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October 29, 2007 |
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Free Crafts, Craft Projects and Patterns
This week we have lovely new crochet patterns to use up your yarn stash; a soft, but handsome ball for toddlers and youngsters, mittens for girls and ladies, and a complete wardrobe for ten inch dolls.
Gardening in winter? Oh yes, with a bulb you can plant indoors now for Christmas blooming ... in 2082?
Some new Halloween crafts, a Trick-or-Treat safety video, and more easy Halloween crafts and printables for homeschoolers, teachers or moms to share with children.
As you know, homemade gifts is what AllFreeCrafts is all about; to finish the newsletter with a flourish, we've added three new homemade gift ideas.
New Craft Patterns and Projects
New Crochet Patterns
 Ten Inch Doll Clothes
I'm honored to say that crochet designer Fran Goreham, whose work has appeared in Crochet World, has given AllFreeCrafts the exclusive right to publish her pattern to crochet a teen wardrobe for ten inch dolls such as Bratz™ dolls. The versatile instructions enable you to make a variety of clothing styles, including a mini skirt, long skirts, straight-leg and bell-bottomed pants, a poncho, headband and sleeveless or puff sleeved top.
 Crocheted Mittens
Crochet these cozy mittens for Christmas gift giving, or to keep hands warm throughout the fall and winter. This easy pattern provides size adjustments for children's sizes 5-6, 6-8, 10-12 and women's size 7-8½.
 Crocheted Ball Toy
Soft and gentle ball to crochet for toddlers and young children.
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New Gardening Projects
My beloved garden is adrift with fall leaves, the annuals have been pulled and I harvested the last of my cherry tomatoes yesterday; a wonderful bonus for someone who has known snow blizzards on Halloween in previous years.
The Gardening section of AllFreeCrafts is new - but growing, despite the change in seasons.
 Indoor gardening projects are planned and, to start off this section, you're invited to try your hand at Growing Amaryllis.
This breathtaking flowering bulb should be planted in late October for Christmas blooming. What you may not know is that Amaryllis bulbs can flower for 75 years - so a bulb that you plant and cultivate now could still be blooming for Christmas 2082!
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Quick and Easy Halloween Crafts
 Decoupage Halloween Candle
Easy to make from a pillar candle and Halloween themed paper napkins.
 Egg Carton Spiders
Recycle your egg cartons into Halloween spiders.
 Egg Carton Bat
Make four hanging bats from one cardboard egg carton.
 Pumpkin Ivy Bowl
Ivy bowls, especially those with a fluted rim, are perfect to paint as pumpkins and fill with candy.
 Thrift Store Costumes
Ten costume ideas to make from old clothes or thrift store bargains.
 Halloween Printables
Choose from printable baskets, an activity booklet to print on one page, bookmarks, or paper masks, including full-color jack o'lantern, clown or butterfly masks. There are also ready-to-color masks that work well as coloring pages. |  Candy Corn Jar
Fill a small jar with candy corn; add simple smiley faces to the candy on the outside of the jar.
 Halloween Door Hangers
Make four Halloween door hangers from one orange craft foam sheet; this free craft project includes printable silhouette shapes to print and trace.
 Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
Don't throw away those pumpkin seeds; try one of eight recipes to make roasted pumpkin seeds using a variety of methods and seasonings.
 Trick-or-Treating Safety Tips Video
This short video from Health Canada is a timely reminder of how to keep your kids safe this Halloween; watch it yourself - or, better yet, call the kids into the room and take a few minutes to watch it together. Have fun, but please keep your family safe this Halloween!
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Please see our Halloween Crafts Index for over 50 free Halloween crafts, Halloween costume ideas, Halloween recipes, safety tips and printables.
Seashell Crafts
Use the seashells you found at the beach this summer to make lots of different crafts. Glue two large ones together, upside down, as a jewellery catch-all; glue to a wreath; add a magnet to make a seashell fridgie; use shells to decorate a picture frame
- or try one of the seashell crafts below:
Bits and Dabs
Highlighting some of our new homemade gift ideas.
Please see Easy Homemade Gifts for dozens more crafty ideas for homemade gifts.
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