Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Heading into my favorite season

and that is fall! Tina here to share some inspiration for fall... I just love the colors, the weather and the holidays that are associated with fall, it is just a perfect time of the year. Halloween is a family favorite for decorating the house and making treats for and with the kids. From making haunted gingerbread houses to sewing pumpkin bags for treats we love all the possibilities of fall.

These pumpkin treat bags have been a favorite of my kids for years. Each year I would make them for all the kids in their classes and when they were both at the elementary school that was over 50 pumpkins I made! It was something that I could work on while watching tv or waiting for kids at their outside activities.

Two pumpkins can be cut from one piece of orange felt and their faces can be carved/cut from a piece of black felt with a green stem added at the top. In the winter I use white felt to make snowman faces, more on those at a later date...
Another project for fall I did using wood nesting boxes that I had and some of the papers from the September kit. I would measure each section of the box and cut the paper a bit small so some of the wood would still show. Then before adhering with mod podge I would ink the edges of the papers.

6 comments:

Valerie said...

TOO CUTE! Love the pumpkins!!!!

Trish said...

I can't wait to see how you decorate with all your fun Halloween stuff! The pumpkins and stacked boxes are adorable--I need to get my hands on a few boxes myself!! TFS!

Paula Clare said...

OH THE PUMPKINS! THE PUMPKINS! SO completely adorable! Love, love, love!

pickmepam said...

i love the idea with the wooden boxes. i have to go home and see what i have that i can cover!
love the pumpkins! you could even make larger ones using wool felt for the kids to use trick or treating, then they could use them year after year.
thanks for yet another idea WIP!

jamie said...

ooohhhhh!!! love the boxes...have some boxes waiting to be loved...and i am using up some of those yummy papers so that i can see them all the time...bring on the fall home decor...i love it...

Colleen said...

you make the best projects!!!