halloween dinner party decorations include fancy skeleton doilies, Halloween banner, cup wraps, and personalized Halloween food labels to name the food on your Halloween menu. Print and cut these Halloween table decorations for an elegant Halloween party. …
Lure in trick-or-treaters with my DIY spiderweb decorations for your front porch! My easy DIY glitter spiderwebs for your front door and spiderweb on your house numbers are subtle in their spookiness.
Here’s a spooky DIY Halloween trick or treat bag free pattern with ‘sticky’ spiderwebs and creepy spiders that can move and crawl around. Eek! The sticky spiderwebs on the DIY Halloween trick-or-treat bag are actually thin strips that I cut from VELCRO® Brand fasteners… …and the spiders have a bit of VELCRO® Brand Sticky Back …
This painted spiderweb DIY Halloween candy bowl for trick-or-treat ranks at the top of my all-time favorite Halloween crafts. Each Halloween my downstairs neighbors and I sit on our Chicago city stoop with our candy bowl piled with chocolate treats for costumed kids (plus maybe a glass or two of wine for us). I made …
Looking for fun felt Halloween craft ideas? Make these cute felt Halloween bracelets! My no-sew felt Halloween crafts free pattern includes pumpkin and skulls/skeletons printable templates. It’s a cute Halloween craft with felt that you can make in just one evening! Lately, I’ve been dreaming up Halloween crafts for kids while re-watching Season 1 of …
My free DIY pillowcase pattern for kids features a super cute little pocket for tucking in nighttime treasures. Yep, a pillowcase with a pocket! How fun! How clever! Elise uses her pillowcase pocket to store a flashlight, her lip balm, and tiny bedtime friends. What will you store in your pillowcase pocket?
Make your own oven mitt in less than one hour with my free oven mitt sewing pattern. These DIY oven gloves are just the right size — not too big and floppy — and you can choose to quilt the outside of the oven mitt or leave it nice and smooth. I’ve made them both …
Try this delicious sweet potato crackers recipe! I’ve been making this sweet potato crackers recipe again and again since Thanksgiving’s sweet potato leftovers and I think it’s high time I passed along this yummy kid-friendly recipe. A sweet potato crackers recipe that kids love to eat Elise has become my official cracker-making helper and #1 …
My daughter Elise is my little ray of sunshine, without a doubt. So when it came to making my delightful girl her first proper Halloween costume, I came up with this cheery fleece and felt “Sunshine and Rainbows” Halloween baby costume with sun on the front, sun hat, and colorful rainbow on the back. It’s …
Here’s a free baby bonnet pattern just in time for summer. It’s a really nice baby sun hat free pattern that you can make with our without the ruffle. My super cute baby hat free sewing pattern is below! Elise looks adorable in hats. I just can’t get enough of them. So I decided to …
The pincushion thread catcher that my mom gave me years ago is my sewing table’s best friend. Yeah, I know it seems a little grandma-ish but it’s no surprise that I’m a big fan of things that are both clever and cute. My free pincushion thread catcher pattern and tutorial is an easy beginner sewing …
Looking for a creative graduation money gift idea for your favorite student? Make my big paper tassels with cash rolled inside for an easy DIY graduation gift idea they’ll love! Easy cash gift idea to make for graduates It’s no secret that graduates like cash. My big paper tassels are an easy and creative way …
Mother’s Day bookmarks make a creative DIY gift idea for Moms who love reading. See how to craft my personalized Birthstone Bookmarks for Mom that are like birthstone jewelry for books.
Blast off with my stellar outer space birthday card! My printable PDF features a blue galaxy background and a starry constellation with your custom birthday age. Perfect for all ages from first birthdays to teens and older, my simple outer space birthday card is out of this world.
Make my toad-ally awesome animal puns free printable chocolate bar wrappers for Valentine’s Day! My free printable candy bar wrappers make tiger-iffic Valentine’s Day gifts for kids to give to teachers, classmates, grandparents, babysitters and neighbors. Sweet!
Take a trip down Candy Cane Lane with me and make an easy DIY advent calendar! It’s a quick and easy advent calendar idea that you can make with your kids to countdown to Christmas.
Toast your favorite graduate with my free printable funny graduation card! What grad can resist a cute little piece of toast wearing a graduation cap sending your heartfelt toast to their bright future? You can even personalize the name and saying.
Shower your friends and family with flowers! I’m absolutely smitten with these simple DIY flower birthday cards that are covered with cute paper flowers. These cheerful personalized birthday cards are pretty much guaranteed to put a smile on their face.
Wanna add lotsa luck to your St. Patrick’s Day dinner table? Make my easy DIY napkin rings with rainbows and lucky horseshoes! This super quick and easy St. Patrick’s Day craft makes a cute and colorful tablescape. Just cut out my free printable templates, glue mini-rainbows, and wrap around cloth napkins.
These St. Patrick’s Day cupcakes are inspired by real Irish road signs that I saw on a trip to Ireland with my sisters. Download and print my cute paper cupcake toppers for an easy St. Patrick’s Day treat! 🇮🇪
My 9-year-old kid, Liam, designed this simple leprechaun trap himself! My favorite part is his rainbow trap door made from Perler beads and toothpicks. Liam’s leprechaun trap idea is easy and fun to make, and perfect for elementary school kids. Who knows, you may just end up with new pet leprechaun and a whole lot of gold coins this St. Patrick’s Day.
My DIY monogram Valentines for teens are the polar opposite of mushy, romantic Valentines. I absolutely love the black hearts contrasted with the red strips, don’t you? The emo black hearts are giving me throwback ’80’s The Cure vibes and I’m here for it.
Looking for winter craft ideas to warm up dark nights? Make my unique DIY candle wraps inspired by the Northern Lights! Get my aurora borealis candle wraps free printable template to hygge your home.
