Last Minute Halloween Costume Ideas

Halloween is right around the corner and for those of you who are still procrastinating shopping for a costume here are some last-minute, easy to make costume ideas!  And the best part of all is that they are so creative nobody will know you waited until a few days before Halloween to create your costume!

Last minute Halloween Ideas

Last Minute, Super Easy Father's Day Homemade Gift

Are you looking for a very last minute, super fun and easy gift for the kids to make for Dad?  Well, it does not get any easier than this.  Click the link below, print out the King For The Day Crown, arm your kids with a box of crayons, and voila you are done:)

Father's Day Crown 

Teacher's Appreciation Picture Frame Dry Erase Board

Well, Teacher Appreciation Week crept up on me, and I was very unprepared!  So after some thought and serious web searching I came up with this super easy and super cute idea!  Trust me if you are looking for a homemade gift for the teacher in your child's life it does not get any easier than this.

For the first step (sorry I do not have a picture, but I promise it is easy) you want to pick a picture frame.  I used a standard 8X10.  Any size will work but I thought this size gave the most space to write without it being overly big.  If you plan to hang it on the wall you may want to go bigger, but I envision the teacher propping it up on her desk.

Next you are going to want to pick a piece of scrapbook paper that coordinates with your theme.  My daughter liked this one the best because it looked like a chalk board.  You will want to cut the paper to the size of the frame.  I used the picture insert to trace the exact size and then cut it on the paper cutter.  Regular scissors will work.

Next you can add embellishments to your piece of scrap book paper.  My daughter chose red letters to spell out her teacher's name, but you could also use decorative stickers, buttons, or other cute embellishments.  Once you are done decorating your scrap book paper the next step is to slide it into the picture frame the same way you would a picture.

 

Next I took a dry erase marker and wrapped it in Velcro and then put a tab of Velcro on the back of the picture frame in order to stick the dry erase marker directly to the back of the frame for easy access.  You could also put it on the top if this is to be a hanging dry erase board.

Lastly my daughter and I created a cute bow for the corner to accent the frame.  I wrote with dry erase on the front of the board so that you could see how it worked.  Before we wrapped the gift I wiped it clean and my daughter wrote a personalized message to her teacher on the front thanking her for being such a wonderful teacher :)

And that is how easy it really is!!  I am thinking about using this same formula for a Mother's Day gift.  Hopefully I will have a chance to work on it tomorrow...I will post my picture if I do :)

DIY Spring Wreath

I love to hang a new wreath for every season, but wreaths can be expensive if you purchase them pre-made in stores.  Even though I consider myself somewhat crafty, trying to make a wreath from scratch can be time-consuming and still ends up being costly.  I have found this to be the easiest and most cost-effective way to create a seasonal wreath, and if you already own a glue gun you are halfway there!  I usually go to whichever craft store is offering the best coupon, and I purchase a bunch of prearranged artificial flowers along with a grapevine wreath.

The pre-arranged flower bunches work the best because a professional floral designer already did the work of picking the flowers and colors that compliment each other so it saves you from hours of walking up and down aisles trying to pick and choose through the masses of artificial flowers.  The next step will be to take your pre-arranged flower bouquet and cut all of the flower off.  So it will look something like this:

Next I like to arrange the flowers around my wreath until I find my favorite layout.  Once you find the perfect layout you will take your pre-heated glue gun and attach the flowers to the wreath.  I like to really coat the back of the flower with glue to make sure it sticks to the wreath.  Do not worry about being overly gentle with the flowers...you can really push the stem into the grapevine wreath in order to get a good hold.

 

If you feel like you have some bare spots on your wreath you can take some of the leaves that were left over from your pre-arranged flower bunch and glue them throughout your wreath.

And it is as easy as that!  I spent $3.00 on the grapevine wreath and $6.00 on my pre-arranged bunch of flowers.  So for less than $10 you can create a new spring wreath that will brighten up your front door!  By they way, I like my flowers to only go halfway around my wreath, but if you prefer to cover the entire wreath you would probably need to purchase two bunches of pre-arranged flowers :)

Post a comment below and let me know what you think!!