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Paper Plate Preschool Crafts

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by Filed Under: Crafts, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Social Media, Sunday School

published date: August 22, 2021
modified datt: February 01,2024

Some of the easiest crafts for kids include using paper plates. Take a look at these Paper Plate Preschool Crafts including animals, cars, Dr. Seuss, rainbows, flowers and more. Let’s get crafting!

Paper Plate Preschool Crafts

Plan a fun, screen-free afternoon of crafting with the kids. We’ve put together 20 paper plate preschool crafts that parents, teachers, and kids will love. These fun and easy projects are perfectly suited for preschoolers, but you’ll find that your toddler can complete some of them with a little help, too. Of course, it’s totally fine if the older kids want to join in!

You’ll find paper plate crafts that help kids work on their fine motor skills with cutting, tearing, painting, and gluing. They’ll also learn a few other skills, such as color mixing, focus, and concentration.

From making a paper plate turtle to a colorful rainbow, there’s something here to interest every child.

So grab your crafting materials, and let’s get started on these adorable projects with your preschooler today!

Easy Paper Plate Preschool Crafts

Grab some pretty pink paint to make this adorable paper plate pig. This paper plate preschool craft is perfect for a unit on farm animals and is easy enough to make at home or in the classroom. If you’re making this in the classroom and need to save a little time, use pink plates from the party aisle to eliminating the painting step. | Simple Everyday Mom

If you’re celebrating Black Bear Day or learning about them because they’re your state animal (looking at you, Alabama, Louisiana, New Mexico, and West Virginia), black bears are incredible creatures, indeed. This black bear craft allows preschoolers to practice fine motor skills like cutting crepe paper and simple shapes and gluing/assembling their craft. | ABCs of Literacy

This super-colorful torn crepe paper bird craft will be a huge hit with preschoolers. Use any bright and bold color combinations you’d like, and it will look like a beautiful tropical bird. | Artsy Craftsy Mom

Did you know that snails are more closely related to an octopus than an insect? Strange, but true! This cute little paper plate snail is sure to capture your little one’s attention. We love the bright colors and the patterned paper version, too. What colors will you make your snail? | Non-Toy Gifts

Spring or summer is the perfect time to make a buzzy little paper plate bee. Isn’t it adorable with its big, friendly eyes and cute little wings? Teaching kids about bees is so important from a young age. Crafts are a terrific way to introduce the topic and teach them not to fear these helpful pollinators. | Simple Everyday Mom

This mosaic rainbow craft is wonderful for using up scraps of scrapbook paper. You can also use pre-cut tissue squares if you’d like. Assemble the colors according to the ROYGBIV color system of the rainbow, and glue the pieces in place. Easy peasy! | Kids Activities Blog

Is your preschooler completely obsessed with dot markers? Okay, I have to admit, they are a lot of fun. Use the bright neon ones to decorate paper plate wings for a cute butterfly craft. The only other materials you need are craft sticks, glue, and googly eyes. | Glitter on a Dime

Kids of all ages recognize the Cat in the Hat from the book and the movies based on it. This easy preschool paper plate craft is made with simple shapes—rectangles, triangles, and the circle plate—so it’s quite easy for kids to cut the pieces they need to make his hat and ears. | Artsy Craftsy Mom (More Dr. Seuss Crafts on Frugal Coupon Living.)

Speaking of Dr. Seuss, you don’t want to miss this Put Me in the Zoo-themed paper plate craft, either. Kids will cut up lots of tissue paper and use a pencil to place the pieces, which is good for fine motor skills. Then, colorful pom-poms are added to the face as well. Totally adorable! | Natural Beach Living (Similar one in our Dr. Seuss Activities – Crafts, Printables & Recipes )

Turtles are such fascinating animals. After all, they carry their homes on their backs! Preschoolers will adore making this cute paper plate turtle with green construction paper, a paper plate, and some green paint. It’s a fun craft for a unit on reptiles. | Simplistically Living

If you have a preschooler, you’ll undoubtedly recognize Piggie, one of the Mo Willems Elephant and Piggie series characters. This craft involves lots of cutting to make the tissue paper squares and other features for Piggie, so it’s wonderful fine motor practice for those little hands. | Living Life and Learning

Who doesn’t love Minions? Those little yellow guys are loads of fun (though mischievous), and this is a terrific craft for family movie night. Make your Minion paper plate crafts while popping some popcorn, and then sit down to enjoy one of the films together. | Glue Sticks & Gumdrops

Looking for a fun project to go along with The Grouchy Ladybug? Make this totally adorable paper plate ladybug! You may need to sketch out the head and spots for your toddlers or preschoolers, but older children can probably free-hand the design just fine. Alternatively, you could let the little ones paint the plate red and cut the spots and head from construction paper to glue and paste to the plate. | Teaching With Children’s Books

