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DIY Tulle Winter Wreath

This beautiful snowy white winter wreath is the perfect winter decoration. It can be up through Christmas time and carry into January and February. I really love tulle wreaths as if you could tell :) and this snow one is simple but perfect for my front door this winter.

Tulle Winter Wreath

Materials

1 Styrofoam wreath
1 roll of white tulle 6 x 25
ribbon in what ever color you want to be an accent color (I used a white with silver sparkly dots but any color would be pretty)
crystallized branches from the craft store
push sewing pins or hot glue gun (I used pins)

Directions

  1. Cut your tulle into 16″ pieces.
  2. Then take one strip at a time, and double knot it around the wreath, puffy side straight out to the sides.
  3. String a piece of ribbon through one piece of tulle at the top of your wreath to hang it from, and do the same with a piece at the bottom and tie in a bow, this bow can be as big or little as you want.
  4. Pin or glue the crystallized branches so they don’t move.

 

DIY Autumn Tulle Wreath Decoration

I saw this on Etsy for over $50 and I knew that I could make it for much cheaper. Under $15 to be exact and I have enough tulle left over that I could make another one or maybe an autumn colored tutu for my little girl…I’ll let you guys know what I decided to do.

If you know how to make a no sew tutu then this is basically the same thing. You just tie your knots around the wreath instead of ribbon/elastic. I hope these instructions make sense. If you have any questions please email me and I can explain it better, if needed. I would love to see your finished product. Have a wonderful craft time!

DIY Autumn Tulle Wreath Decoration

Materials

1 Styrofoam wreath
1 roll of tulle 6 x 25, in at least 3 colors
ribbon in coordinating colors with your tulle
decorative leaves
push sewing pin (optional)

Directions

  1. Cut your tulle into 16-18″ pieces.
  2. After you have all your pieces cut figure out what color pattern you want.
  3. Then take one strip at a time, fold it in half, wrap around the wreath and pull the ends through the loop side. (pictured below).
  4. Then you can either tie both sides in a knot or secure with a push sewing pin. Must do one of these to prevent the knot from slipping out.
  5. Once you have all the tulle on your wreath, randomly tie a small piece of ribbon through out your wreath.
  6. I used push sewing pins to secure my leaves in place, but you could also hot glue them.
  7. String a long piece of ribbon through one piece of tulle at the top of your wreath to hang it from.

 

When I made this I forgot to take step by step photos so I borrowed this one from Whiteley Creek.

Homemade Trick or Treat Pumpkin Bag

For all of you moms out there freaking out that you don’t have a trick or treat bag for your little one, have no fear. This homemade pumpkin bag is perfect for little ones to collect a little bit of candy and they have something fun to do before they get all dress up. I hope that this helps everyone, You could always use other colors and shapes to create other characters! Enjoy!!

Material
1 brown paper lunch bag
orange and black construction paper
glue
stapler
of course goodies to put in it ;)

  1. You or your little one cut out shapes for your pumpkins eyes, nose, mouth and a strip for a handle.
  2. Glue your face on the bag.
  3. Staple the handle on and now you have a cute pumpkin trick or treat bag.

All these pumpkins have great character, I’d love to see how yours turn out!

Candy Corn Child Craft

Happy Halloween Everyone! This is the time of year when everyone, including myself, looks forward to candy corn, fun size candy bars and seeing all the adorable trick or treaters costumes. What better way to spend the day of Halloween before getting all those goodies then doing a fun craft with the kids.

This is the time of year for candy corn so what better way to celebrate the holidays then with candy corn crafts. My 2 year old loved this craft she had so much fun, gluing and sticking the tissue. Hey even mom had fun, not embarrassed to say :) . Next year we will probably make a few and put them on our mantel with other festive decorations.

Materials
1 wooden cone, or even a toilet paper roll, empty of course ;)
Elmer’s glue in bowl, with paintbrush
yellow, orange, white small squares of tissue

Directions

Have your little one dip their paintbrush in the glue and cover the cone. Apply the tissue in from bottom to top in yellow, orange, white pattern. Or whatever pattern your little one wants.

