Pumpkin Lollipop Holders

October already?

I've been itching to make something fun for Halloween, 

and these cute Pumpkin Lollipop Holders were the perfect thing 

to satisfy my crafty itch.

Here's a view from the side.

How fun are these?  

Want to make your own?

  

Directions can be found HERE,  

and the pumpkin idea came from HERE.

Bat Treat Bags

Still looking for Halloween treat ideas? 

How about this cute Bat Treat Bag?!

There's plenty of room inside for a few sweets!

Bats and I don't get along well.  We've found one too many in our house, and let's just say that I'm NOT a fan!  But if they were this cute in real life, I wouldn't mind them so much.

This idea came from the fabulous Amy @The Idea Room via Eighteen25.  She was generous enough to offer the free printables for this bat treat bag, as well as several others.  Check it out HERE, and make one of each!

My Spin on the Pin {10.19.12}

My 2 youngest kids are in a 4H Clover Buds group that meets once a month.  October was my month to be in charge of the craft, and I had a hard time coming up with a craft at first.  Until I looked at my Halloween Ideas Pinterest Board and saw THIS PIN.

Here's My Spin on the Pin (and my 5 and 7 year old kids' too!)...

My 5 year old son made the pumpkin on the left, mine is in the middle, and my 7 year old daughter's is on the right.  Didn't they do a fabulous job?!

And they look really cool all lit up at night too!

To make this easy for the kids in the group, I ended up making little 'kits' for each of them with the tissue paper strips and pumpkin faces already cut out.  All the kids had to do was paint the Mod Podge on the jars, and add the tissue paper and faces.  Easy peasy!

Have a great weekend, and happy Pinning!

Last Minute {Halloween Treats}

Waiting until the last minute is something I'm pretty good at.... I seem to do it a lot lately!  But I wouldn't have found these cute printables if I hadn't procrastinated. 

My kids will be giving giant sized Hershey's candy bars to some lucky people.  Isn't the candy bar wrapper adorable?!  You can find it HERE.

And I made these treat bags for my clogging class.  The printable bag topper can be found HERE.

Have a fun, SAFE Halloween!! 

Halloween Treat Box

I always try to have a fun treat for my kids' teachers and bus drivers for the different holidays.  For Halloween this year, they'll be getting these...

The boxes are easy to make, and more importantly, they come together quickly.  And the cute factor is always a good thing too!

You can find a tutorial for these boxes HERE.

{Spooky} Banner

Okay, here's the Halloween banner I made last year...and forgot about!

You can probably tell how these were made, but here's a run-down on it anyways.

*trace around a CD onto cereal boxes, and cut out the circles
*mod podge scrapbook paper onto circles
*cut out the letters for SPOOKY using the Cricut, mod podge them on
*punch a hole on each side of circles, and tie on some orange ribbon

Bats & Pumpkins {Halloween Banner}

Funny story.  I decided a few weeks ago that I wanted to have some Halloween decorations ready to go on October 1st.  I needed a banner, and got to work making a special one to hang up on our wall.  It turned out even better than I had envisioned (love it when that happens!).

Bats and pumpkins were on my mind, so I decided to go with that theme for my banner.  Here's how it turned out.

I used cereal boxes for the bats and pumpkins, spray painted them, added glitter, then hung them up on some twine.  You can't tell from these pictures, but the bats and pumpkins are super sparkly!!

I tried to get a few shots in the sun so you could see the pretty sparkles...

Now for the funny part of this story...

I hung my banner up on October 1st, then got the rest of my decorations out of storage.  Turns out I had forgotten about a banner that I made for Halloween last year!!  Oops!!  Hate it when that happens!!  Oh well....you can never have too many banners hanging up, right?

I never got around to sharing my banner from last year on here (that's probably why I forgot about it!).  I'll work on getting pictures of it so I can get it posted. 

Halloween Treats

I wanted to make something special for my nieces and nephews for Halloween....these Matchbook Treat Holders were the perfect choice!

What's a cute holder without a YUMMY treat?

You can find the tutorial for the matchbook treat holders HERE, and the cute graphics are actually cupcake toppers, and can be found HERE. 




I'm linking at these fun parties:
Scrappy Saturdays @Scrappy Gifts

Ghost Cookies

Happy Friday!!  Today my kids and I are heading on a 'mini-vacation'.  They don't have school on Monday or Tuesday, so we're heading to Grandma's!!  It's been a while since we've been able to spend time with my family, so we're super duper excited!!

In celebration of our long weekend, I made some ghost cookies.  They were easy to decorate, and turned out scary cute!  I used THIS cookie recipe from Bake at 350 and THIS icing recipe from I Am Mommy.   

Have a great weekend! 

Halloween Candy Explosion Boxes

Have you seen this cute Candy Explosion Box Tutorial on eWillow?  I fell in love with them and had to make a few! 

Here's a close up of what the inside looks like:

  Aren't they just too cute?!