Get all the late summer and fall vibes with this cute paper plate sunflower. The black dots (for seeds) are made with an eraser, but you could let your kiddo make fingerprints in the center instead if you’d like. | Non-Toy Gifts

The Rainbow Fish is a popular book for preschoolers, and this craft goes along perfectly with the story. The sparkly, colorful gills are made with bright paper cut into circles. Cutting out these shapes will provide your little ones some fantastic scissor practice which can help their concentration as well! | Natural Beach Living

This is a really cool craft that your kids will LOVE. You need 5 minutes and a couple of paper plates to set up this cute Paper Plate Dinosaur Craft for the kids! Then, it’s easy enough for toddlers or preschoolers to get in on the creative action by painting the plate and the clothespins. | Taming Little Monsters

How adorable is this paper plate car? It’s made with super simple shapes: circles, half-circles, and rectangles, so it’s easy for preschoolers to cut the shapes. Also, you could make a bus by painting the paper plate yellow and using blue windows instead. This is a great choice for a transportation unit study. | Real Life at Home

The kids will have a roaring good time with this paper plate lion. Snipping the main and ruffling it up a bit gives the craft a more 3D look. | Kids Activities Blog

Celebrate a birthday or any other special occasion by making a sweet paper plate cupcake. Use pretty scrapbook paper for the cupcake liner and lots of bright, colorful tissue paper for the frosting. Of course, no cupcake is complete without sprinkles—they’re made with mini pom-poms! | The Simple Parent

Have a hopping good time making some paper plate frogs. They’re so easy! Cut a paper plate in half, paint it, then add the facial features. The curled-up red tongue is a fun addition! | Our Kid Things

I did say 20 crafts, but of course I had to share our own paper plate idea. How about turning a paper plate into a Sunday School craft with this Noah’s Ark activity for kids. | Frugal Coupon Living

We hope you enjoyed these preschool paper plate crafts. They are so creative and fun! We can’t wait to see what your little ones create. Which one are you going to make first?

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Speaking of Preschool Craft Ideas, take a look at these A to Z Letter Crafts for Kids. Such a fun way to learn the alphabet. Pin to Pinterest.

There isn’t a preschool classroom that doesn’t read Dr. Seuss! Celebrate this beloved author with these Dr. Seuss Preschool Crafts & Activities. Pin to Pinterest.



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Tide Pod Container Ghost Craft for Halloween

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by Filed Under: Crafts, DIY, Facebook, Halloween, Instagram, Pinterest, Social Media

published date: August 17, 2021
modified datt: August 20,2021

You will never guess the upcycled product that created this fun and exciting Halloween Ghost Craft. Print our ghost template printable and use with or without a Cricut machine. Taking only a matter of minutes and a free ghost face cut out printable, this makes a cute and ridiculously easy Halloween craft for adults or the kids.

Easy Ghost Halloween Craft for Adults

Halloween is coming up, and it’s time to start thinking about how you’re going to make this year spooky. You could go the traditional route of telling ghost stories in front of a roaring fire or dressing up as your favorite character for trick-or-treating. But if you want to make something that is fun and easy to make, then this Tide Pod ghost craft is just the thing!

Halloween Ghost Craft

How to make a Halloween ghost craft

This upcycled craft is inexpensive to make and uses supplies you might already have  in your home. Even if you don’t use Tide Free & Clear Pods, you can purchase the laundry soap and use it while repurposing the container for this Halloween ghost craft.

Materials needed:

  • An empty, clean Free & Gentle Tide Pod container
  • Ghost eyes and mouth template – download and save it to use later
  • Black adhesive vinyl for the ghost’s face – you can also use black Sharpie, construction paper or an adhesive printer label
  • Liquid glue (if not using adhesive vinyl)– to attach the eyes and mouth onto the ghost head. I found that regular craft adhesive works well but you can also use Modge Podge and it looks great.
  • Scissors (if not using a vinyl cutting machine)

Instructions:

First remove the top from the container and discard. We won’t be using the lid for this project.

Next I removed the label from the laundry pods container by soaking in hot water until the label softens. Then I scraped the label off carefully, using GooGone to remove it completely.

Tip: You can also use a heat gun to warm the label but the ease of this option varies based on the brand. For instance, I found using a heat gun to be easy on Gain containers but difficult on Tide containers.

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Once the container is ready, print out the ghost face template and cut out the pieces. Place the ghost face pieces on the back of the adhesive vinyl and trace them with a pencil. Cut out the pieces.