More Candy Corn Coloring Sheets

Cute as a Bug Ladybug Party

Wow the first year goes by so fast. I had been planning her birthday since she was 6 months old, but it still came way to fast. I choose to do a ladybug theme, because I think they are soooo cute and I love red and black. I had seen so many cute ideas on Etsy for birthday banners and I knew that it couldn’t be that hard to make, so I gave it a shot with my moms cricket machine and it was a success, time consuming yes, but way cheaper then buying one, so I liked that idea.

Red and black polka dot balloons

Happy birthday sign made with a cricket paper cutting machine

Tulle Wreath

Red and black utensils, of course!

Cute as a bug bloomers, doesn’t get any cuter then that. I ironed on a patch and sewed a red bow on each side at the bottom.

Ladybug smash cake for the birthday girl!

Cut out lady bugs for decoration on the walls.

Happy Birthday Banner. I used the cricket to cut out the letters and glued them on their own rectangles of paper.

I did chocolate and vanilla cupcakes. I used red wrappers for the vanilla and black for the chocolate so they were easy to hand them out.

Yum Cupcakes!!!

I put B’s and 1′s on the cupcakes in honor of the birthday girl.

“I am one” banner on the cupcake table with little ladybug erasers sprinkled all over, they were extras from the party favors.

Party favors on the thank you table I set up.Each little bucket had bubbles, pencil, lady bug eraser, ladybug tattoos and mini books.

I would love to see what kind of ladybug parties you have thrown!

Itsy Bitsy Spider Hat Kid Halloween Craft

My almost 2 year old helped me with this craft but I basically put the thing together, so depending on your child’s age you will probably have to help assemble this adorable little spider hat. This craft is not only for Halloween time I just chose to make it around Halloween. Enjoy!

Spider Hat

Materials

Black Construction paper

  • 2 strips that are 11″ x 3″ for headband
  • 6-8 strips that are 1″ x 11″ for the legs
  • 2 small circles for the eyes

White Construction Paper

  • 2 circles for eyes

Glue stick
Tape
Scissors

Directions

  1. Cut your black construction paper into strips. You will need 2 strips that are 11″ x 3″ to make the headband and 6-8 strips that are 1″ x 11″ for the legs.
  2. Glue the small black circle onto the white circles to create the eyes.
  3. Measure your child’s head to figure out how big to the headband part, tape together.
  4. Glue or tape the eyes onto the headband.
  5. Fold your legs accordion style and tape the ends on the inside of your headband.
  6. Voila you now have a pretty cool spider hat and I suggest singing Itsy Bitsy Spider :) lyrics below!

Unfortunately my daughter would not keep the hat on for longer then 3 seconds so she thought it was fun to have her friends try it on. Hopefully your kid enjoys wearing it.

Itsy-Bitsy Spider

The itsy-bitsy spider
Climbed up the water spout
Down came the rain
And washed the spider out
Out came the sun
And dried up all the rain
And the itsy-bitsy spider
Climbed up the spout again

DIY Halloween Tulle Wreath

This Halloween craft is quick and simple. And the possibilities are endless for what colors you choose and what embellishments you add.

This happened to be a double purpose project…I made it for Halloween last year and for my daughters ladybug birthday party. And this year I’m using it for a Minnie Mouse Birthday Party and Halloween again! So this wreath has gotten me through 4 occasions and that makes my day. If I were to change this I would use orange ribbon to make it a bit more Halloween-y but I think the red and black is very vampire-esque :) if that’s even a word. I would love to see how yours turns out. What is your favorite Halloween craft that you have made this year?

Halloween Tulle Wreath

Materials

1 Styrofoam wreath, any size will do but mine in 12″
1 roll of black tulle 6 x 25
ribbon in what ever color you want to be an accent color (I used a red and black polka dot, but orange would be a great option also)

Directions

  1. Cut your tulle into 16″ pieces.
  2. Then take one strip at a time, and double knot it around the wreath, puffy side straight out in front.
  3. String a piece of ribbon through one piece of tulle at the top of your wreath to hang it from, and do the same with a piece at the bottom and tie in a bow. I choose to have it hang pretty low.

I covered my Styrofoam wreath with ribbon first (because I had read that on another blog) but I would not do it again because you can’t see it when it’s hanging so it is just a waste of ribbon.

