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Halloween Kids Printable Book

Hi! We’re Nat & Holly from My Sister’s Suitcase and we are so excited to be a part of Amy’s Fall Festival! The Idea Room is one of the first blogs we ever read years ago, so we feel pretty lucky to be here! We are two sisters that share a love of creating. We love up-cycling furniture, planning parties, decorating our homes, and doing fun projects with our kids.

Now that it’s finally October, the kids are getting excited about Halloween and of course, their costumes. It seems that every day brings a different idea of what they want to dress up as. (Can anyone relate?) So today we’re sharing a fun printable just for them!

This little book is as simple as you can get. It’s all ready to go in PDF form. Download here. Print it out, fold it in half (twice) and let your child’s imagination run wild!

Here are the pages included:

{digital art via CU.com}

Our kids thought this was really fun. Here’s how Holly’s son used his book.

The book has prompts for writing/or drawing and is good practice for following written directions! I love this Harry Potter!

For younger kids, you can read the directions to them and help them to narrow down the list to just one. This is a HUGE decision, you know.

We hope your kiddos have fun getting all ready to dress up for Halloween! I guess now we just have to figure out what Mom & Dad get to be…

Thanks for having us, Amy! We love the Idea Room and hope you lovely readers will come see what we’re up to at My Sister’s Suitcase. You can also find us on

FB, twitter, and Pinterest!

Here are a few of our favorite Halloween & Fall projects:

Halloween Door Décor

Fall Mantel

Thanks so much Nat and Holly! What a fun idea! I can’t believe it is that time of year already! I am so happy to have these ladies sharing over at The Idea Room today. Some of the sweetest and nicest women I know. Be sure to head on over to their site and check out some of their other fun creativity!

–Amy

October 2, 2012 · Filed under: Fall Festival, Halloween Tagged with

Fall craft sign

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Hi there Idea Room fans! We’re simply thrilled to be a part of Amy’s new Fall Festival series and share our latest DIY Fall decor with you today:

To introduce ourselves, we are Kelli & Kristi of Lolly Jane, an eclectic DIY blog chalk full of home decor tutorials, home improvement projects, crafts, free printables and even a tasty recipe or two. We would love for you to pop by sometime and say hi! Today we’re going to show you how to create a simple piece of art from an unused cabinet door in just a few steps. After designing a few autumn phrases, we cut in out in vinyl to use as a stencil, applied the paint in fall hues and distressed the heck out of the cabinet door, in true Lolly Jane style! If you don’t have a cabinet door ~~lying around in your decor closet collecting dust~~ available, feel free to simply print our design and place in an 8×10 frame to spruce up your fall space! Click HERE to download your own :) We have learned it can be easy to make something from nothing. (Stay tuned next week to see our upcycled grapevine wreath Kristi pulled from the trash!) A big thanks to Amy for letting us be her guesties today! We hope we have inspired you to start decorating for fall in an inexpensive way. Take a peek at a few of our other fall projects:

Patterned pumpkins | Pumpkin Trio Blocks | Framed Pumpkin Wreath

For more holiday ideas be sure to visit our tutorials page, stop by our FB, Twitter or Pinterest boards. Happy Fall, ya’ll!

Thanks so much ladies. I just love this sign as it has all the things on there that I love about fall. So happy to have Kelli and Kristi here today sharing with us some of their great talents. I wish I had an awesome twin to craft with :)!! Be sure to stop on over to Lolly Jane and say hello! –Amy

September 30, 2012 · Filed under: Fall Decor, Fall Festival Tagged with decorating for fall, DIY decor, DIY Fall Decorations, Do it yourself fall decor, fall crafts, free fall printables

Halloween Pop Box Gift

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So excited to welcome Kristyn today as part of our Fall Festival! Kristyn is sharing an awesome tutorial for these DIY Halloween Candy Bottles and gift box.

Hi there Idea Room readers!! It’s Kristyn from Lil’ Luna! I’m so thrilled to be here today. I admire Amy so much, and look up to her not only as a blogger, but also as a friend and mother. The girl is amazing and so talented, so was I ecstatic when she asked for me to guest post today.

As I think about cooler weather and Fall, I can’t help but think of Halloween. It’s one of my favorite holidays, and our family has made some super fun traditions for that holiday. Although gift giving is associated more with Christmas, our family has actually tried serving and doing nice things for others all year round, and even around Halloween. People can always use a pick me up, right? So, this year I decided to come up with a super cute Halloween Pop Box Gift. I’ve made them in the past for Valentines, Christmas and Birthday, and they’ve alwas been a hit. Why not a Halloween version?! It can be given to your child’s teacher or just to a family who needs some extra cheer. It’s even great for the hubby!! This gift is easy and perfect for anyone.

Here is what you’ll need to make one too:

Materials:

IBC Cream Soda or Crush Pop Bottles Set

Candies to fill your bottles

Scrapbook Paper Ribbon/Ric Rac/Twine

Tape or Glue Spray Paint or Craft Paint

Halloween Pop Box Printables

Directions:

1. Begin by emptying your pop bottles and washing them out and letting them dry completely. From there you will paint your Pop Box. I spray painted mine black. Let dry.

2. From there you will fill your pop bottles with candy. I did Candy Corn, Indian Corn, Black & Orange Sixlets, Fall M&Ms, Black Licorice and Reeses Pieces.

3. From there you will print out your Halloween Pop Box Printables. To get the PDF click on the image above or go HERE.

4. Cut out all your printables.

5. From there you will cut out 6 pieces of scrapbook paper. I made mine about 3 inches by 9 inches. Wrap and tape around pop bottles. Add your pop bottles circles to the front of your bottles with tape or glue.

6. From there I added some ric rac and ribbon around the tops of the bottles. I also added the pumpkin heads to the tops of the bottles. Add your bottles back to the box and be sure to add your front printable to the box that says “No Tricks, Just Treats”. Now you have super cute and easy Halloween Gift to give to anyone.

Super cute and super easy – which is how I like things!! ;D

Be sure to come on over to Lil’ Luna for more fun and cute tutorials on crafts, DIY projects, recipes and more. I’d love to have you!!

ENJOY!

Thank you so much Kristyn! Isn’t she the cutest? I just instantly knew I liked Kristyn when I met her. She is so nice and sweet and FUN! I feel so grateful for all the amazing people I have been able to meet through this blog and Kristyn is definitely one of those people. Be sure to head on over to Lil’ Luna and see all the great things she shares! –Amy