Disney Pumpkins

This year my girls wanted to be Minnie mouse and Daisy Duck for Halloween. Aren't they cuties? And didn't Grandma do such a great job on the costumes?!

 So we decided to do our pumpkins Daisy and Minnie too. I drew the designs and got to work.

 I had great helpers.

 And here they are!

 This is where a DSLR camera would be soo nice.

 This is how I "shave" the skin off the pumpkins. It is a Speedball Linoleum Cutter used for Printmaking.

 Oh how I love toasted pumpkin seeds.

 Don't you just love carving pumpkins? We do.What did/will you carve this year?

Book Pumpkins & Other Easy Halloween Decor

 Aren't these the cutest little Jack-o-lantern's you've ever seen? 

What a simple and cheap Fall/ Halloween decoration.

Book Pumpkins

1. First find an old book or pick one up from Goodwill for $.50.  Then mark 2 lines on the side.

 2. Make a mark in the center of the top too.

3. Start folding up the corners at right angles. I did 3 pages at a time then separated.

4. After separating ink the ends, and paperclip the "end" pages together to keep it "round".

5. Cut your jack-o-lantern face and tape on and decorate the top with leaves jute berries or whatever you have! Wah lah- a free/ cheap Halloween decoration!
You can also make a taller skinnier cylinder one by folding the pages right in half. You can also remove the face for fall decor. :) P.S my book was small, probably 4x6 and 200 pages.

And here's a few other cute easy Halloween ideas.

• A friend gave the the bottle of Candy corn and I thought it would just be cute as a decoration. 
• I also love my calendar blocks and Scentsy wrap.

•  Try painting some terra cotta pots for a cute candy dish and decoration. These pots are only about $.25 each.
• And what's a Holiday post without mantel decorations? Here's what I did this year.

•  I made a makeshift wreath holder out of wire. I then sewed a straight line down the edge of a 3 x 24 inch piece of fabric for this festive wreath holder cover. "Sew" easy cheap and cute. My kinda craft.

What are you going to try? I would love to hear if you make anything- savvychichome@gmail

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Fabric Pumpkins- Ohh the Options!

I don't know about you but I love decorating for fall because you can leave the decorations up for so long.
SO today I will show you how to make these cutie fabric pumpkins!

With all your fabric options your possibilities are endless!

A great thing is they are easy and cheap. No sewing machine required!

You can even make pink pumpkins for your little girls room. :)
So turn on your Scentsy with some pumpkin pie scent invite a friend over for 2x the fun and get craftin!!
Supplies:

• about 1/2 a yard of fabric will make about 3 pumpkins. One Papa one Mama and one baby sized.
• leaves to match your fabric
• DMC Embroidery Floss/ needle
  
• a BUNCH of plastic grocery bags. (for the stuffing)
• Jute twine/ pencil
  
• glue gun/ glue sticks
• Sticks cut to about 4 inches
• rubber bands/twisty ties (an easy option)
  

Steps

1. Wrap jute around pencil, bake at 300 for 5 minutes. let cool for 5 minutes. you know it's done when it gets stinky. ;)
   

2. Cut your fabric into 3 different sizes. one large about 16x30, medium about 10x22, small about 8x20. These are just guesstimates. Every pumpkin of mine is different which makes them all unique.
3. Fold the fabric in half with fold on short side. So if you are doing a large folded it would measure 16x15. Glue along edge with fabric right side facing in, like in picture.

4. Gather bottom of fabric. Tie with rubber band, twist tie or sew shut. I ran out of twisties and rubber bands. :< 5. Turn right side out and stuff with plastic bags until really full. (so that later when you do the lines with the embroidery floss it will poof.)
6. Put a stick in the top and stitch around top of fabric and gather.
7. With a long piece of floss tie a double knot in one end and stitch the lines from top to bottom going opposite of each other. Do 6 lines.
8. Glue on your leaves and jute, and secure stick with glue as well. And Wah lah you have a gorgeous little pumpkin!
This is a fun project to do with friends and make a little collection of pumpkins. I have been making these guys with friends for 5 years now. Fun every time.

Happy Fall Yall!