I couldn’t help myself…
it was a mood…
that will likely go on all month.
After all–who can ever have enough Candy Corn?
Candy Corn Slippers
Halloween Candy Garland
This is one of those fun, fast, easy and REALLY cute little crafty things that you can whip up while the kids are at school.
Grab up some twisty wrapped Halloween candy—taffy, Tootsie rolls, Jolly Ranchers–whatever. I liked the looks of the Candy Corn and peanut butter taffies…a bit more Halloweenish to me.
Using black, orange or whatever color string or yarn—chain 10 and join in a circle–this will be the loop you can hang your candy chain with when you are all finished. Now, just continue to chain about 15 more stitches.
Take your hook out of the last chain and wrap it around one end of the candy.
Pull the stitch to hold the candy tight.
Now, wrap the string around the other end of the candy–twice should do it.
Put your hook under the string across the candy. Grab the yarn and pull it under.
Continue to chain 15 more stitches. Keep adding candy until you are buried in candy garland. What a way to go!
It will be a lovely thing—that could wrap clear around the house if you’d like. Just depends on how much candy you have and how long you sit there stitching.
As I said, fun, fast, easy and sooooo cute. You’ll be crowned “Super Mom” for sure.
There’s only one teeny tiny problem that I can see…
Autumn Hide and Seek
Autumn, at our place…is really taking it’s time.
Creeping in with the stealth of a cat…
Some hills are braver, showing their colors without hesitation.
But most are still hiding from us…
taking their sweet time…
as if it were a game or something.
In fact, in some corners, you must look very closely…
or you’ll miss it altogether.
Such lovely bursts of fall color–stepping forward…
to surprise us with their sweetness.
Come please, Autumn…
show yourself.
We are waiting.
The “Sunday Bib”
A common complaint from moms all over the place is that at dinner time, their babies are nice and covered with bibs all except for their arms. No problem, unless they are wearing long sleeves. Now they still need to change because they have apple sauce on their elbows. To these moms–I say…Meet the “Sunday Bib.”
It’s nearly a smock but without so much back—and again, it’s made from a disguarded T-shirt and a cute new washcloth. Sorry, couldn’t help the Halloween colors. It must have been the moon…
We cut the bottom of the shirt off about 2 inches below the sleeves. Then, just put the washcloth where you want it and pin it in place–to just one side of the shirt.
Be sure to keep the back side fabric out of the way–and sew the washcloth onto the shirt a few inches below the neck ribbing.
You may want to take in a bit of the sleeve if the shirt is really huge. Just trim off the excess.
Slit up the back side of the shirt. You can fold in and sew all the raw edges if you’d like to, but that’s the beauty of using T-shirt fabric–it doesn’t fray, so you don’t HAVE to unless you want to.
Sew a tie of ribbon or soft string at the neck top, on each side. I used the shiny cord from old gift bags. It’s the perfect length and it comes in every color of the rainbow. Hey, you were throwing it out anyway!
And there you have it my darlings. It’s quick and simple and every mom that sees it says, “Ohhhh, yeaaaah. That’s what we need!”
And…poof!
Like magic.
It’s yours.
Washcloth Bibs
So easy, so fun, so resourceful.
When you’ve taken all the random T-shirts and made baby pants, and rice pillows and nightcaps and pirate hats out of them…
you end up with quite a pile of scraps. Perhaps you’ve noticed, but I just have a hard time wasting stuff like this. I’d say it was because I’m a child of the depression, but I’m not. It’s just fun to find a new life for something on it’s last leg.
You will need:
old T-shirts
colorful washcloths
scissors
sewing machine
So, we cut the sleeves off and most of the front and back and cut through the back neck piece of the shirt.
Then we laid the washcloth on top…
and sewed it on.
You can sew down the bottom of the shirt back to the washcloth as well, if you’d like. Some I did, some I didn’t. Either way works.
Another way to do it is to cut the shirt in more of a half circle…
and sew it on top of the washcloth. Again, either way works.
We found that if you turn the bib around–it also makes an adorable cape…
just perfect for the hardworking superhero.