For a Cricut Halloween project, if you’re using a cutting machine, open the template in your software and trace the pieces. Cut the eyes and mouth out of the adhesive vinyl.

Peel the backing off the vinyl and apply the face pieces to the side of the container.

If you’re using colored paper, trace the shapes and cut them out. Apply glue to the pieces and place them on the side of the container.

If you’re using printable labels, print out the template, cut the pieces out and apply them.

If you are using a black permanent marker, use the ghost face cut out as a guide to trace your own face.

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Can I use a different container?

Although I used a Tide Free & Clear soap container, you can substitute a different brand that’s white or use a colorful one like the orange Tide container. Perhaps turn it into a fun pumpkin or spray paint it white.

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Got milk? In our Halloween Hacks, we shared light up ghost crafts using a gallon milk jug for iSave A to Z. Just incorporate upcycled Christmas lights and you have a boo-tiful luminary. Don’t be afraid to get creative!

Ways to display your Halloween ghost craft

There are so many fun ways to display your ghost craft. You can place your ghost on a table or counter to set up as the perfect Halloween night scene. You might want to include other Halloween decorations like spiders, black cats, and witches hat bowls filled with candy for trick-or-treating.

This cute ghost would also be a great addition to your Halloween front porch décor with some pumpkins around him. Get a small hay bale from your local craft store and set up a spooky setting with spider webs that will impress your trick-or-treaters. Or use as fun Halloween lighting displaying up and down the staircase.

Ghost Template Printable

There are two formats you can get this FREE Ghost Template printable. Choose either a PNG for your Halloween Cricut Craft or download at a ghost PDF to use the ghost face as a template for tracing with a sharpie marker.

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How to Print at Staples

Don’t have a printer? You an print at your local print shop or your Staples Printing Center. Watch this video for how I print my PDF documents at Staples.

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More Halloween Ideas

I love a frugal low-cost Halloween Craft. Take a look at these affordable Dollar Tree Halloween Crafts too. Pin to Pinterest on your Halloween Board.

Dollar Store Halloween Crafts and Decor

Every holiday needs amazing lighting. Take a look at these Spellbinding Halloween Lighting Ideas. Pin to Pinterest on your Halloween board.

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Dr. Seuss Crafts and Activities for Preschool

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by Filed Under: Baby, Back To School, Crafts, Facebook, Instagram, Kids, Parenting, Pinterest, Social Media

published date: August 15, 2021
modified datt: January 24,2022

Get those small hands crafting. These Dr. Seuss Activities for preschool create some of the cutest crafts for kids. Of course they can be applied to kindergarten, homeschool, and other aged children. From Cat in the Hat to the Lorax, let’s get ready to create some of the most adorable Dr. Seuss Crafts.

Dr. Seuss Activities for Preschool

While Arts & Crafts are often looked at as a fun preschool activity, they actually have huge importance on the development of preschoolers. Most arts and crafts activities consist of moving fingers and hands, developing fine motor skills, muscles strength and the improvement of control. They also include decision making and understanding the purpose of scissors, glue placement, shapes that come together to create a larger picture. Blending crafts can also take place with creating a love of early literacy using many popular and well-loved children’s books.

Who is Dr. Seuss?

Dr. Seuss is a famous writer and cartoonist who published over 60 Children’s books. He was born in 1904 and died in 1991, but with his death was not lost the enjoyment of his beloved books. Dr. Seuss books are a great way to introduce stories, new vocabulary and a little silly humor into the young minds of preschoolers.

Popular Dr. Seuss Books for Preschoolers

  • The Cat in the Hat

  • Green Eggs and Ham

  • Oh, The Places You’ll Go

  • How the Grinch Stole Christmas

  • One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish

  • Fox in Socks

  • The Lorax

Dr. Seuss Day

Dr. Seuss Day is every March 2nd. It’s Dr. Seuss’s Birthday but is also Read Across America Day, a nationwide reading celebration that takes place annually. During this date, preschools, schools and libraries honor the children’s author Dr. Seuss and the importance of early literacy.

Where to Buy Dr. Seuss Books Cheap

When looking for cheap Dr. Seuss books, there are a number of places to start. First, nothing is cheaper than free. You can find free Dr. Seuss books from the library and checking them on on loan. Return when you class is done with the readings. Another idea is putting a request out into the internet. A great place to look for used Dr. Seuss Books is in a local Buy Nothing Group. Facebook is a good place to start.

