Pumpkin Tissue Box Cover

Cute.  Simple.  Easy.  I love these 3 words when describing a project. And, this project is exactly that!!!!

Pumpkin Tissue Box Cover

I used acrylic yarn in orange, brown and green and a 5.0mm hook. This is basically the same pattern I use for all of my tissue covers.  So just do a search on my blog for tissue box covers.

Happy Crocheting…

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Scarecrow Bottle

 Scarecrow Bottle

Here’s a quick and easy fall “Scarecrow” I made from an empty bottle.  I just used craft materials I had on hand. 

My bottle was blue. So, first, I painted it with one coat of gold acrylic paint. Dry. I then painted it with 2 coats of antique white acrylic paint, drying between each coat. 

To give stability to the empty bottle, I added about 3/4 - 1 cup of popcorn kernels. You can, however, add whatever you want to give some weight. 

Now, I just freehand painted a face on the bottle. It isn’t perfect. But, I wasn’t going for perfection — just cuteness. 

I hot glued a yellow ribbon around the bottom. I hot glued a little raffia to each side, at the top, of the neck of the bottle. I then used a 10” x 10” piece of burlap, folded in half and wrapped sideways around the top and hot glued to secure, covering the raffia. I then glued a fall leaf and acorn to my makeshift hat. 

And, that’s it!!!!  Quick, easy….and CUTE!!!!

Happy Crafting…

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Easy Fall Bow

 Easy DIY Fall Bow

I made this bow from two rolls of ribbon I purchased from the Dollar Tree - one striped; one solid.  

I cut 6 strips from each roll that measures approximately 12” - 14” each.  

I folded each strip in half and then layered them on top of each other - striped, then solid.  I then used a zip tie and joined all of them together as close to the end tail as I could without causing any to pull apart.  I then separated each hoop to shape the bow…

That’s it!!!!

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Scarecrow Hanging

 Scarecrow Hanging

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Captain America ABC’s

Captain America ABC’s

This was a fun and easy project to implement into my homeschool teaching with my grandson.  He loves Captain America.  Everything came from the Dollar Tree!!!  So, easy, functional and inexpensive project.

Materials:

- 12” wood circle

- 26 clothespins 

- acrylic paint in red, white and blue

- paintbrush 

- black marker

Directions:

1.  I freehand painted the Captain America symbol onto the wood circle.  I allowed to dry over night.  But, it actually doesn’t take long at all to completely dry.  

2.  I then painted 13 clothespins red and 13 blue.  Dry completely.

3.  I evenly added upper case alphabet around the rim of wood with a black marker.  I added the lower case alphabet to the clothespins, alternating between the two colors.

I’m sure with a template, I could’ve gotten an aesthetically more eye-pleasing shield but I hope you get the general idea and find this useful in your crafting and education...

Happy Crafting...

 

Mr. Grinch DIY

 Mr. Grinch DIY

I’m a firm believer it’s never too early to be thinking of Christmas decor projects!!!!  I bought a few skeins of Yarn Bee’s Velvety Smooth yarn on clearance sale and today I made this super cute, quick and easy project!!!!

Materials:

-5mm hook

-(2) skeins of Yarn Bee’s Velvety Smooth yarn in red

-1 skein of Red Heart yarn in Spring Green

-Candy Cane frame from Dollar Tree

-Polyfil 

-White thread and needle

-Ornament 

-Tapestry needle for weaving 

 

U.S. Stitch Abbreviations:

Ch:  chain

Sl st:  slip stitch 

SC:  single crochet

HDC:  half double crochet

MR:  magic ring

FO:  fasten off 

Rep:  repeat

Directions:

1.  I started with a MR and 6HDC.  Sl st join to first st and ch 1.  (6)

2.  2HDC in each st around.  Sl st join to first st and ch 1.  (12)

3.  2HDC in first st, 1HDC in next 3 st.  Rep around.  Sl st join to first st and ch 1.  (15)

4.  1HDC in each st around.  Sl st join to first st and ch 1.  (15)

5.  Rep #4 until you have completed enough rounds to cover your frame.  Once complete, FO and weave ends.

For the Wrist:  

I used Polyfil and white thread.  I just lightly stitched the Polyfil to the arm and glove.  You could opt to buy white faux fur to attach or crochet this portion.

For the Glove:

1.  With the Spring Green yarn, I ch 30 and Sl st joined to form a ring.  30 HDC into MR.  Sl st join to first st and ch1.  (30)

2.  1 HDC in each st around.  Sl st join to first st and ch1.  (30)

3-9.  Rep #2. (30)

Thumb:

10.    1 HDC in each of the first 6 st.  Sl st join to the first st to form Thumb.  (6)

11-15.  1 HDC in each st around.  Sl st join.  Ch1.  At the end of Round 15, FO and weave ends to close opening.

Index Finger:

10.  Go back to Round 9.  Sk 1 st and then 1 HDC in the next 5 st.  Sl st to first st to form index finger.  (5)

11-15.  1 HDC in each st around.  Sl st join.  Ch1.  At the end of Round 15, FO and weave ends to close opening.

Middle Finger:

10.  Go back to Round 9.  Sk 1 st and then 1 HDC in the next 5 st.  Sl st to first st to form index finger.  (5)

11-17.  1 HDC in each st around.  Sl st join.  Ch1.  At the end of Round 17, FO and weave ends to close opening.

Index Finger:

10.  Go back to Round 9.  Sk 1 st and then 1 HDC in the next 5 st.  Sl st to first st to form index finger.  (5)

11-16.  1 HDC in each st around.  Sl st join.  Ch1.  At the end of Round 16, FO and weave ends to close opening.

Small Finger:

10.  Go back to Round 9.  Sk 1 st and then 1 HDC in the next 5 st.  Sl st to first st to form index finger.  (5)

11-13.  1 HDC in each st around.  Sl st join.  Ch1.  At the end of Round 13, FO and weave ends to close opening.

 

For Ornament attachment:

You can do this different ways, but I just used a stitch marker and pinched the thumb and index finger together with the ornament hanging on the stitch marker.    

I attached an ornament with a safety pin with the thumb and first finger pinched together.

Happy Crocheting...

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