Halloween Fabric Banner

I found this craft from a site called Craftaholics Anonymous. The link is right here below.

Craftaholics Anonymous - Halloween Fabric Banner

You can subscribe to their wonderful site. You can purchase the material for this craft from the site which I wanted to do, but unfortunately they were out of stock. Check em' out, they have great stuff. I really loved the look of this so even though I couldn't get the materials from them I did it anyway. I purchased a small lot of fat quarters from ebay. I got some great material for less than $10 and I still have plenty left over.

According to the tutorial, you need about a yard total of Halloween fabric and 90" of rope. I used kitchen string since that's all the "rope" I had on hand and it worked out great. If you have a specific place in the house you want this (doorway, entertainment center, etc) I suggest you measure it out first in case you want to make it longer. If you do make it longer, keep in mind you'll need more material.

Cut your fabric into 1″x 9″ strips which will be approximately 140 strips. Since I wasn't lucky enough to get some from craftaholics I had to do this all myself. It took quite some time because Sabrina wanted to "help" by sitting on the fabric as I measured with a yard stick. I gave her a pencil like mommy had and had her draw on the yardstick for me. She had fun because she thought she was really helping me measure. Just make sure you do all the cutting on a counter top so they don't try to help with the dangerous part (if you have kids as small as mine).

If you're a little nutty like me, you can lay out a pattern. This isn't a must. You can just tie pieces as you go if you want, but I like to have a nice pattern to follow. Black, orange, green, purple, orange, green.....yeah, I'm nuts. I know some repeat themselves, but I wanted the stars and polka dots to stand out.

How to knot each strip: fold your fabric strip in half so it measures 1″ x 4.5". Put your finger in the loop that is created and place under the rope. You will then fold the 2 ends of the strip over the rope (towards you) and through the loop, on the right side, that your finger is in. Pull the ends through the loop and pull it tight. Push the knots together so that you cannot see the rope between the knots. Repeat the knotting process until you're just about to the end of the rope.

Since I used kitchen string instead of rope with fray glue, I tied a knot next to the last piece of fabric and another know at the very end of the string.

 Then I simply hung it up. I LOVE the way it looks and Sabrina totally thinks she made it. Fun fun fun. Thanks Craftaholics Anonymous!

Candy Corn Tissue Paper

If your child loves to rip paper they will enjoy this one.

You'll need:

construction paper
scissors
glue
white, yellow, and orange tissue paper

I found out that not all stores carry single packs of every tissue paper color, specifically orange. I bought a pack of red, orange, and yellow tissue paper at Walmart then also bought a single pack of white. To make just one of these you only need about half a sheet of each color. I so much left over I gave some to my sister-in-law so her and my niece could make one.

1. Have those little hands start ripping away at the paper. If they aren't interested in that, you do the ripping. I got out 3 plastic containters and had my little one seperate the colors in the bowls for me which she enjoyed.

2. Cut out a candy corn shape out of constuction paper. You can use yellow, orange, or white. I used yellow.

3. Once your pieces are ripped and ready, cover the construction paper with elmers glue. Quickly begin sticking your tissue paper pieces.

4. Let it dry for a bit then hang it on the wall for your tot to be proud of.


Happy Halloween!!!

Pumpkin for tots

This is so simple I can't believe I'm posting this, but if you're trying to think of a craft for the day here it is:

Cut out a pumpkin out of orange construction paper. I did it freehand since it doesn't have to be perfect. Give your tot a washable black marker and ask them to draw eyes, a nose, and a mouth. I showed my daughter a picture so she could see what I mean since she is still only 1. It's funny to see them scribble for a while and tell I DONE! We used a hole punch and kitchen string to hand it from a ceiling fan. She is very proud of her artwork and there isn't a Halloween decoration in the world better than a homemade one. Have fun!

Kids Hands Halloween Spider

This is a craft that is super cute and easy.

You'll need:

black construction paper
scissors
glue (bottle or stick)
googly eyes
black wool yarn (if you don't have it you can try using black sewing thread)


1. Have your child place their hands on the constuction paper. Trace around their entire hand.

2.Cut the hands out and glue it together.

3. Glue on the eyes. I put a dot of glue and had my daughter place the eyes on so she could lend a hand.

4. Use a hole punch to make a hole at the top.

5. Add your string and hang it up so your child can show it off to everyone!