If you strike out at both the library and an online forum, try to locate used books at BetterWorldBooks. I suggest ordering well ahead of the date of your lesson. If you want new Dr. Seuss Books cheap, try Amazon but buy in a set (not individually.) This Dr. Seuss Beginner Book includes many of Dr. Seuss most popular books including…

    • Dr. Seuss’s The Cat in the Hat Comes Back
    • Dr. Seuss’s There’s a Wocket in My Pocket!
    • Dr. Seuss’s Oh Say Can You Say?
    • Dr. Seuss’s Please Try to Remember the First of Octember!
    • Robert Lopshire’s New Tricks I Can Do!
    • Al Perkins’s Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb (illustrated by Eric Gurney)


Dr. Seuss Crafts

Now that we are inspired by one of the most amazing children’s authors, let’s begin our preschool activities and Dr. Seuss Crafts.

Cat in the Hat Craft

Parents love preschool handprint crafts. They are perfect to frame and you can see how that little cute hand remains one perfect size forever. These Easy and fun handprint Dr. Seuss craft for kids. These Dr. Seuss Hand Crafts for Kids are quite cute and really memorable. | Kids Craft Room

This photograph Cat in the Hat Craft for kids is adorable for the classroom. Create a Dr. Seuss Bulletin Board idea and dress every child like The Cat in the Hat. | I Heart Arts n Crafts

Paper plate preschool crafts are so easy as a white plate provides a nice structured surface for a child’s craft. Using triangles, circles, rectangles, put together a Cat in the Hat Craft for the classroom. | Mrs. Ricca’s Kindergarten

Your kids will love watching the adorable TP Roll Craft. Lift cat in the hat out of his well-known red and white stripped hat. This set comes with the printables you need to recreate this Cat in the Hat Pop Ups Puppet Craft. | Stuff by Ash

Oh the Places You Will Go Craft

Want to know a preschool craft that parents will love… it’s this one. Create a 3-D Hot Air Balloon Craft putting each child’s photograph in the basket of the balloon. Optional ideas include adding a hand print (for freezing time) or listing something that child wishes to be when they grow up – that could make for funny answers! You could add a white typed up strip of paper, tied to a piece of yard on the balloon as if it was traveling/flowing in the wind. | Our Kids Things

Put Me in the Zoo Craft

Paper plate crafts are the best, especially when you can add pom-poms and googly eyes – right? If these craft supplies take you back to your childhood, create this Put Me In The Zoo Dr. Seuss Preschool Craft. | Surviving Teacher Salary

One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish Craft

In this preschool tissue paper craft, work on colors as well as motor skills with gluing creating and adorable One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish Craft.  Kids will sort the colors blue and red and use a glue stick (or the teacher can apply glue dots) to paste colored tissue paper squares to the fish. Easy Dr. Seuss activity, checking off the many important preschool core strands.

This adorable handprint craft makes four adorable fish – one fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish handprint craft. So easy to make and an adorable under the sea craft for kids. | Vanessa Dewey

The Lorax Craft

Look at those little hands used to make this The Lorax Inspired Paper Plate Craft! This handprint preschool craft makes such a sweet keepsake to save for years to come. Make sure to add the date to the back to freeze those little hand sin time. | ABCs of Literacy (Also see our Paper Plate Preschool Crafts)

Create fork painting flowers by making your own preschool Truffula Tree Craft. | Mass Hole Mommy

Fox in Socks Craft

Younger kids love making paper bag puppets because there fun to make and then they get to play with the craft afterwards! These Fox in Socks paper bag puppets are a simple classic craft, uses common house supplies as well as a printable template. | I Heart Arts n Crafts

Ten Apples Up on Top Craft

This is the perfect craft to go along with numbers. Read the fun book about counting apples and then create this darling Ten Apples Up on Top Craft for Preschoolers. | Little Family Fun!

Bartholomew and the Oobleck Craft

This Dr. Seuss preschool craft is less of a take home and more of a sensory table idea. Learn how do you make Oobleck slime and let the kids have fun getting their hands dirty. For kids who are more sensitive to having their hands in slime, put it inside a plastic bag so they can play with it without getting their hands dirty. | A Spotted Pony

Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories Craft

Try a Dr. Seuss activity that is unique. Make adorable Gertrude McFuzz bird crafts. This preschool Dr. Seuss Craft uses scrapbook paper for the feathers but you also could glue feathers on for added textures. | Little Family Fun

Celebrate Dr. Seuss’s birthday by creating some cute little Yertle Turtles with egg cartons! This craft idea makes an easy counting lesson craft during Dr. Seuss festivities! | Frugal Fun for Boys

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Dr. Seuss Ideas

We have more Kids Ideas for Dr. Seuss Day!

Enjoy these Dr. Seuss Cupcakes Recipes. So many cute ideas and tasty Dr. Seuss Desserts! Pin to Pinterest.

