Images from the Masked Marvelous event in Queen, NY. Halloween… aka “the maker’s holiday.” We hope you’ve had another fun time planning costumes, props, food and party favors this year, and that you’re having a fun weekend unleashing your creations on family, friends, and hapless neighborhood children. We always get a kick out of seeing […]
Hannah of Made With Love by Hannah shares a great way to reuse the cones from spools of serger thread with this cute little yarn toadstool pin cushions.
I used plastic greenery from the craft store hot-glued to a latex bald cap and then used a light brown cream make-up to color my head pseudo-terra cotta color. My beard was colored first with spray-on temp hair color, then sprigs of greenery were attached with spirit gum. The styrofoam head-form was a godsend. I thought to ask for it at the costume shop as an afterthought, as I was checking out. They sold one to me for $1.99. I figured I would just stuff the bald cap with newspaper and build a crude stand for that. But the build turned out to be very finicky, fragile, and time-consuming, and it really needed the consistent shape and solid foundation. I don’t know if it would have been successful without the head-form. The costume was a big success and I got lots of compliments on it, so it was worth the many hours of work and all the frustration. I managed to get the wig back of the head-form after an evening of partying and it now sits on the console cabinet in my living room as a curious art object.
If you’re scrambling to find an easy Halloween projects the kids can make this weekend, check out this quick and easy tutorial from Alisa Burke. These toilet paper tube monsters would be perfect, and it would be fun to have a whole collection of them out at your Halloween part. Inspired to craft something for […]
Nick Normal @ Make: Online recently went on a bicycle tour of some different compost sites in Queens, NY. He writes: This past weekend I went on a group bike tour of five compost sites in Western Queens, NY, in the neighborhoods of Astoria, Long Island City and Sunnyside. The sites were as diverse as […]
Make these ghost and pumpkin Halloween paper bag bowls by Ellen of The Long Thread to hold your Halloween treats. This is a great project you can make with the kids. [via The Crafty Crow]
Halloween is just around the corner and the next thing you know, it’s gift giving season again. Here for some recycled wrapping inspiration is John Boak who has some new wraps up on his site Wrap Artist. I love the layered beauty of his Japanese inspired wedding gift wrap and the ingenious use of using […]
