New Fall Crafts! Yay me!

Well, I managed to get a couple of things done. The first project is just the cutest thing. Pumpkins! I got the idea from Ruth Ann at http://www.septemberninth.blogger.com/. They were simple, easy, cheap (my fave!). Here we go . . .

Humble beginnings, for sure! I started out with rolls of toilet paper and brown paper lunch bags that I had at home.

Then I added to the mix: fat quarters, quilt batting, raffia and a bunch o' leaves (around a candleholder), all from Jo-Ann's. And of course, DD#1! I got the glue gun fired up, and we were ready to assemble!

I simply cut a chunk of quilt batting to the same size as the fat quarter (which is 18"x21", I think). From there you set the toilet paper roll in the middle of the batting, then start tucking the batting into the hole at the top of the roll. Do the same thing with the fabric. It starts shaping up and looking like a pumpkin pretty quick! When all that's done, roll up a lunch bag, wrap some raffia around it, and poke it down the hole at the top of the pumpkin. You'll have to glue it down here and there (you'll know . . . when it starts falling apart, GLUE!).

Um . . . yeah. That stem looks a little nuts. So I ended up cutting my stem in half. Then I added a few leaves around the base, tied a raffia bow. It was SO cute! We ended up making 4 of these. Don't you just heart them?! I do!