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Gobble Banner Printable and Tutorial

Melissa Bastow

Tags printables, Thanksgiving, tutorials

Gobble Banner Printable and Tutorial

I wanted to make a Thanksgiving banner and I almost made one that said "Give Thanks" but then I thought, "BORING" so I made one that says "Gobble" instead (which is only slightly less boring, but there's only so many Thanksgiving sayings out there). Here's how to make it: Step 1:  Download and print this: Just click on "click to download" and it should automatically start the download process.  And make sure to print these on cardstock, because they need to be nice and thick. Step 2:  Tell your kids to leave you alone for awhile because while I made...


TP Roll Monsters printable and tutorial

Melissa Bastow

Tags halloween, tutorials

TP Roll Monsters printable and tutorial

October makes me think of monsters a lot, but I don't think that they're really something that has to be specific to Halloween as long as they're not all Frankenstein-y but more generic regular-monster-like.  Like this: And now, let me tell you how you can make your very own TP Roll Monster with your kids. First, you need to go to the bathroom.  And wipe yourself.  And blow your nose.  Then repeat.  Until you have a naked TP Roll.  Or 6. Then you need to download the monster parts.   And then you need to print them.  I suggest printing...


Halloween Topiary Tutorial

Melissa Bastow

Tags halloween, tutorials

Halloween Topiary Tutorial

Halloween is my favorite holiday because you get to decorate with things like eyeballs and plastic spiders.  What you'll need to make your own spidery eyeball topiary: Not pictured: plastic eyeballs I got at the dollar store, double sided tape, scissors, a spoon, toothpicks and a thumbtack.  Also, I watched Netflix while I made this, but that's not really required. First, decorate your pot (I used ribbon and double sided tape): Your styrofoam cone should fit into the bottom of your pot once it's trimmed, and you can make the hole with your wooden dowel: Cut the bottoms of the...


Monster Bookmark Tutorial

Melissa Bastow

Tags halloween, tutorials

Monster Bookmark Tutorial

Monsters are great year round, but with Halloween approaching it makes me like monsters EVEN MORE.  So here's a simple tutorial on how to make monster bookmarks with your kids (or if you want to do it by yourself, that's good too). First, you need to cut a piece of thick paper so that it looks like this (the size is totally up to you, as long as it looks like this): Then you need to fold it so that it makes a triangle.  The big flap folds like this: The little flaps fold on top of that, and they...