Lastly, look at these Dr. Seuss Day Ideas for Preschoolers and Young Kids. Adorable Dr. Seuss printables, recipes, & crafts. Pin to Pinterest.



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31+ Days of Kid’s Halloween Party Food Crafts

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by Filed Under: Facebook, Halloween, Instagram, Kids, Pinterest, Recipe, Seasonal, Social Media

published date: June 30, 2021
modified datt: September 14,2021

Enjoy these 31 Halloween Food Crafts for Kids. Halloween classroom party snack ideas, spooky food for kids, and October after-school snack ideas… which Halloween Party Food idea for kids is on your list?

31 Days of Kid's Halloween Food Crafts

We have over 31 days of Halloween for you and the kids! Pumpkins, mummies and spiders abound in this collection of Kid’s Halloween Food Crafts! Get your little ghouls and boos involved in the kitchen, helping make treats and drinks. We love that so many of these are super simple. Try cut fruit in an orange jack-o-lantern for snack time, make your own monster out of mini cheese or whip up different batches of spooky sweets.

What do you eat at a Halloween party?

If hosting a Halloween party, your food tablescape is very important. It’s wise to have a variety of party food ideas to appeal to every pallet and type of monster and witch. Serve Halloween appetizers, entrees, snack foods, and dessert ideas. From cupcakes, to cookies, pizza and hot dogs, dips and more, this collection of Halloween Party Foods for kids is sure to appeal to your ghosts and ghouls.

Fun Halloween Party Food Ideas for Kids

Whether you’re looking for sweet, snacky or scary treats this list has got it!

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1.) Melted Witch Pudding Parfaits from The First Year Blog

2.) Orange Jack O’Lantern Fruit Cups from Frugal Coupon Living

3.) Green Monster Marshmallow Treats from Frugal Coupon Living

4.)  Spider Web Cookies from Bakerella


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Three Halloween dessert ideas and a mummy hot dog you can dip in ketchup or wrap in cheese!

5.) Bat OREO Truffles from One Sweet Appetite (see our easy Bat Halloween Party Food idea too!)

6.) Monster Cake from Makoodle (no longer available)

7.) Halloween Mummy Hot Dogs from Frugal Coupon Living

8.) Halloween Candy Bark from Just a Taste

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More tasty Halloween snack ideas that can be eaten afterschool for snack or used for a Halloween classroom party.

9.) GingerDEAD Skeleton Cookies from Kailley’s Kitchen

10.) Bloody Band Aid Cookies from Noble Pig

11.) Black OREO Cats from Party Pinching

12.) OREO Eyeballs from Frugal Coupon Living

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Halloween dips create the perfect Halloween appetizer. Don’t forget these creative spider dessert ideas for a Halloween too.

13.) Chocolate Peanut Butter Spider Cookies from A Spicy Perspective

14.) Halloween Frankenstein Twinkies from Frugal Coupon Living

15.) Graveyard Taco Dip from Chick a Bug

16.) Halloween OREO Stuffed Spider Cupcakes from Frugal Coupon Living

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This Halloween cheese monster is easy-peasy. For a more technical craft, eat up these Halloween finger desserts – you never will guess what makes that finger nail! Gross!

17.) Monster Cookies from Lil Luna

18.)  Cheese Monsters from Danya Banya

19.)Halloween Candy Corn Recipe Bars (aka Scarecrow Bars) on Frugal Coupon

20.)  Beet & Avocado Deviled Eggs from Amazingly Tasty (no longer available)

21.)  Creepy Edible Witch Fingers from Simply So Good

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Have you tried to make a Halloween spider pizza, while many will pick off the olive spider, it will create a spook-tacular Halloween pizza.

22.) Halloween Jalapeno Popper Mummies from The Hopeless Housewife – We love our new and improved Easy Halloween Jalapeno Mummies  too.

23.) Candy Corn Sugar Cookies from Our Best Bites

24.) Halloween Spider Web Pizzas from Frugal Coupon Living – For a twist take a look at our Halloween Mummy Pizza.

25.) Halloween Twinkie Mummies from Frugal Coupon Living

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The easiest cupcake includes a ice cream cone for a witch hat. For a Halloween party, try these monster snacks – so easy to make and this pre-packaged Halloween snack is perfect for the classroom party for Halloween.

26.) Witch Cupcake Hats from Jessy and Melissa – we love our Witch Hat Cupcakes too!

27.) Caramel Apple Nachos from Frugal Coupon Living

28.) Pretzel Bones from Cincy Shopper

29.) Frankenstein Halloween Treats from The Melrose Family

30.) Witches Broom Snack from Raining Hot Coupons

31.) Candy Corn Rice Krispie Treats from Frugal Coupon Living

Okay, so over the years we added more! The most popular is our Mummy Jalapeno Poppers – so yummy!

