Hi Everybody!! Halloween is almost here :) meaning trick or treating and creepy decorations. I love creating Halloween decorations since I am able to create spooky and creepy decor to scare the kids. The decoration I am going to show you is something really easy to create and inexpensive. I bought a pumpkin felt and a bag of spiders. Then I used hot glue to paste the spiders on the pumpkin. I love this simple pumpkin decoration since it is adorable to put up on any wall.
These Valentine's Day favor boxes are fun to make with kids and unique to give to friends. To get started you will need plain white favor boxes, paint, foam hearts, ribbon, and marker. All the materials you will need for this project you can get it from the Dollar Tree. First star out by painting the favor boxes to the color you want. Then add a cute or funny phrase like "Be My Sugar-Plump." Glue any decorations you have, like foam hearts, ribbon, stickers, or bows. When you're done add a treat inside and give it to a friend. You can customize this project by adding sticker letters instead of writing a phrase with marker. 
I love banners because they are cheap and easy to make. Therefore, I'll show you how to create a super easy, even though it takes some time, and fun Valentine's banner. This banner is essential to decorate your home for Valentine's Day. You will need glitter foam paper, colorful foam paper, red string, and a hot glue gun. First, you will cut out different sizes of hearts from the foam paper. If it is easier, use a cut out of a heart the size you prefer. Then you will glue on the hearts on one another in any combination you like. I created thirteen different combinations of hearts. Next, cut your red string to the size you prefer to have your banner. My string was about 52 inches long. When you layer out the string glue on your foam hearts onto the string about 4 inches apart. When your done hang it up on the dining room wall and dazzle up the table for Valentine's. Well, I hope everyone has a loving Valentine's Day.
Valentines is almost near, so, lets get started on some fun decor. This are cute and easy heart shaped glitter votives that will definitely look amazing. What you will need is mod podge, foam brush, glitter, led votive, glass container, and paper or tape. With either the paper or tape, cut out a heart and place it in the inside of your glass container. Then you will spread the mod podge with the foam brush all over the inside of the container. Pour the glitter in shake it in the container. Make sure that you have enough glitter to cover your vase; I used less than 1 oz of glitter. However, you can use spray paint instead of glitter. When the container has dried remove the heart and add the led votive or you add a banquet of beautiful red roses to go with your vase. This will definitely be a wonderful gift to give to a special person in your life.
Do you have photos lying around? Why not decorate them and put them up for the holidays? I'll show you how to show off those adorable family photos in a decorative manner. What you will need are scissors, foam board, ribbon, a photo, and glue. Start out by cutting the foam board into the shape of a snowflake or any other shape you prefer. Glue on the piece of ribbon on the back of the board. Then tape or glue on the photo in the front of the snowflake. Also, you can customize this project by painting it or adding any dazzles. Enjoy the holidays :)
A snowman is an adorable and festive snow sculpture that represents Winter and the holidays. So, why not make a snowman ornament that will be fun to brighten the mood of the holidays? Materials that will be needed are two oval glasses, buttons, eyes, two white socks, ribbon, q-tip, led votives, orange marker, sharpie, and any type of fabric. To create the hat of the snowman you will need to use any type of fabric and glue the ends together. Use a ribbon to tie one of the ends of the fabric and fold over the other end. Then take both of the oval glasses and stick each one into a white sock. Stuff the extra piece of the sock inside of the glass, however, if your using a larger sock cut off a piece instead. When you got the body of the snowman done you can start glueing on the eyes, buttons, and nose. All that is left to do is add the smile with the sharpie, add the lights inside your snowman, and put the hat and scarf for your snowman. Now that your snowman is warmed up for the winter you can turn plug in the lights. ITS ALIVE!! :) If you prefer a visual explanation on how to create this project check out my video. [www.youtube.com/watch?v=LN04vOQDDw4]
Christmas is full of fantasies starting from Santa Claus and his reindeers. So, why not create a miniature Santa to maintain the holiday spirits. To create this adorable Santa Clause you will need white cloth, red fabric, fuzzy fabric, eyes, led votive, wine glass, and a hot glue gun. First, you will need to make the Santa hat. Start of by stitching the red fabric into a cone and with sew or glue on the fuzzy felt on the bottom of the hat. Make a round ball with the fuzzy hat to add to the top of your Santa hat. Or if it makes it easier you can just buy one. Then you will get the white cloth and cut it into the form of a mustache. Don't forget to cut out the mouth to your Santa. When you have created the two most important features to your Santa you can get started to create him. With the wine glass you will glue on the eyes. In the inside of the glass spread out the white cloth till there is no bumps. To insure that the cloth will stay you can also spread some mod podge in the inside and add the cloth. To dazzle up your Santa Claus put a led votive inside the glass and top it off with the hat on the outer rim of the glass. Or if you prefer you can use 20 mini white lights to light up the glass. Make Santa the star of attention by placing him near a window or anywhere else that needs decoration.
