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Gift Ideas | Fall | Halloween
Pumpkin Soup
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giftmaking.jpg (15821 bytes)This week's Craft of the Week features Pumpkin Soup.  This easy and charming craft is really a wonderful gift for any and all of the goblins in your life.

Print the tag
& make a gift
We have created a wonderful gift tag that you can easily download and attach to your mug to make this a special gift. The tag has an adorable picture and inside we have written a poem especially dedicated to the treats of Halloween.

 

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click on the picture above to see a FULL size picture of the tag along with the poem, which you can print out.

  • This can be given as an inexpensive and fun favor for a Halloween party, a gift for a favorite relative and friend and a wonderful Halloween centerpiece.  You'll want to make them for your kids.
  • If you are a teacher or scout leader this is a terrific gift for the kids to make for their parents and or as part of a community service project- making gifts for those who could use some cheering in their lives.
  • Pumpkin Soup is also a very good project to raise money (fund raising) for organizations like the scouts, churches and/or schools.
  • Have fun, this is a real cutie!
    Sue

What you need

  • Coffee mug
  • 1 package of hot chocolate mix
  • Candy bar
  • 10-15 pieces of candy corn
  • Colorful plastic wrap
  • Orange or black thin ribbon

What you do:

  1. Using warm water and a little dish soap wash out the mug.
    You can find inexpensive coffee mugs at your local craft stores.
  2. Once the mug is dried completely, wrap all the other items is the plastic wrap.
  3. Attach the colored ribbon by tying it to the "twist" of plastic wrap you have created.
  4. Attach the Pumpkin Soup tag to the twisted up plastic wrap.
  5. You can staple it over the "twist" to create a finished look.
  6. Don't forget to sign the gift tag!

Soft Sculpture Pumpkin
excerted from"Crafts for All Seasons"
by Kathy Ross

gonext.gif (388 bytes)make a lovely pumpkin from old panty hose
sspumpkinlogo.jpg (5369 bytes)This is a lovely pumpkin craft comes from Kathy Ross' book, "Crafts for all Seasons" that you can make out of old pantyhose and some fiberfill.
You can make it as a nice fall craft or you can modify it for Halloween by adding a face.

Crafts for Halloween
by Kathy Ross, Sharon Lane Holm (Illustrator)
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FREE craft
Haunted House Treat Carrier
coverA collection of twenty Halloween projects. Black cats, ghosts, and spiders come to life in a simple, illustrated guide to creating the perfect decorations for Halloween, designed so that even very young children can use readily available materials to master these holiday crafts

Holiday Bean Soup Gift
beansoup100.gif (4431 bytes)The best gifts are the ones which come from the heart; the ones that warm the heart. Holiday Bean Soup is a wonderful homemade gift that will be loved.   This is perfect for your children's teachers, your post person, your friends at work.  It's also a great gift to make for any community service project- for scouting groups and church groups that want to give during the holiday season Bean Soup is an easy, simple and appreciated gift.   It is terrific as a way to raise funds for schools and other organizations.

Great Gift & Fundraising Idea
Brownies in a Jar Gift
go to our christmas pageEveryone loves brownies.  Brownies are the perfect gift and you'll love our Brownies in a Jar. All you need is a one quart jar that you can pick up at your local craft store.  Just take the ingredients for the Double Fudge Brownie Mix and fill the jar.  You can make the jar festive by using a colorful ribbon to tie on the recipe instructions along with a note from you.  Using a small piece of material you can also cover the lid of the jar add the ribbon and you have "wrapped" your gift!


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