32.) Frankenstein Brownies from Frugal Coupon Living

33.) Mexican Stuffed Pumpkin Pepper from Frugal Coupon Living

34.)  Halloween Mummy Pizza from Frugal Coupon Living.

35.) Halloween Jalapeno Mummies from Frugal Coupon Living

36.)  Witch Hat Cupcakes from Frugal Coupon Living

 These newer recipes did not make it to our round-up but are just as cool!

If you love these, be sure to save our Thanksgiving Party Food Crafts (Pin to Pinterest for later) and Christmas Party Food Crafts too (Pin to Pinterest for later)!


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Leftover Halloween Candy? Make these Leftover Halloween Candy Recipes. Pin to Pinterest.

Don’t forget these Halloween Hacks and Tips! Pin to Pinterest.

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Take a look at our 31 FREE Halloween Printables. Pin to Pinterest.

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We had fun with these 31 Inspiring Halloween Mantles and Tablescapes. Pin to Pinterest.

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Not Your Grandma’s Embroidery Crafts & Designs

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by Filed Under: Crafts, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Social Media

published date: June 29, 2021
modified datt: September 20,2021

Granny’s embroidery is the new tie-dye. Begin a new adult hobby and take a look at these free embroidery patterns, designs, crafts and ideas!

Embroidery Crafts & Designs

Hey millennials. Are you embracing things of the past? This millennial (points to self) has gone granny chic and is embracing unpacking heirlooms and buying heirlooms, I don’t have, from others. I have found, as well, so many people are getting rid of their grandma’s older things for next to nothing.

Embrace it for what it is. Embroidery is the new tie-dye. If you are looking for a new hobby or want touches of all things granny chic in your home, threads and stitchery is the way to go.

Get a hobby, but make it cool. Order and embroidery kit, and let’s take a look at these embroidery craft ideas!

Basic Embroidery Stitches

Before you begin crafting, it’s important to know some of the basic embroidery stiches.

  • Running stitch

  • Back stitch

  • Split stitch

  • Chain stitch

  • Stem stitch

  • Lazy daisy stitch

  • Fly stitch

  • French knot

  • Satin stitch

  • Long & short stitch

While there are many basic embroidery stiches images on the web, I find it best to watch a video. Adam at Love Crafts shows you these 10 basic embroidery stitches.

Fore embroidery inspiration, you can see some additional images of basic embroidery stiches on The Spruce Crafts.


Where can I get free embroidery designs?

If you are just beginning, The best places to find free embroidery ideas are from blogs, bloggers, and vloggers. Many of them offer free designs and step by step tutorials. You can also take a look at YouTube embroidery videos with ones that provide embroidery designs downloads.

These websites are also great resources for free embroidery patterns.

While an embroidery machine is fun, we are doing everything by hand. Join us as we take a look at some of the best hand embroidery designs on the web.

Hand Embroidery Designs

When you get good, began to look for things to embroider for gifts like this home is where I am with you quote. This free floral embroidery pattern is quite cute. | The Yellow Bird House

You can add embroidery art to clothing with Sulky Stick n Stitch. I love this berry embroidery pattern on jean shorts. | Crewel Ghoul

DNC is a common colored embroidery floss. It’s the thread we all made friendship bracelets with growing up. They have an amazing library of free embroidery designs. I especially love this leaf embroidery pattern. | DNC

You can’t embrace granny chic without granny’s china. Take on this beautiful blue and white chinoiserie china pattern through a needle and thread. Then hang it on your dish gallery wall! | DNC (also look at Country Living’s Ginger Jar Embroidery Pattern.)

How about this simple embroidery. It would be perfect for a baby’s room with a nature motif – evergreen trees free hand embroidery pattern. | A Lively Hope

This modern embroidery template features a hand holding the ASL sign, I love you. | Make and Do Crew

There’s just something enchanting about ferns, isn’t there? Perhaps I love it because it’s my father’s name. This beautiful ombré fern embroidery art looks beautiful featuring different shades of green, bleeding one hue to another. | Lolli and Grace

Southern girls love to monogram. Do your own monograming with this free Alphabet pattern for monogram embroidery. | The Spruce Crafts

Looking for a free Christmas Embroidery pattern? How about things to embroider for gifts? Stay with the timeless evergreen and red truck embroidery pattern. | Country Living

are you familiar with a Phenology Wheel? A phenology wheel is a circular journal or calendar that encourages a routine of Earth observation where you live. Follow Jessica as she creates a embroidered phenology wheel, observing nature each month. | Cutesy Crafts (get the Embroidered Phenology Wheel Here)

