DIY: Peanut Butter Pumpkins
Making these adorable and easy peanut butter pumpkins are a delicious way to celebrate Fall. They would be great to have as a part of Thanksgiving appetizers or meals, too! I can only imagine that they could be made using almond or other nut butters, too! Kids could get into the fun to make them.
What You’ll Need (makes 12 pumpkins):
• ¾ cup creamy peanut butter
• ¼ cup unsalted butter, softened
• ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
• orange (or red & yellow to mix) food coloring (optional)
• 2 cups confectioners’ sugar
• wax paper
• toothpicks
• mini pretzels
Directions:
- Mix together the butter and peanut butter
- Add the vanilla and 2-3 drops of orange or a drop of red and drop of yellow (they look great without the coloring, too, if you opt for that. See picture above.)
- Slowly add in the confectioners’ sugar with a spatula until the consistency is fairly thick
- Divide the mixture into 12 balls (or less if you want larger pumpkins), then roll them into balls and place on wax paper
- Make creases and shape the pumpkins with a toothpick
- Break apart the mini pretzels and put a piece into each pumpkin as its “stem”
Eat the pumpkins alone or with pretzels! Thanks to Fossil Blog for the idea :)
DIY Napkin Rings
These napkin rings are so cute, easy and CHEAP! You can make them for any or all holidays you choose from things you can buy at the dollar store or craft store.
What You’ll Need:
- Felt
- Popsicle sticks
- Tacky glue
- Small paintbrush
- Buttons in assorted colors (you can buy them by the bag in many craft stores)
Directions:
- For each napkin ring, cut a 4- by 5 1/2-inch piece of felt.
- Starting at one short end of the rectangle, glue on 12 Popsicle sticks (it’s less messy if you use a small paintbrush to spread the glue), lining them up side by side. You should end up with a margin of uncovered felt at the end.
- Once the glue dries, form a ring by gluing the overlapped felt together.
- Now comes the fun part: glue on rows of buttons, Let the glue dry completely.
- When it’s time to use the rings, roll up napkins. Insert one in each ring.
Thanks to Spoonful for the easy craft!
Easy DIY Braided Bracelets
Create these super fashionable braided bracelets with old t-shirts and a few other things for SUPER CHEAP! These would make great presents. You can personalize them and mix and match to any outfit. These sell for upwards of $60 EACH at department stores, and you can make them for pennies!
What You’ll Need:
- Old cotton or jersey T-shirt you don’t mind cutting up. You can pick up a shirt at a thrift store. White, gray and black make good base colors for pastel or neon cord.
- 1 yard of rat tail cord for each bracelet you make. You can find lots of fun colors at JoAnn’s for 50-99 cents a yard and many dollar stores carry it, too. Get different colors for different bracelets!
- Little magnets to magnetize the bracelet closed (you can get these at the dollar store or craft store for about $2 for 10).
- Hot glue or Elmer’s glue (using both works the best!)
- Rubber band (to hold the pieces together)
Directions:
- Cut the shirt into 1-inch wide strips about a foot long.
- Cut the rat tail cord into three 10-inch strips.
- Put all 6 of the pieces together and hold at the very end with a rubber band and anchor to the table or something to help hold steady.
- Separate the pieces so they are three parts, with each part having 1 strip of shirt and 1 strip of cord then start braiding!
- When you get to the end, snip both ends of the braid so they are even, and glue one end to a magnet.
- Wrap the bracelet around your wrist and measure for size (trim if needed), then glue the other end to a magnet.
- Wrap a piece of t-shirt over the magnet to cover it and glue the two ends of it together (but not to the bracelet itself). This can be moved when you need to take the bracelet off by sliding it down the bracelet.
A big thanks to Henry Happened for this easy bracelet tutorial!
Tissue Paper Christmas Tree
Make this super cute and easy Christmas decoration out of just a few cheap necessities. You can do this craft with older children as well, or if you use Elmer’s glue, you can do it with younger children (it just takes longer because the glue has to dry).
What You’ll Need:
- tissue paper
- printer paper
- scissors
- pencil
- tape
- hot glue (or Elmer’s glue)
Instructions:
- Fold several pieces of tissue paper into a thin long strip and cut inch wide strips from it. Then unwind the strips and cut squares from it.
- Use a piece of printer paper to create a cone (shaped like a a Christmas tree), tape it together, and trim the bottom so it can be flat to stand later. Draw wide lines around the cone to use as a guide if you want to make a candy cane tree.
- Push a square of tissue paper over the eraser of a pencil so it’s shaped like a U. Dab hot glue onto paper and press onto the cone. Keep doing this over and over pushing the pieces of paper together closely.
- Fluff up, trim ones that are too long, and fill in bald spots as you go. You’ll think of lots of ways to create trees: green with colored ornaments, stars, and more!
Thanks to AliLilly for the great idea!
DIY Sparkling Leaves Garland
Spruce up your home and get ready for Autumn with this easy to make sparkling falling leaves garland. This is a great craft to do with kids and get them excited for Fall!
What You’ll Need:
- Artificial leaves (can be purchased at Dollar Tree or craft stores)
- Paintbrush
- Elmers Glue
- Glitter (natural colors)
- Hole punch
- Ribbon
Directions:
- Pick out about 10-12 leaves that are the nicest (or however long you want to make your garland).
- Doing 1 leaf at a time, paint a medium layer of glue over a leaf and cover with glitter. Let dry and shake off remaining glitter.
- Use hole punch and punch a hole in the middle at the bottom of each leaf so they will hang upside down.
- Tie a long string of ribbon in each leaf and hang from a long string of ribbon to create the garland. Hang and enjoy!
Thank you to Boxwood Clippings for the great decorating idea!
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