I cut out a few triangles, wrote/cut out the word “thanks” onto some leftover felt, glued them onto my triangles, and then strung them along some embroidery thread.

The bunting totally doesn’t match my wreath,…but I think it was a sweet quick fix before the Christmas decorations take over our home! And it’s pretty cute.

Just a little “thanks”…to enjoy (and remind me!) every time I walk through our front door.

I love her,…simply love her .

We made a fashionable pirate patch for thee lady!

It was put together with felt zebra print, a pink elastic band, and our trusty hot glue gun.

Such a fun little craft to add to her dress-up collection.

A true pirate princess,…that still loves that thumb!

Pumpkin patch cupcakes!

I’m not sure if these are a common thing,…but I specifically remember, when I was about 9 or 10 years old, one of my mom’s friends bringing over a tray of these during the fall season. They must have made an impact on me, because after all these years, I still remember them and for the past few years have made them each fall season. I thought they were so fun, cute, and unique…definitely something a child would love to eat (that is, if they like coconut!).

Ruby and I made them a week or so ago. We had fun and kept it simple. The ingredients: a box of cake mix, a container of icing, 1/2 of a bag of coconut flakes, green food coloring, and candy pumpkins.

Bake your cupcakes. While they are cooling, mix a few drops of green dye in with the coconut flakes. Add more coloring until you’ve reached the consistency you like to make the “grass”. Throw your icing on, then dip the top of the cupcake in the coconut and top off the cake with a candy pumpkin.

Such a sweet little treat!

I saw this on one of my favorite blogs and it gave me the idea to make one for our front door.

Too cute, right?

And then I got inspired even more with my little “boo” and just had to add some little matching grey ghosts. I would have gone for the traditional white ghost, but I didn’t have white felt at home. Boo,…(no pun intended. har har…) But, I have to say I’m pretty happy with my grey goblin ghosts. I stitched white little eyes in with a large needle and the matching white yarn, then attached them with clear fishing line.

Here’s the full tutorial on how to make you own little yarn words over at Bloesem Kids.

Enjoy!

White paper plates,…I got six out of the plate, paint them with yellow and orange (leave the white tips), punch some holes at the top, thread your yarn through, and you have an adorable candy corn garland.

I laid everything out one afternoon for Ruby to do with me once she woke from her nap, but that little stinker wanted nothing to do with my paper plates and paint! Lets just say it takes this little girl some time for her to wake up. Just sometimes, not all the time, but most of the time.  Little cutie stinker.

So I sat at the counter with my little grumper and painted the candy corn all by myself while she observed. It worked out,…and she helped me string them together later that day. Somehow little E slept through this ALL! There are firsts for everything, I guess.

Go make one!!

Lots of crafty days for this little muffin,…

A jack o’ lantern that she helped cut out with her “knife”. Or, what most people like to call, “scissors”.

Lots of paint and hands to created a friendly bat and a pumpkin in its own little patch, complete with DIY glitter salt.

And a festive fall tree with finger-stamped leaves.

But we can’t forget the pink flittery fluttery bat puppet…he’s a keeper.

I love this time of year,…any excuse for a sweet craft to create with my Rubes.

Now, don’t you think I should get some sort of award for letting my TWO YEAR OLD daughter paint my nails?! Call me crazy, but…

I’m blaming it on J. It was his idea and of course he announced his idea in front of “the Rubes”. How could I say NO when she looked at me with those excited eyes and asked if she could paint my nails, “pink”!?

Luckily it came off pretty easily,…and the little streaks that are left in the corners of my nails make me smile…

P.S.- Please excuse the mismatched outfit I have going on there,…I was trying to be comfy and didn’t think through my outfit ensemble. Ruby’s outfit, on the other hand, is simply to die for!

Yes, we’ve been on a crafting kick lately,..specifically with cardboard objects and wiggly eyes.

But, look! A “hungry caterpillar” to add to our latest collection of crafted puppets!

Painting her caterpillar very carefully,…

A simple craft activity,…

Just find an old egg carton, paint, add some fun embellishments….and you have a sweet little caterpillar!

After making our TOMS owl puppet, Ruby and I got inspired to make another puppet, but this time using a good, old fashioned toilet paper roll!

Our puppet ended up turning into a little alien girl/pig-tailed-hula girl which Ruby chose to name,…”RUBY!” Go figure,…

I forgot to take photos of us  in action making our little “RUBY!” puppet, but we basically cut halfway down the top of a paper roll, then cut horizontally on each side to make the arms, and lastly added a small cardboard circle (cut from another toilet paper roll) to make the face. We painted the roll pink (her request, as usual!) and after that, we just went crazy and decorated with the random scraps we have in our craft box!

It was another sweet activity to do with Ruby,…especially at the stage she’s at right now.

My little muffin, so very cute!

Ruby sometimes gets tired of the camera,…I’m sure this is the plight of all momma bloggers!

At the end of our puppet crafting, I set up a little curtain with our cloth napkins and tried to show Ruby how to do a puppet show. Didn’t work too well,…but she had fun with it!

Hope this inspires you to make a fun puppet craft with your little ones, using whatever you have laying around the house!