Most of the times we tend to decorate the whole house but we usually don't add any decorations to the window or door. I created a simple curtain that will look amazing hung up on a door or window. The steps to create this decoration is the same as the Curtain of Leaves post I made. Without further ado, you will need to get some green ribbon, a pack of candy canes, any type of ornaments, snowflakes, spray snow, string, and a hot glue gun. Cut out two ribbon to 24 inches and 7 strings in the same length. You will take your strings and glue them on the ribbon about 5 inches apart. When the strings have been attached you will glue on the other ribbon on top. Wait till it is dry to add the ornaments. In the meantime you can spray snow on both sides of the snowflakes. Next, you will tie the snowflakes and ornaments on each string and loop the candy canes on the same string of the snowflakes. When you're done you can enjoy the rest of the candy canes you didn't use.
I didn't know what was an event calendar till recently. I had gone to Target and noticed that they had an advent calendar for $15 and it was shaped into a tree. It was fairly simple and didn't really stand out, so I decided to make my own for only $4. To create this advent calendar you will need white ribbon, cork board, a pack of varied Christmas cards, wrapping paper, and a hot glue gun. If you don't have a cork board you can use cardboard paper or a foam board instead. To start of you will need to wrap the board in wrapping paper like a gift and glue the ribbon in the top back of the board. Then you will take your cards and and cut out the back of the card. Fold the sides and the bottom of the front card. Add glue to the sides and paste it on the board, so it looks like a pocket. Do this with the next twenty four cards and write out the number of each day on the cards. When everything is all set and done you can hang it up and put chocolate or any other treats.
After creating the snowman from styrofoam balls I thought of another idea. I had some extra flowers from another project I was creating and thought of using them to create a ornament. For this project you will need a styrofoam ball, red ribbon, pack of 50 flowers, and a hot glue gun. This is a simple project but it does take some time. what you will need to do first is glue on the red ribbon. Then you will need to do is glue on each flower to the styrofoam ball until it is completely cover. If you don't like the flower idea you can substitute it instead with snowflakes.
Well it's already December and most likely you already have your Christmas tree up, so why not create some ornaments for it? For this project you will need a pinecone, foam paper, spray snow, black construction paper, green ribbon, red and white braided ribbon, twine, eyes, toothpick, and two different sizes of styrofoam balls. To create the pinecone ornament you will need to tie the twine to the stem of the pinecone. Then just spray snow all over the pinecone. For the snowman ornament you will also have to spray snow all over the styrofoam balls. When it is dry you will stick the toothpick in the middle of both styrofoam. Cut out buttons with the construction paper and with the foam paper you will cut out a triangle for the nose. Glue on all the features of the snowman and glue on a green ribbon on the back to hang. To create the santa hat for the snowman you will just need to create a cone with red foam paper. With a white braided ribbon you will glue it to the bottom of the cone and use a smaller piece to add to the top of the hat. Personally, I liked the snowman without the hat, so you don't have to make the hat if you don't like. All you will need to put is a red ribbon for the scarf. Now that your all set you can put them up on your tree.
Winter isn't anything without the snow, but it is too cold to be out, especially if you live up north. So, why not bring the snow to your home. These snowflakes are inexpensive to make and they look great for the holidays. All you will need to create these snowflakes are popsicle sticks, red paint, glue, and ribbon. You will first need to paint all the popsicles red or you can also paint them any other color. When all the popsicle sticks are dried you will need to glue them to each other from the back of the pattern you choose. Create any type of pattern you like, be creative! It doesn't only have to be snowflakes you can make stars, trees, or any other patterns. Lastly, when everything is glued you can glue on a ribbon to pin it on the wall or window. You can customize this project by spraying snow, gluing rhinestones, adding glitter, or by hanging them on the ceiling.
Winter is the time of year where the environment changes, the trees become bare, and snow falls. Plus, Christmas is almost here and what better way to captivate the season then creating a winter wonderland. It is simple to make and definitely adds to the beauty of the season. Not only that but you can create different sceneries, for example, a child creating a snowman. Be creative with this project and most of all have fun with it.
