Some of my favorite things about holidays are the lead up to the holidays – decorations, crafts, and baking galore!
My daughter is 6 years old, and she loves doing crafts and making the decorations. However, I frequently find myself in the position of not having everything that she needs to complete her project. As Halloween approaches, I found some amazing ideas that “upcycle” some household items that we would typically recycle or throw out.
Upcycling is the process of reusing an item to make something else of higher value than the original item. On top of that, I am upcycling this article from our SUMMERSKIN blog from last Halloween, and it’s only because I still love these crafts!
Check out these fun and amazing ideas to upcycle things such as milk cartons, toilet paper rolls and old crayons!
For this project you will need:
See the full tutorial here: Choosecartons.com – Haunted House
For this project, see below for what Buggy And Buddy say you will need:
See the full tutorial here: Buggyandbuddy.com – Hanging Bat Crafts
For this project, you will need:
See the full tutorial here: Momspark.net – Melted Crayon Pumpkin
Personal Frustration Saver: I love this one! However, don’t skip the glue or if you don’t have glue, simply melt each crayon slightly by hand so that they stick to the pumpkin BEFORE you try to melt them all completely. I found myself getting frustrated the first time because I didn’t read the instructions fully….shameless problem of mine, and when I turned the hairdryer on high enough to melt the crayons, they would just roll off the pumpkin…so…use glue OR melt them a bit first so they won’t blow away.
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