My 5 month old's costume!

Supplies Needed:
One large(daddy sized) orange t-shirt
Orange thread ($1.50)
Orange fabric paint ($.77)
Brown felt ($.20)


Unfortunately I don't have directions for this one... There is no pattern and I pulled it out of my head as I went along.


Sleeve=hat




The muscle shirt........ The muscle shirt with a face



Add some little sleeves.......... And Wa-La! Mr. Pumpkin

I would like to thank Payless Shoesource and United Way for providing the material for this costume!

Miniature (easy) Ghosts

Supplies:
-White fabric (roughly 1/4 yard per ghost)
-Styrofoam ball (any small round object will work such as a tennis ball etc.)
-White yarn
-Black marker (optional)



Directions:
1. Place styrofoam ball inside white fabric.
2. Gather white fabric around ball



3. Tie white yarn around fabric, just below the ball (Note: leave enough yarn to be able to hang ghost)
4. Tie tops of yarn together and wa-lah! Your miniature ghost is ready to be hung.



5. (optional) Use black marker to add face to white fabric
6. Hang little ghost anywhere you want!

Spooky (easy) Ghost

Supplies:
-White sheet (any white fabric will do-try a trash bag!)
-Small amount of black fabric (or acrylic paint)
-Some type of "applique" (I used 'Wonder-Under')
-Yarn (preferably white)
-A round object (any type of LIGHT-WEIGHT ball)

Directions:
1. Start by cutting a large piece of white fabric to be the body of the ghost
2. On black fabric, trace desired shape of face (circles, ovals, squares etc.)
3. Trace face shapes onto applique (follow directions for your type of applique material)



4. Attach face shapes to white fabric (Note: I first placed white fabric around ball to figure out exaclty where I would want the face. I then made small marks where the face should be, removed the white fabric from around the ball and layed it flat on the table)



5. Wrap fabric around ball to form the ghost. Tie white yarn around fabric just below the ball, in order to gather in all fabric. (Note: Leave about 12"-15" of yarn at the end)
6. Cut a small hole in the white fabric at the back of the ghost's neck
7. Slip the 12"-15" of yarn inside the hole and begin working it up toward the top of the head




8. Pull string out the top of the head and tie together-now the ghost is ready for hanging up



Lastly, hang ghost in a scary spot so all can see!




Note: to add some texture to the ghost... I cut little slits in the bottoms of the sheet and then tore a few inches above cut. Makes it look a little more real! (because ghosts are real...)

Flower Pot Pens

Supplies:
Small potting plant (the cheap kind from Wal-Mart)
Bouquet of fake flowers (whichever you like)
Package of regular "Bic" pens
Green plant tape (found in the craft section at Wal-Mart)
Acrylic paint-color should match bouquet of flowers
Foam paint brush
Bag of Pinto beans
Pliers

Directions:
1. Begin by painting the pot. Using the foam paint brush, paint the pot as many times as you like in order to achieve desired color-allow sufficient time to dry. You can decorate the pot in any way you want-plain, stripes, flowers etc.
2. Meanwhile use pliers to gently squeeze the bottoms of the "Bic" pens. Remove pen caps

3. Starting at either end of pen, start wrapping the green plant tape around the pen, overlapping each layer

4. Cut flowers off of bouquet (be sure to include a long stem with each flower)
5. Stick flower stem down inside of pen. Flower head should rest on top of pen hole (You may want to apply a small amount of hot glue around the top edge of the pen in order to secure the flower)

6. Once pot is completely dry fill it with pinto beans. Stick flowers in pinto beans and Wa-lah a beautiful bouquet of flowers!

Note: this can be a seasonal decoration. Switch the flowers and color of pot to enjoy all year long!

Harvest Pumpkins

Supplies:

Roll of toilet paper (one for each pumpkin)

1/4 yard festive fabric (1/4=1 pumpkin)

Brown felt

Green pipecleaners

Hot glue gun

Directions:

1. Begin by placing the fabric, right side down, on a table

2. Place roll of toilet paper in center of fabric

3. Begin pulling sides of fabric up around toilet paper and tucking into the top hole

Note: be sure to pull and tuck TIGHTLY!

Continue tucking until all fabric is tucked inside hole

4. Cut felt between 2"-4" by 4"

5. Cut a pipecleaner to fit the length you have picked (I doubled the pipeclearn to allow for a

more pliable stem)

6. Place pipecleaner at one end of felt and begin rolling felt around it until felt is completely rolled.
7. Line the opposite end of felt with hot glue and then seal stem shut.

8. Stick stem into top hole. (I removed the last little bit of fabric, stuck the stem in and tucked fabric around the stem; this seemed to make it more secure)
9. For a finishing touch, take more green pipe cleaner and twirl it around the stem to create the pumpkin"vines"

The End Result!

Note: This idea was originally seen in a magazine and has been tweeked a little bit, but I think it works!