Just Halloween Crafts

Now is the time to get crafting in earnest for Halloween because October 31st comes around so quickly every single year. I love making things from felt fabric because I find it an easy material to sew with. Bucilla, who are renowned for their wonderful applique kits, have come up with some incredible looking Halloween felt applique kits just perfect for the spook time season.  You don't need to worry about edges fraying with felt because they stay just as you cut them. It is a joy to sew with and easy to push the needle through for hand stitching because it is soft.

Wreaths can make really wonderful wall and door hangings that you can use to adorn your home come the Fall and autumnal season and also Thanksgiving. You can celebrate the occasion by taking the time to sew a pretty felt kit or by buying one to gift to a special friend. Bucilla make some really amazing looking felt applique wreath kits that contain just about all you need to make some wonderfully intricate and detailed decorations.   The instructions are normally pretty detailed and, should you get stuck, there are always helpful YouTube videos and pages online that can aid you with certain stitches and finishing details too. I found a couple of sets here which are just ideal for the Fall season.

You can buy all sorts of forms, frames and bases so that you can make your very own DIY wreath but it's really a whole lot more satisfying to make your own and especially if you can make your own by using or re-purposing an item that you have readily available already in the home. Most of us have wire clothes hangers readily available to use and these are perfect to make your own rings with for making a wreath. I’ll show you how with the step by step photos, details and tips below. My favorite way to make frames or bases is to use cardboard since I tend to have lots of this ready to use at any given time. However the big downside with that material is that it's a lot more perishable and not as durable (if it gets damp or wet particularly) as using a material such as wire.

Guests to your home and Trick-or-Treaters will get a wonderful welcome with a wicked wreath for Halloween displayed on your front door. You may even prefer to choose to hang it up inside your home instead on an interior wall or propped up on the fireplace mantel. A decorative ring form adorned with ribbons, feathers, twigs, paper or other fun materials can make a really eye-catching centerpiece wherever you opt to place it. You can easily make your own DIY Halloween wreaths using a mesh fabric. Just below, you can see how to make your own wreath for this occasion worked from the material called Deco Mesh complete with written instructions and a video to follow.

Making a cardboard frame, base or form for your own handmade DIY wreath craft project may sound pretty simple but there are a number of things that you may want to consider. Learn all you need to know about how to make a cardboard wreath form or frame. I'll show you how to make a really large, circular frame even when you don't have anything large and round that you can draw around.  I'll also show you how to make a cardboard wreath form that is thick enough when you only have some thin card to start with. Come and see how it is done.

Making your own wreaths for occasions such as Thanksgiving, Christmas, Fall, birthdays and other events and themes is really easy once you understand how it is that you can tie or attach the tulle netting fabric to your base or frame. No matter which style of base you have for your handmade wreath - the basic principle of tying your tulle strips on remains exactly the same. You’ll learn how this is done with these step by step photos below. Your base can be as simple and inexpensive as a circle frame cut from a thick piece of cardboard (packaging such as Amazon boxes make a nice, sturdy choice) or they might be a wire frame that you’ve made yourself or bought ready-made or even a styrofoam one.

Tulle wreaths are easy for most people to have a go at making and they can be made in a matter of hours too. See how easy it is to make a tulle wreath for Halloween that you can display. This fabric is a stiffer netting which makes it ideal since it will stand vertically and not just flop down as most fabrics would. It's ideal to use this netting for any decorations that you will use certainly indoors.  Tulle can be used outdoors on a fine day but remember to bring it inside overnight as damp will not benefit it at all. You are better off using a unique and much stiffer material called Deco Mesh for items that you want to place outdoors and that's because it's more weatherproof.