Two Crafts...as promised!

Okay, I have some SUPER easy crafts to make. One in time for Halloween and the other for fall/halloween/thanksgiving...the whole season.

First we have some adorable mummies that I made in like 5 minutes! SERIOUSLY! The longest part is having to cut the wood and paint! Here is how you do it:

First, cut three pieces of a 2x4. The first 6", the second 5", the third 4.5". Paint them all green (I bought my Green Apple colored paint at Wal-mart for 48 cents! Isn't that great?).

Once they are dry, draw some cute eyes and a wavy mouth (you don't have to do the mouth, you don't really see it anyway!) with a black sharpie OR you can hammer two nails in for the eyes (I didn't have any so I just drew them!).

Then get some gauze (get it at the dollar store or you may have some lying around!) and wrap it where you want it to go on your 6" block. (I cut my gauze in half because I thought it was too wide then used the extra on my 5" block). Take a brown marker or permanent ink pad and distress the edges of the gauze.

Lastly, secure the gauze with a glue gun, or if you are lazy and don't want to wait for it to heat up (like me!) just staple it into your wood! Do the remaining blocks the same way!

Ta-da! All done!!! I told you...5 minutes!

Okay, now the next one is a bit harder to explain but I'll try!

You will need:

Fabric (I used scrap fabric to make these)

wide-eyed needle (like for yarn)

needle and thread

cheap poly-fill

pretty, fall-colored yarn

a stick (you'll see!)

hot glue

raffia

Cut your fabric into a square. Take your needle and thread and run it along the perimeter of the square cutting the corners. Pull the thread until it makes a pouch and stuff the pouch in the shape of a pumpkin. Pull the thread tightly but leave a little opening in the center. You should now have a pumpkin-like ball. Now, you are going to create the grooves that run up and down the pumpkins. Take your yarn and needle and go directly through the center until you poke out the bottom. Then take it back through the top. That is your first groove. Continue doing this until you have as many grooves as you like on your pumpkin. Tie it off and cut the yarn at the bottom. Now take your hot glue and glue a piece of your stick (you judge how long you want it) to the center of your pumpkin. Tie with raffia and you're done!

NEXT TIME,

I will try to do the craft and take pictures at the same time. I figure though, that since I made these, anyone can make these too! Happy crafting!