Real Decorating for Real People
This easy bat costume could also be used as the caped crusader costume with the addition of a few creative bat decals. My son, Cameron was always interested in my sewing. Of course so are my cats. I guess young eyes see the sewing machine as a true marvel. I guess I still do too! Well…
This totally unusual spaghetti and meatballs costume is easy to make and it is an outstanding idea for a costume contest. I honestly don’t remember how we got started with the spaghetti and meatball costume, but we had a ball with it! No pun intended! Notice that it, like many of the other costumes we have been…
The most important piece to this costume is the rat hat and the rest can be sweats or a T-shirt and shorts depending on the weather. You dirty rat! Instead of a sweat suit, although in northern climates, a sweat suit in gray would be perfect for this costume; in Florida we wear shorts and T-shirts! …
You will amaze your friends and Halloween party goers with this easy to create grapes or blueberries costume. The first time I made a costume like this was when my daughter was about four or five. At that time she had a purple sweat suit that I pinned purple balloons to. I made a leaf…
You can be any favorite pet or even a non pet for Halloween this year as long as you have a great close-up photo of it’s face! My friend Jennifer is a dog lover and she was devastated when she lost her sweet puppy of 13 years. In honor of her favorite pet, she helped…
This daffodil costume is adorable at Halloween but it can also be used for school plays and just dress up fun. This idea was born out of the blueberries or grapes costume idea because of the use of the sweat suit. So, if a child were to wear a green sweat suit, couldn’t they be…
We all have holiday decorations we love to bring out during the season and this shelf gives you a perfect place to display them. Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. Oh sure, I like the jack-o-lanterns and costumes, but I love the treats! One of my favorite childhood memories is trick-or-treating with my brothers. …
With a little extra effort you can create fall table settings that look like they are on display in a store front window or in a designer showhouse. I think we get extra interested in decorating our homes in the fall because we’ve just finished the summer season where we’ve spent so much time outdoors. …
Felt Halloween pillows are inexzpensive to make and anyone can cut the shapes out of felt and stitch them together – I mean it! If I’ve told you once, I’ve told you a million times, decorative pillows are easy to make! Especially when they are made for a specific holiday and they won’t really get…
This Halloween wreath goes together with four easy pieces, a twig wreath, black leaf garland, candy corn garland and ribbon – it’s a snap! Last year when I was making a wreath for our Halloween party, I ran out of materials and had just enough to create one wreath. Unfortunately, I have a double front…
