The Vintage Crafter: September 2011

Friday, September 30, 2011

So I was looking around for some more great holiday crafts and came across this post

So i had to try it out.... here is what I did...

Tools needed;

1. scrap book paper

2. glue gun

3. paper cutter, and paper punch

All these items are things I just so happened to have in house!!

Then you follow these great instructions from this site I mentioned above Mini paper Pumpkins...

and WWWOOOOOLLLAAAAAHHHH

this is what you get!

yeah! that was easy!! ;o)

SWINGING.........................SWINGING..................SWINGING.............that is ALL the boy wants to do!

could be worse?!!! right?!

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I have to start in early for HOLIDAY photo shoots.... practice...take 1!!!

Not QUITE the look I am going for......

Some of those would be ok other than the deck table in background and Daisy STOPPED looking at me!!

a little LEAF play in the yard!!

are you talking to me?

Toss it is the air? Like this?!!

Throw it down on the ground!??

Shake it all around like you JUST don't care?!!

walk it out.... walk it out.............

throw a twig to the dog and watch her CHEW.... like she just don't care!

Now my leaf is a dart gun "phew, pew, pew".....

Curse you... no shooting ME?!!!

please join us again for more leaf action in the yard!!! ;o)

Hi there! I was scrolling around on the interenet the other day and came across some great ideas for easy and cheap kids crafts for halloween.

Mini pumpkins!! from acorns!

Want a festive decoration that won't clutter up your porch? Try a patch of mini pumpkins small enough to fit in your child's hand.

Materials

Instructions

Remove the caps from a handful of acorns.
Coat each one with orange acrylic paint, adding a bit of brown to the acorn's point for a stem.
Let the paints dry, then add a jack-o'-lantern face with a black permanent marker.

Tips:: Warning:
As several FamilyFun readers who made this craft found out, some acorns are infested with weevils. The weevils feed on the nutmeat while they develop over the summer, and when the acorns hit the ground in the fall, these insects know it's time to start chewing their way out and into the ground -- or your home. Reader Janie Foster offers a solution: before you start the project, bake the acorns in a slow oven to kill the weevils. Just be careful not to burn the acorns!; So i had to get the kids out to find some acorns so that we could get this project going!!! In between showers... we found some!!; So after collecting it was time to bake for a while in the oven... oh and in case you are wondering.... it was NOT easy to get the acorn hat tops off!! :o)

Our pumpkins did not turn out as nice as the directions... but they sure had fun making them!!

We got a little crazy and used colored markers to color too!!

Happy creating!!!

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