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October 14, 2007 |
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Free Crafts, Craft Projects and Patterns
Our new Fall crafts include two great crocheted hat patterns - a granny square hat for kids, and a classic beanie that's sure to be a hit with the teens or young men in your family.
You'll love the simplicity of our round sewing pillow pattern - easy, peasy, beautiful! And who couldn't use a denim wall organizer, cleverly made from the legs of recycled blue jeans?
If you're looking for Halloween costumes, we have some easy makeup recipes, plus loads of frugal and creative possibilities, separated into ideas for toddlers, kids, men and women. Enjoy!
Simple Home Sewing Patterns
 Easy Round Pillow
Here's a design element that you'd pay a fortune for at a speciality bed linen store. But if you can sew a seam, you can make it yourself with this new sewing pattern; just sew two circles together and fasten with a tasselled cord around the stuffing!
 Oven Mitts
Many of us learned to sew by making oven mitts in home economics class. Sadly, home sewing is no longer taught in most schools. If you missed out, then here's the lesson you missed - complete with step-by-step photos and instructions. |
 Denim Organizer
Those tatty blue jeans with the knees out find new purpose in this stylish denim organizer sewn from the legs of old denim jeans. Sturdy enough to store your gardening tools, it also works equally well in the home office, craft area or even in the garage. How about making one for the hard-to-buy-for handyman in your life?
 Pincushion Ring
If you're going to sew, you always need a handy supply of pins; this pin cushion ring is worn on your finger as you work, so the pins are never far away. Sew a scrap of pregathered lace around a small circle of fabric, stuff, then glue to a plastic bottle cap with an elastic ring.
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 How to Make a Scarecrow
Early man used scarecrows to scare predators away from food crops. Ever since then, this lone human figure has both attracted and mystified us. Our scarecrow is made from recycled dome tent poles. Remove the elastic cording and connect the poles with masking tape to make a rigid, two-legged scarecrow frame. Stand him against a tree or a wall and he's remarkably lifelike.
Halloween Costume Ideas
for Kids, Toddlers or Adults
 Six Homemade Halloween Costumes for Kids - Robin Hood, Medieval Lady, Clown, Skeleton, Cat and Scarecrow.
30 Quick and Easy Costumes for Kids - 30 different easy-to-make costume ideas for kids of all ages, including instructions to make a sunflower costume, pirate, box of popcorn, pair of dice, static cling, bunch of grapes, cow, mummy, old lady, nerd and more.
Cardboard Box Costumes - Start with a cardboard box - and add some imagination!
 Toddler Halloween Costumes - Three cute ideas to disguise your toddler as a sunflower, dwarf or pumpkin. | Women's Halloween Costume Ideas - Costumes you can buy or, with a little creativity, make for yourself; includes Snow White, naughty school girl, racy rag doll or red devil.
Men's Halloween Costumes - Buy from Amazon, or make your own version of Zorro, Robin Hood, Pilgrim or Gunslinger.
Frugal Halloween Makeup
Fake Bruises - Get out that palette of eye shadows that you've never used and apply mock bruises with mixed smudges of blue, purple, grey and yellow.
Face Makeup - Mix together 1 tsp corn starch and 1/2 tsp cold cream. Add 1 tsp water and a few drops of food coloring. Apply with fingertips or use a paintbrush to add details.
Clown Make-up - Mix together 2 tsp of white shortening, 5 tsp of corn starch and 1 tsp flour. Add 3 to 4 drops of glycerin to make the mixture creamier. Apply.
Please see our Halloween Crafts Index for over 50 free Halloween crafts and Halloween printables. |
Crafts in the News
AllFreeCrafts occasionally has requests from newspapers and other media to reprint specific craft projects. Here's three of those crafts, and where they appeared:
Please see our Christmas Crafts Index for all our free Christmas crafts.
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Crocheted Granny Square Hat
Crocheted Beanie Hat
Printable Halloween Baskets
Terra Cotta Turtle
Smiley Snowflake
Christmas Card Ornaments