Easy Candy Acorns
Make these easy candy acorns in minute and for pennies. Easy enough for a kids activity and impressive enough to use a decorations or favors.
Holidays
Crafts, ideas, recipes and printables to help you celebrate holidays and festive events.
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Thanksgiving Blocks from Repurposed Game Blocks
Create these charming and easy to make Thanksgiving blocks from recycled game blocks in about 20 minutes. A great kids’ craft, too.
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DIY Advent Calendar from Recycled Yogurt Cups
My mom always made Advent special when I was growing up. We had an Advent Calendar that she made and she found special little gifts or wrote sweet little notes for my brother and I to open each day. It’s was such a wonderful way to anticipate Christmas coming each year. I’ve passed this tradition…
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What to Do with Extra Halloween Candy
Did you over buy Halloween candy this year? Did your kids come home with the mother of all candy hauls? Do you just not want all that extra candy laying around in your house? Are you wondering what to do with extra Halloween candy? Here are 17 ideas and 16 recipes to help you out….
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Non-Candy Halloween Treats
Looking for non-candy Halloween treats that kids will love? Whether you’re planning a classroom party, hosting trick-or-treaters with allergies, or just want to cut back on sugar, there are plenty of fun and creative alternatives to traditional candy. From small toys and spooky stickers to healthy snacks and DIY goodies, these Halloween treat ideas are…
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Scrap Buster Mummy Treats
As I’m crafting and getting ready for Halloween this year, I keep coming back to mummys. Not sure why, but it may be those googly eyes (googly eyes are just too fun). My friend, J., and I whipped these adorable scrap buster mummy treats at our last crafting date using my stash of paper scraps. I’m…
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Upcycled Halloween Kids Craft
If you’ve been around Organized 31 long, you know I have an addiction to using recycled items in crafts. I was emptying a can the other day, about to throw it in the recycling bin, when bing! I had an afternoon craft to make with my son. This upcycled Halloween kids craft can be used to hold candy…
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Peanut Free Halloween Treat Envelope
These envelopes are fun to make and easy enough to make with younger kiddos. You’ll need to start with a gift certificate. Once you get back from picking up your coupon books, grab some colored card stock (this is a great project to use up some of your paper scraps), a paper-trimmer or scissors, double stick tape,…
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Recycled Book Halloween Decorations
Use an upcycled book to create this Halloween book craft. It’s easy to do and makes a great Halloween decoration or prop.
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Halloween Pencil Case
I always stock up on school supplies during the back-to-school sales. This year I picked up a bunch of pencil cases for $.25. I wished I’d gotten more. In the past, I’ve put them, filled with school supplies, in care packages like Operation Christmas Child. This year when I saw the bright colors, I knew…
