I‘m more than a little late writing a post about Halloween crafts. Martha Stewart probably started her Halloween shows months ago. Then again, no one has ever confused me with Martha. So here are a few ideas for jack o lanterns if you are trying to put something together at the last minute.

The last Halloween event I went to had an assortment of funny noises & glasses & small hats. They had even gotten some foam kits full of teeth & eyes. It was an easy & mess free way to decorate a pumpkin.

Another option is painting a pumpkin with acrylic paint. This saves the hassle of gutting the pumpkin & you can use more color than with traditional carving.

I’ve been seeing a lot of decorative pumpkin carving. These aren’t supposed to look like anything, they are just supposed to be pretty so carve your pumpkin with a series of scrolls, s’, or polka dots.

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I was at the dollar store & saw all of this furry yarn. Then I tried to keep myself from jumping up & down. I’d never knit with it before because I hate when I spend more on knitting than I do on food. So my mom & I decided to make scarves for Christmas gifts. I decided to use a knitting loom because we have tons of family & not a lot of time. Besides the fact that I’ve been stressed out lately & wrapping yarn around a peg is about all that I can handle

I’ve been looking around & there are even different stitches that can be done on the knitting loom, but most of the patterns are smarter than I am. So in the end I decided to ignore the fact that the dollar store also had very cute ready made scarves for sell & hopefully everyone will be happy with their handmade presents.

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I’ve always wanted to be able to do origami. I’ve tried it a few times, but my Sarakastic-ness (Yes, that’s the official word for it) gets in the way & I end up tearing the paper into little tiny pieces & calling it an art piece. I know, I would’ve though Sarakastic was the most patient person in the world too, but she really isn’t.

I just spent way too much time with the free online paper toy creator which I found while I was stumbling. (I’m talking about using stumble upon, not falling over). The great part about this is there is no clean up, or resulting “art piece”

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One of the things that I hate about being a “grown up” & taking care of a house is all of the spiders & bugs. When I was a kid, there was always someone around to catch them. Now it’s my job.

I remember an episode of Gilmore Girls that dealt with this. (Actually, I remember all the episodes of Gilmore Girls). Lorelai trapped a cricket under a paper cup then tape the cup to the floor & then cut holes in the top so the cricket could breathe. Then she waited for Luke to come & take care of it. Since I still haven’t found my Luke, I laughed when I saw this page about how to make a humane spider catcher using pvc pipe & an audiocassette tape case. I’ll have to give this one a try.

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