Tissue Paper Pom Poms

I have seen these adorable tissue pom poms all over party blogs. I assumed they would be difficult…I assumed wrong. They were easy and really doll up the decorations. I hosted a baby shower last weekend and I decided to make these in coordinating colors for the cute animal themed we had chosen. They turned out so cute and the mom to be took them home to hang in the nursery. I plan to make some for my daughters birthday so I will add those pictures when I make them.
Hope this craft treats you all well!

These colorful balls of fun would look great at bridal showers, baby showers, birthday parties, rehearsal dinners…the possibilities are endless. I even have a couple friends that have made these to hang in their nursery as a fun thing for their baby to look up at. Let me know what and where you use yours.

Tools and Materials

  • Tissue paper 20-by-30″ or any size could do
  • pipe cleaners, 1/pom pom
  • fishing line
  • scissors

Directions

  1. Stack 10 20-by-30-inch sheets of tissue.
  2. Fold accordion style in 1 1/2″ wide folds. Crease on each fold.
  3. Wrap a pipe cleaner or floral wire around center.
  4. Trim the ends into rounded or pointy edges.
  5. Separate layers, pull away from the center one at a time gently.
  6. Tie fishing line to the pipe cleaner for hanging.

Step by step pictures

Fold up according style

Fold in half

Trip edges in a curved edge

Fold in half over the pipe cleaner and twist the pipe cleaner to secure

Unfold

Slowly pull each layer out, be very gentle because it could rip

Hand with fishing line or ribbon and hang from something or pin to the ceiling

4th of July Chocolate Dipped Strawberries

What better way to show off some red, white and blue but with these adorable strawberries, aren’t they the cutest?! Everyone loves chocolate dipped strawberries. These are perfect for this national holiday to honor the United States in red, white and blue. They not only looked good, but were absolutely delicious. My daughter couldn’t get enough! These would also work great for Memorial Day or any other holiday where you want to represent some red, white and blue. You could easily swap out the blue for another colored sugar to go with what ever themed party you have.

I hope everyone enjoyed their fourth of July yesterday. We had a great BBQ with friends and my daughter loved the fireworks, so it was a great evening. I can’t wait until next year to have these delicious chocolate dipped strawberries!

4th of July Chocolate Dipped Strawberries

Print recipe
4th of July Chocolate Dipped Strawberries
Prep time 15 minutes
Cook time 3 minutes
Total time 18 minutes
Misc Pre-preparable
These red, white and blue chocolate dipped strawberries are perfect for the fourth of July. FrenchToasty.com has lots of holiday recipes.

Ingredients

  • strawberries (washed and dried)
  • white chocolate
  • blue sugar or sprinkles

Directions

Step 1
Melt chocolate in a small bowl in the microwave at 50% for 2 minutes and then 30 seconds intervals after that until completely melted. Make sure to stir after each interval.
Step 2
While chocolate is melting put blue sugar in a small bowl.
Step 3
Dip the lower two thirds of the strawberry into the melted white chocolate.
Step 4
Dip the bottom third of the strawberry into the blue sugar.
Step 5
Place on wax paper until completely dried.
Step 6
And voila you have red, white & blue strawberries.

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Peep Easter Wreath

Peep Easter Wreath

Time: 1 hour

Supplies

18 boxes of peeps in any color (chicks or bunnies would work)
12 inch straw or Styrofoam wreath
toothpicks
ribbon for wrapping wreath, bow on front and for hanging (optional)

Directions

  1. Open all the peeps and separate. This will make things go much quicker then pinning pack by pack. You can lay them on a cookie sheet for easy grabbing.
  2. Wrap the wreath in ribbon. Loop a piece of ribbon through one of the ribbons around the wreath if you are going to want a ribbon to hang from. Or wrap a piece of ribbon around the wreath (like in picture).
  3. Stick the toothpicks into wreath and then add the peep to the other end of the toothpick.
  4. Add optional bow on front if you want.

And there you have a beautifully festive Easter wreath, in one of the most beloved Easter treats.

One of my good friends made this and I thought it was the cutest Easter decoration, and I knew I had to share it on here. Thanks Paulina for your idea and sharing your photos with me.