I love antiques. My favorite way to display antiques is with a Gallery Family History Photo Wall. I mix prints and textures. This antique dresser would do the trick! | Country Living

This beautiful piece reminds me so much of crochet. I love how this winter snowflake hand embroidery snowflake mandala appears to have tulips on the end. As if the winter snowflake is turning into spring flowers.  | Stich Floral (so many beautiful designs)

Another beautiful embroidery to sell or gift is this deck the halls Christmas pattern. Download, print, transfer, and start stitching! | Cozy Blue Handmade

Since embroidery is your new hobby, learn this vocabulary word – redwork. Redwork is any type of hand embroidery that’s done in red thread on white or natural colored fabric. make your first red embroidery pattern with this free redwork embroidery roses pattern. | Sew French

I am a friend of the birds. We have have about 6 feeders so this beautiful robin egg blue embroidery pattern does not disappoint. Might need to add it to my bird prints gallery wall. | Country Living


Looking for more hobbies for adults? Take a look at the Free Circut Tutorials and Crafts. Pin to Pinterest.

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Black Friday Week Deal: Melissa & Doug Wooden Train Craft Kit

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Pay only $4.99 for this adorable Melissa & Doug Decorate-Your-Own Wooden Train Craft Kit!

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DIY Dollar Tree Halloween Crafts

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On a budget, looking for inexpensive Dollar Tree Halloween Decorations? Look no more for quick and easy DIY Halloween crafts. We put together some of the the best Dollar Tree Halloween Decorations and DIY Halloween Home Décor Craft Ideas. Make your house look spooktacular for the cost of a dollar… and a quarter – wink!

Halloween Dollar Store Decor and Dollar Tree Crafts

Ghosts and Goblins Spooks Galore! With Fall season quickly approaching, I’m so excited to share this post with you today. It’s always fun doing craft projects, but Halloween crafts are even better. Step up your decorating skills this season with these creative Dollar Tree Halloween Crafts Ideas that you can make in no time and for practically no money.

If you are looking to craft while staying on budget, Dollar Tree is the perfect place to buy your supplies. I love Dollar Tree and the fact that they have so many products that you can turn into almost anything on a small budget. You might even have some of the supplies already on hand, making it even easier.

Let’s face it, we all want to buy Halloween décor for our home, but for most of us, it’s just not in the budget. Which is why Dollar Tree is my go-to spot for craft supplies. Best of all, for the price you would pay for Halloween home décor at other stores, you can buy a large handful of items at the Dollar Tree and make your own Dollar Store Halloween Decor ideas.

Hosting a Halloween party this year? We’ve got you covered. Want a cool display? Did you know that you can take a Christmas village and turn it into a spooky haunted village? Now let’s have a look at these wonderfully spooky Dollar Tree Halloween DIY craft ideas!

Dollar Tree Halloween Décor Tips

Before you get started on these DIY Dollar Store Halloween Decorations, take a look at these of these décor tips.

  • For many of these projects you will want these low-cost  Dollar Tree Skeletons.
  • Also, the dollar store sells Plastic and Foam Pumpkins which turn cheap little Halloween Décor into expensive looking, Halloween decorations. You also can turn any orange plastic pumpkin into a new color. Use gold, pink or blue acrylic paint. It’s low cost décor that matches your home style and decorative tastes.
  • Pick up a broom and spray paint it black or gold for a spooky effect. The cost is a dollar and it gives your witch décor a nice ride.
  • Take a look at these Dollar Tree Cobblestone Corners Christmas village supplies When colored with black spray paint, can be turned into the spookiest Halloween village. Display on an mantle, windowsill or a side table. Grab battery operated string lights and give them a spooky glow. Attach stretch spider webs and plastic spiders to finish the spooky village.

Get creative, before you begin browse the Halloween Decorations on Dollar Tree.

DIY Dollar Store Halloween Decorations

Just tricks, plenty of easy and low-cost treats. Enjoy these fun Dollar Tree Halloween Decorations you can make yourself for an incredibly low-cost. With a little bit of creativity you can easily replicate Halloween Décor from Pottery Barn, Target, and other expensive retailers.

Keep an eye out for who is creating amazing Halloween Décor. Is it modern décor you like? Grandmillenial style? Farmhouse style? Once you find something that fancies your taste, walk the Dollar Tree Halloween Décor aisle and get out plasters, paints, and glitter. Create the same thing for a lot less with these DIY Dollar Tree Halloween Décor crafts.

Take a look at the list of Halloween Decorations Dollar Tree Ideas!

