Super Easy Paper Jack-o-lanterns

The kids were bored, the paper was there, with a joyous heart and a glue stick in each hand; I said lets make some jack-o-lanterns! :)

Anyways super easy and the kids loved putting their own stems on. Get some green and orange construction paper and snip snip snip.

For the stems I used triangles and the pumpkins were just circles. I had the kids paste on the stems and make the faces to show possible real jack-o-lantern designs ;)

Kept them busy for quite a while and now my hallway is amazingly adorable :) Here is one of about 20 that decorate my house ;)

Milk Jug Lanterns!!

Need I say more! They are easy to make and look awesome when they are done. Best recycling I've done in a while!!

Easy DIY Halloween Ornaments

I had this really great idea to get rid of my crappy dollar store christmas ornaments last year but never got any motivation to do it. Now I have finally have some inspiration! :)

Reason 1:
This year is the first year that I have my step son living with me, and he loves painting as much as I do :D

Reason 2:

I really hate going out and spending tons of money on cheaply made Halloween decor. It almost never lasts and has no value to me.

Okay, so this really great idea was to paint them up in super cute Halloween/ fall designs with my step son. Awesome right! They are made from the heart and its such an easy craft for kids, well except for the clean up.

Heres some photos of the ones we made together :)

 

 

 

Easy DIY Building Blocks for Kids

I don't know about anyone else but I think its ridiculous to pay $80 for a bunch of boxes that are printed to look like bricks.

 Besides its way more fun to make them with your kids and the shapes and amount you want to make is limitless along with the designs. 

So instead of paying lots of money for printed cardboard I'm making them myself :) 


What I used:
-thin rectangle boxes
-paints and paintbrushes
-glue or tape to keep the boxes shut


I used up my plain boxes so for the sake of size I'm referencing this shipping box. 
This box is about 6X4 inches, perfect fun size for a child.  

This box in particular had flaps that folded over to keep it shut. On a regular box you can put tape under the top flaps, near the edges so you can stick your fingers under the edge to keep it shut or just put it on top and paint over it. Either way, as long as it stays shut I doubt your little one will notice the difference. 

Now the super easy stuff! Just paint it! I recommend doing one solid coat over the entire thing and then making your designs. Like this:

 



Easy and simple right? My son loves making castles with the boxes and has tons of fun painting them with me. Costs much less than those fancy printed boxes and are decently durable.