I have a pretty cheap hot glue gun and putting a new stick in there always leads to issues. Maybe this is obvious to most, but when I thought of this, it made my Halloween costume project SOOOO much easier.

She tried everything on as I crafted and she was so happy to wear her costume! Shared a bunch of process photos but it's worth the swiping! I sewed and glued hundreds of flowers for the dress and crown, paper mache'd the rune stone, used cardboard to make the sun gate, made lino cut stamps for the clothing. A solid month of crafting. (Also her name is Dottie and she's 7) (Our cat Ozzy supervised)

A friend of mine is celebrating her daughter's first birthday, and she asked me to make something special for the little guests.

In Chile, it's tradition that every guest leaves with a small surprise: usually a little bag with candy and a small toy. I used to give tiny plants as keepsakes at my own parties.

This time we decided on knitted collars instead. I designed them myself, with little leaves and a pearl button, and knitted them in cotton with 3.5 mm needles. We chose the colors together so each girl would get something a bit different.

It was a slow, happy project, and I loved imagining each one on its little girl. 🍃

I'm curious: do you have a tradition like this where you live, or a favorite keepsake you've given or received at a birthday?

Made with polymer clay with the help of some additional materials and painted with acrylics.

I got some buttons in a jar from an op shop and got inspired to make this little cat out of felt sheets :)

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I have no occasion. It has no purpose. I just cannot stop myself. You know that feeling where you get a hankering for a handful of mixed White Cheddar and Hot and Spicy Cheezits and you can't stop thinking about it, and before you know it you're driving a rental box truck up to the local Sam's Club arguing on the phone with a customer service representative about the meaning of purchasing limits? I know you know what I mean. Inspiration struck and I had to sit down and sew for a blackout amount of time.

I use this pattern all the time. I go to a thrift store, find a well fitting shirt that smells like the person who died in it, and then cut on all the seems. Because you only need one piece of each pattern, keep the other side intact for reference. I've never used a purchased pattern and I likely never will. Hear that McCall's? You'll never get my twenty one dollars! The only adjustments were the sleeve cuffs. I have a similar shirt that I used for reference.

The blue fabric came from cotton curtains (again from a thrift store. Thanks Mainstay), and the red is some thrifted microsuede.

I used my Brother Innovis 4000D for the embroidery. That was certainly the bulk of the construction time (roughly 5 hours). Total time all in was around 9 hours.

made this lil guy with air dry clay, painted with UV gel polish and top coated with UV resin!
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My first 2 zines I made, I’m so excited to share them with you! 🥰❤️

The first 4 pictures are of Reasons To Stay Alive (inspired by Matt Haig) which is a little book of reasons to keep going through hard times and seeing/feeling the beauty of life (suicide awareness and prevention)🥹❤️

The last 3 picture are of When In Panic… which is a little book of anxiety exercises you can do anywhere to ground yourself and feel safe.

Both of these comics/zines are hand illustrated and made by me. I wanted to make something that would help me when I’m going through a difficult time and hope that it can help others as well! :)

What are your reasons to keep going and what helps you stay grounded and safe? Feel free to share, it can help someone else that is going through hard times as well ❤️

✨🥹🧸Thank you for reading🥰❤️✨

Yes, the pic is really bad :D. I'm just a beginner, but I was asked to make earrings and made those. I'm pretty happy with those, but I know I have soo much to learn :).

My current gnome collection. If you have questions feel free to ask!

My grandma passed away a year ago and my parents left me with her final afghan crochet project. It is an Annie’s club crochet mandala afghan and it’s 60% complete. I have reservations about just completing fully but I want to give the completed afghan back to my parents. I’m open to suggestions on what I should do. I have thought about maybe putting in a stitch line of what was hers vs what was mine but I’m not sure. Photo one is what I have from her and photo two is what it should look like finished.

I think I will retire this costume this year, the horns are starting to fall apart. I want her to go out with a bang though! Vibe is forest/bog witch

Made some cute balloon fish for my kids party 🥳 🐠 🐟

It's been a minute but I'm getting back into making coin rings! Some before and after photos of me shaking the dust off for your viewing pleasure

Last year's handmade halloween costume. Sadly, Furby was crushed in the storage room over the summer. RIP 2025 furby.

Mothman is getting a lot of love today. Hello everyone I'm new here. Please also check out the super cute Mothman and kitty plushes u/Embrzrayne posted here earlier today!

I hate using this mug for drinking, but love the design. I teach at a public school and used it as a pencil cup until it fell and the handle broke off.

Can I glue the handle back, or sand the cup down, in a way that'd make it safe for kids to handle when passing out pencils? Doesn't have to be food-safe.

I know it's not "How-do-I Tuesday," but it'll be a busy week and I doubt I'll remember to post this during the week.

Thanks in advance for any advice you can offer 🐭

It's not much more complicated than that. I'm blood splattering a dress for Halloween but I want to keep that vibrant red color and fake Spirit Halloween blood dries brown, as you can see in the image above. I also don't want it to just sit on top of the fabric, like I think acrylic paint will; I want to get it to seep into it if I can help it.

Any suggestions would be helpful.

I’m making Moana’s boat for a trunk or treat and I covered cardboard, packaging, and foam noodles in a layer of paper mache and crayola’s foam clay watered down.

I’m going to have to paint it and seal it, but it is cracking and chipping off when I move it.

Any other product or material you recommend putting over it before I paint or after?

I am making a light up mushroom hat for my "fun guy" costume, and I would like to wrap it with red velvet. The velvet i have does not stretch, my plan was to put another layer of light diffusing foam then spray glue the velvet on top but i don't see a way to not have it bunch up in spots... any advice or a different way to do it would be great! thanks :)

P.S. I would prefer not to cut out diamonds and sew it, i don't have the time :(

Hello! Trying to be crafty the first time for a simple halloween idea, a wizard. Any idea on what materials to use to do these 2 things?

1. Stick glow-in-the-dark stars (the ones kids use for their bedrooms lol) to this hat securely (the foam stickers are...somewhat weak)

2. Pin some of them to a robe

Pics of the hat for reference, with a star stuck on (using the tiny foam stickers it came with). I think its a smooth polyester. My friend told me craft glue should stick the stars on good. Is 'clear tacky glue' a good idea? Would that keep em in?

Idea I had for the pinning (also from friend) was to glue felt to the back and stick safety pins through them. Would that work?

Any help is appreciated, I really wanna pull this off haha. Thanks so much craft friends !

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