DIY Sugar Skulls

Take a look at our very own DIY Sugar Skull Craft. Such an easy and fun idea to embrace the day of the dead. This can be easily done with a foam skull or using fabric or chalkboard markers, recreate it with a plastic skull too.

Preschool Halloween Craft

Looking for Halloween crafts for kids? Stop here with this adorable and easy Halloween Craft for toddlers. Take a look at our Halloween Dollar Store Decor Bat Craft tutorial. For an added shape, trace small hands and turn the coffee filter wings into Halloween Handprint crafts.

DIY Dollar Tree Wreath

Want something for the door. Follow our Halloween Dollar Tree Wreath tutorial. Using pipe cleaners, a wreath form, and wired ribbon you can personalize to your own style. Add your own desire ornaments and Dollar Store embellishments.

Black, White & Gold Painted Pumpkins

Turn a Dollar Tree pumpkin into something high end. For a low cost, transform a foam pumpkin into a designer look with a gold leaf stem! These DIY painted pumpkins add glam to your fall decor. Best of all, you can use them at Thanksgiving too. | First Day of Home

Laundry Basket Skeleton Cages

This idea is just genius. Using Dollar Tree Laundry Baskets and Dollar Tree Skeletons, make this Hanging Cage Halloween prop. So easy and fun. These would be a nice touch to your outdoor Halloween inflatables. | The Navage Patch

Halloween Cloche Using Jars

Craft this creepy Dollar Store Halloween Decoration. Make a cute mini skull cloche decoration for Halloween! This Dollar Store craft uses skulls, mason jars, paint and a hot glue gun. | Average Inspired

Cute Halloween Wreath

Is your front porch lacking something cute? Make a DIY Halloween wreath with items from the dollar section at your favorite store! A foam wreath, socks, spiders and garland make this easy Halloween wreath. | Simply Designing

Plastic Pumpkin Lanterns

Turn jack o lanterns pumpkin pails into solar powered lights for as little as $2 each. All you need are two Halloween supplies from the dollar store. | Scratch and Stitch

Pumpkin Halloween Totem

Also look at her tipsy Halloween light up buckets! This adorable Plastic Pumpkin Totem is perfect touch outdoors. You can also use indoors stacking inside a planter or large vase. | Scratch and Stitch

Table Place Markers

Hosting a Halloween party? Design and make these Dollar Store Craft Halloween Place Card Holders using Dollar Tree skeleton hands. You could use the same idea with lots of hands to make Halloween Centerpieces that compliment the rest of the Halloween tablescape. | The Navage Patch

Venus Fly Trap Planter

Using Dollar Tree foam balls, craft your very own DIY carnivorous plants. I love that this Halloween craft comes with a free printable beware sign. Have a Halloween party? This would make a nice centerpiece for an outdoor table. | Whistle and Lively

DIY Candy Tote

Love to sew? Three Dollar store t-shirts make this candy corn bag and Halloween Dollar Tree Craft. Your trick or treaters will look just like their favorite candy! | Wine and Glue

Halloween Skeleton Topiary

Make the entry way creepy with these entry way Halloween topiary made with Dollar Tree Skulls. It looks like this crafter used about 14/15 skulls per pot. You could also use as DIY Dollar Tree Halloween Decor inside too. Take these Halloween planters to accent the fireplace mantel. | Keeper of the Cheerios

Light Up Skeleton Candle Sticks

Use light up Dollar Tree candle sticks and skulls and craft two adorable skull Halloween candle holders. These Dollar Store Halloween Crafts use a flameless candle. | Hip2Save

Halloween Village

This might be my favorite when it comes to the DIY Halloween Decorations. A Dollar Tree Cobblestone Corners Christmas village easily turned into a creepy haunted houses. Follow this DIY Halloween village using Dollar Store homes and village people. | The 36th Avenue

DIY Skeleton Wreath

This Dollar Store Halloween Wreath is going to knock your hands off. It’s the perfect Halloween Decoration to greet guests hanging on your front door! Take the bone hand from your skeletons and arrange them in a wreath shape. | Eighteen25

Gauze Mummy Décor

Speaking of hands, make this fun Dollar Store Mummy Hand using gauze and Halloween decorations. | Christy Buonomo Photo


Dollar Store Halloween Crafts and Decor

Such creative home decor ideas. Take a look at these Fall Farmhouse Home Decor Ideas for Halloween. Pin to Pinterest.

Save these free Halloween printables. Many of them are perfect Halloween Decor Ideas.Pin to Pinterest.

Once the orange and black have been put away, pull out the green and red! These Dollar Tree Christmas Crafts are just as fun! Pin to Pinterest.

DIY Dollar Store Christmas Decorations



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