Funny Faces October 25, 2006

With Halloween just around the corner, I’m sure many of you have already purchased pumpkins for carving. Especially those of you with children.

Carving faces into pumpkins was definitely one of my favorite activities as a child. Being the traditionalist that I am, I would always carve the standard face onto the pumpkin. Something along this line:

Anymore, I see so many different creative faces that people carve into pumpkins. It’s like a form of art!

While browsing the internet today (instead of working, of course!) I found this neat site that has instructions and patterns to use for carving your little piece of art. It even gives the history of jack-o-lanterns. How about that?!

Happy Carving Everyone!

‘Tis the Season to be…..Raking October 6, 2006

We all hate doing it. Whether your yard is large or small, that task of raking up those autumn leaves is one that looms, and one that we all try to avoid.

Why not turn it into a fun craft for the kids?

Of course, you’re going to rake up many more leaves than you’ll need for this fun little craft, but it’ll be a rest well deserved after an afternoon of hard work.

Fall Door Hanger 

What You’ll Need:

-An assortment of leaves

-Scissors

-Glue

-Fall colored card stock

-Raffia

-Brown or Black Marker

Instructions:

Cut out the shape of a door hanger from your card stock. Take your assortment of leaves and glue them to the door hanger leaving enough space for a special fall message. Make a small double bow out of a piece of raffia and glue to the bottom of the hanger. Use your dark colored marker to write “Fall is in the Air”.

Once completed, it should look something like this:

Since you used your REAL leaves though, it makes it much more authentic.

Enjoy!