To create the winter wonderland you will need fake snow, two miniature trees with snow, spray snow, ribbon, and a vase or a jar. You will need to spray snow in the inside of the container that you will be using. Add the fake snow inside and the miniature trees inside. I also added a red ornament behind the trees and I topped the vase with a green ribbon. You can customize this project by adding miniature deers, benches, lamps, or any other decorations.
Do you feel that you are missing decorations in your house? Or that you will like to make christmas decorations that are cheap? Well I got a project for you that will be festive and cheap. We will create three different Christmas Trees. All the materials I will be using I bought from the Dollar Tree. Additionally, it is a fun project, takes less than 10 minutes, it is a and it's a kids friendly project. Materials that will be needed are scissors, hot glue gun, mod podge, glitter, styrofoam cone, garland, and spray glitter. You can choose which one you like more or you can do all three of them. The first thee is the easiest and all you will need to create it is a styrofoam cone and spray glitter. All you will do is spray the cone and let it dry. The second tree has almost the same appearance as the first. What you will do is spread the mod podge all over the cone and sprinkle any color glitter all over. You can spray a bit of hairspray so that the glitter doesn't come off. For the last tree you will need any colorful garland, styrofoam cone, and a hot glue gun. You will take your garland and add glue as you swirl it around the cone. 
Thanksgiving is one day away and I thought would't it be nice to have a turkey decoration, so I decided to make one. I made it for decoration, however, my nephew liked it and I gave it to him as a toy. I definitely think this project is kids friendly, plus its really fun and easy to make. Materials that will be needed is scissors, hot glue gun, foam paper, toothpick, eyes, two styrofoam balls of different sizes, and brown spray paint. If you don't have spray paint you can substitute it for brown paint. First, you will want to stick the toothpick into the middle of both styrofoam balls. Spray paint both of the styrofoam balls and let it dry. While you wait till it is dry you can start cutting out the tail of the turkey. Used different colors of foam paper to create colorful tail fan for your turkey. Trace your finger onto the foam paper and cut it out. Once you think you have enough feathers glue them all together. Use a orange foam paper to cut out a triangle for the nose and two irregular flowers for the feet. Use red foam paper to create a small hammer, which will be used for the wattle of the turkey. Once you have all the parts glue them to the styrofoam balls to create a your turkey. I hope you guys enjoy this project!! :)
Thanksgiving is usually the only time that we reflect on the things we've done and express our thanks for our family, friends, and having food on the table. Instead we should create a tree of thanks were we will write what we are thankful for. This is a more creative way to express our thanks, but it is a great background to take family photos. For tho project we will need scissors, tape, 60 leaves, red ribbon with a 2 inch width, brown ribbon with 0.6 width. Cut the red ribbon to 36 inches in length and 8 brown strips to 9.5 inches in length. Cut out a V shape to the end of all the strips. To the brown strips create a V shape to both sides of the strip. This is to add more dimension and not to make it look plain. This is a optional step, but I sprayed gold glitter to the red ribbon and to some of the leaves. All that is left is to tape everything into the shape of a tree. The red ribbon was used as the trunk and the brown strips as the branches. When the family comes over for Thanksgiving you can ask them to write what they are thankful for on the leaves.
I definitely love this curtain it looks really festive for Thanksgiving or to just decorate a room for the Fall. You can customize this project by using green ribbon or different colors of leaves. The only materials you will need for this project is ribbon, hot glue gun, a pack of leaves, and string. This is really simple and takes less than 15 minutes to make. I measured the ribbon to 48 inches and cut it in half. I used one strip and glued six strings 5 inches apart from one another. Then, I glued the other strip on top of the first strip. For this project I used 36 leaves and in each string I glued six leaves 8 inches apart. Now that you are done pin the ends to your window or to a door to make it festive for a party or family get together.
I know that this have been really popular recently because it is Autumn, Thanksgiving is almost here, and you can make a lot of them for a few dollars. If you have seen this cute paper pumpkins I will show you how to make them. They are super simple and they look great as decorations. What you will need is ribbon, construction paper of any color, a hole punch, and scissors. First, take the construction paper and cut it vertically. Make sure the width is at least an inch wide. I used about twenty stripes to create the pumpkin. Now stacked them together and create a hole in both edges. What you want it to look like is a bow. Now all you need to do is spread the strips to make a complete circle. To complete the pumpkin just add a green ribbon and make it look like a stem. Also, I wanted to spice up my pumpkin, so I added a leaf to mine. You can put these pumpkins on a table or you can hang them up.
You can always customize this project to your liking, for example, you can use bigger leaves then the one I am using. Well, I hope you liked the project and have a thankful Thanksgiving.