Pumpkin Patch

On Andy's birthday in October we took Kanaan to the pumpkin patch. It was a little chilly that day so we just snapped some pictures and didn't stay very long. I wanted to post them on here even though it was a few months ago.

Halloween 2012

This year for Halloween Pogo was a giraffe. His favorite toy is a tiny yellow giraffe named "Jeffers", so when I saw the giraffe costume at Petco I had to buy it. It was a little big for him and he didn't like to wear the hood. When he had the hood on he couldn't see forward only down. We were in the kitchen and he had the hood down and ended up walking right into Andrew's leg. It was so funny. We laughed and laughed. Now on to the pictures.

More Autumn Decorations!

I saw a similar idea on pinterest and Taryn had these great candle holders just waiting to be filled with candy corn! I think it turned out great! The big one needed extra filler so I cut the leaves off a fall foliage I had and filled the bottom. LOVE IT!!!

Tree of Thanks

My latest autumn craft, a Tree of Thanks! Again very easy to make and only cost $8. I just cut leaf shapes with the Cricut and fall colored scrapbook paper scraps and wrote one thing I was thankful for on each leaf. Then filled a large vase with a multi colored soup bean mix.

Gathered some branches from the yard and put them in the vase of beans.

I took clear tape and folded it over the ends of each leaf "stem" and punched a hole with a hole punch, then just hung them on the branches.

Finally, I cut a strip of fabric left over from the Fabric Pumpkins and tied it around the vase.

I love how it turned out!

P.S. The pictures have a shadow on them so it looks like there are more branches than are actually there.

Another Pumpkin!

Yesterday I did another super easy autumn decoration craft. A pumpkin made out of pumpkin seeds! Such a cute idea, I saw it on pinterest and had to make my own. The original was made with a piece of wood painted orange, I didn't have a piece of wood and didn't want to buy one just for this, so I made some changes.

Here's how I made it:

1. I cut a piece of orange scrapbook paper to fit an 8x10 frame I had. The paper looks solid on the photo, but it actually has some detail on it.

2.  I laid out my pumpkin seeds in the pattern I wanted. I just used a bag of salted roasted pumpkin seeds from the dollar store, I think you can even get them at the gas station. I bought 2 bags but only used 1/2 of one bag.

3. I picked up each seed and stuck a mini glue dot on the back, then placed it right back on the paper. That way I didn't lose my pattern.

4. Once I had the pumpkin stuck down I arranged some seeds to make a stem, then pushed each one onto a brown ink pad. I let them dry a few minutes before sticking them in place with glue dots.

5. My pumpkin was done! I layed the paper in the frame, secured the back and viola!

This craft cost me a total of $2 for the bag of pumpkin seeds. (well $4 if you count both bags I bought). I already had all of the other stuff at home! I love it! I'm just trying to find the perfect place to put it right now.

Pumpkins!

I made these pumpkins yesterday to decorate the house with! Aren't they cute? A friend of mine told me how to make them.

They are super easy to make! All you need is:

a 16" Square piece of fabric

1 toilet paper tube

4-5 empty plastic shopping bags

a stick a little longer than the paper tube

and a ribbon if you wish.

To make the pumpkin:

1. Lay the fabric face down on your workspace.

2. wrap the plastic bags around the paper tube.

3. Place the tube in the center of the fabric square.

4. Tuck the fabric up over the bags and into the top of the tube.

5. Push the Stick in the tube to hold the fabric in place.

6. Tie on a ribbon if you wish.

That's it! So simple. You can make any colors you wish and they literally take 5 minutes to make!

LOVE THEM!

Do you have any Fall Crafts you love to make? I'd love to hear about them!