Scrap Paper Butterflies
Handmade Charlotte
by Handmade Charlotte
1y ago
Scrap paper & pipe cleaners make the best butterflies! This idea comes from book 14: foraging in the 1974 series Creative Activities Program. We scored the whole series at a library book sale and the silly & clever titles of the crafts in these books alone are so worth it – “teddy burs” are little teddies made of sculpting burs! But back to these butterflies! These are super easy to make and a great way to use up old scraps of paper. The book suggests mounting the butterflies as a collection on an oversized egg carton flat for 2 1/2 dozen eggs, but we’ve actually never seen those so d ..read more
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Scrap Paper Butterflies
Handmade Charlotte
by Handmade Charlotte
1y ago
Scrap paper & pipe cleaners make the best butterflies! This idea comes from book 14: foraging in the 1974 series Creative Activities Program. We scored the whole series at a library book sale and the silly & clever titles of the crafts in these books alone are so worth it – “teddy burs” are little teddies made of sculpting burs! But back to these butterflies! These are super easy to make and a great way to use up old scraps of paper. The book suggests mounting the butterflies as a collection on an oversized egg carton flat for 2 1/2 dozen eggs, but we’ve actually never seen those so d ..read more
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Dancing Skeleton Puppet
Handmade Charlotte
by Kathleen Ballos
1y ago
Several years ago now, Natalie shared a super fun pasta noodle skeleton puppet on the blog – it’s the best! I was thinking of this project when I made this paper straw version to post on Instagram last week. After a few followers commented asking for instructions to make their own, I made a new video showing this process! The video can be seen right here. This is such a fun puppet to operate – he swings around so naturally, he really looks like he’s dancing. We hope you’ll make one for your own Halloween puppet show! what you need: Paper straws Hot glue gun Wooden beads (four) White pom pom ..read more
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Turn a Macaroni Box Into a Quilted Purse
Handmade Charlotte
by Handmade Charlotte
1y ago
Repurpose empty macaroni boxes into a play purse, stamped to look like a quilted bag! We are in love with all of the quilted purses, coats, bags, hats, you name it that we see, so thought we’d use them as inspiration for this craft! Macaroni boxes are the perfect size for a kid’s play purse, but granola bar boxes or similar work well too! Or maybe a cereal box could be turned into a quilted backpack?! Before stamping, do an online image search for traditional quick block patterns for inspiration. It’ll be hard to pick just one! Read the written instructions below and check out the video on In ..read more
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Dancing Skeleton Puppet
Handmade Charlotte
by Kathleen Ballos
1y ago
Several years ago now, Natalie shared a super fun pasta noodle skeleton puppet on the blog – it’s the best! I was thinking of this project when I made this paper straw version to post on Instagram last week. After a few followers commented asking for instructions to make their own, I made a new video showing this process! The video can be seen right here. This is such a fun puppet to operate – he swings around so naturally, he really looks like he’s dancing. We hope you’ll make one for your own Halloween puppet show! what you need: Paper straws Hot glue gun Wooden beads (four) White pom pom ..read more
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How to Make Speckled Pottery Bakeable Clay
Handmade Charlotte
by Kathleen Ballos
1y ago
Grab some pantry staples and make this oven-bake clay! We had so much fun experimenting with this recipe. I’ve long admired speckled pottery, so making it at home is so satisfying, and a little addicting too! I first made baking soda-cornstarch clay a few years ago now for some Christmas ornaments and I loved how they turned out. The clay was really easy to work with, the materials are super cheap, and they’ve lasted beautifully over the past few years. It’s been a while since I’ve tried making salt dough, but from what I remember, it was a lot drier and more brittle, and also tended to form ..read more
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How to Make Speckled Pottery Bakeable Clay
Handmade Charlotte
by Kathleen Ballos
1y ago
Grab some pantry staples and make this oven-bake clay! We had so much fun experimenting with this recipe. I’ve long admired speckled pottery, so making it at home is so satisfying, and a little addicting too! I first made baking soda-cornstarch clay a few years ago now for some Christmas ornaments and I loved how they turned out. The clay was really easy to work with, the materials are super cheap, and they’ve lasted beautifully over the past few years. It’s been a while since I’ve tried making salt dough, but from what I remember, it was a lot drier and more brittle, and also tended to form ..read more
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Origami Fall Frames
Handmade Charlotte
by Handmade Charlotte
1y ago
Fall is right around the corner, and we couldn’t be more ready for it. You might recognize these frames from a blog post several years ago now – they were inspired by a method included in a vintage craft book that we’re sharing on Instagram Reels today, where you can see the full video tutorial. This time, we used neutral tones and added on a few pressed flowers for a more natural look. We found these woodland photos online and love the cozy fall feeling they give – scroll to get the links to all these photos below. what you need: Paper Scissors Glue (gluestick and white glue) Printed photos ..read more
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Origami Fall Frames
Handmade Charlotte
by Handmade Charlotte
1y ago
Fall is right around the corner, and we couldn’t be more ready for it. You might recognize these frames from a blog post several years ago now – they were inspired by a method included in a vintage craft book that we’re sharing on Instagram Reels today, where you can see the full video tutorial. This time, we used neutral tones and added on a few pressed flowers for a more natural look. We found these woodland photos online and love the cozy fall feeling they give – scroll to get the links to all these photos below. what you need: Paper Scissors Glue (gluestick and white glue) Printed photos ..read more
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Doily Ghost Paper Craft
Handmade Charlotte
by Handmade Charlotte
1y ago
Has there been an easier Halloween craft? Grab some paper doilies from the cabinet, along with some scissors and a hole punch and these extra special ghosts are seconds away! what you need: Paper doilies Scissors Hole punch Screw punch Cutting mat how-to: Step 1 Cut a ghost shape out of a paper doily so that the bottom edge of the ghost is the lace edge of the doily. Step 2 Use a regular-sized hole punch to cut out the mouth of the ghost. Step 3 To make the slightly smaller eyes for the ghost, use a screw punch on the cutting mat to make two eye holes. If you don’t have a screw punch, use ..read more
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