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Make a Snowman even if You don’t have Snow!

Some areas don’t get much snow, but that doesn’t mean you can’t make an adorable snowman (or woman) or a whole bunch of different ones to decorate your home inside. A snowman is perfect just for winter or even for Christmas. Paper Bag Snowman You can use paper lunch sacks to make a cute snowman. If you can only find the brown ones, you’ll need to paint them white and let them dry first. If you can find white ones, even better! Stuff three bags with crumpled up newspaper. You obviously want one real fat one, one medium one, and … Continue reading →

More Easy Costumes with Sweats

Sweat pants, sweatshirts, and hoodies just make costume making a breeze. Here are a few more cute costume ideas made from sweats. Pumpkin Costume If you can find orange sweat pants and an orange hoodie, perfect. Pull up the hood and tie it. Paint your face orange. Stuff the belly of your pants and hoodie for some roundness. Pin felt triangles to the front of the jacket to make a jack-o-lantern face. You can also just decorate an orange t-shirt of sweatshirt and forget the pants and paint. This works great for little ones. Just add an orange knit cap … Continue reading →

This Week’s Crafts at a Glance: Oct 9-15

I hope you like this week’s ideas. Costume Tips Making costumes is fun but it can be challenging sometimes, depending on how elaborate you want to make it. As our family expanded, I began opting for quicker, easier ideas and things I could pull together rather than creating from scratch… Styrofoam Ball Pumpkins You can use any size Styrofoam balls for this project, and if you mix and match different sizes, that’s even better. You will also need some orange and green construction paper, black if you want to cut out eyes and stuff, scissors, glue, and some straight pins… … Continue reading →