Craft Ideas Blog

October 2009

We had just enough broken crayon pieces to make one crazy pumpkin crayon with our Wilton silicone pumpkin mold! Put your broken crayon pieces into a well greased muffin tin and bake in the oven at 400 degrees until the wax has melted. Let new crayon completely cool before removing from the muffin tin and [...]

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Step2 is currently running a national contest for a new dream kitchen from Frigidaire (complete with refrigerator, dishwasher, over the counter microwave, and oven) and a new Step2 toy kitchen! To enter the Step2 Creative Kids in the Kitchen Contest, submit an essay of 250 words or less on how your family fosters creativity when [...]

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I thought of yet another great use for the Paper Doll Dress Up cartridge that I love so much! This cartridge has lots of awesome Halloween stuff, so I decided to make some custom coloring pages for Elliot. You’ll need a Cricut marker to insert in place of the blade to draw the design on [...]

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My good friend Bethany started a craft blog called The Paper Pony, and this week she posted some beautiful Halloween paper bag projects. She did a broomstick, haunted house, and pumpkin – so cute and easy!! She also did this fun Halloween fabric wreath. She has tons of great crafts on The Paper Pony, so [...]

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Glue and tiny pieces of paper are a great combination for a toddler, so this craft from The Arts & Crafts Busy Book by Trish Kuffner was lots of fun! And it’s Halloween-ish too…Here’s what you’ll need to make your tissue paper cat: glue stick scissors tissue paper cat printable (or you could trace a [...]

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I have been collecting fun Halloween ideas for a while now – here are 7 of my favorite Halloween treats! Cobweb cookies Ghost cookies Witches’ brooms Haunted gingerbread houses Forked eyeballs Creepy Cupcakes Halloween cookie pizza Happy Haunting!

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The winner of the Jerilyn holiday cards is Kindra! She said, “I like the Happy Holidays Falling Snow card. Very pretty.” And the runner up is Shannon who said, “I love the Merry News Type and the Retro Snowflake. Very nice!” Email kelsey[at]vanillajoy[dot]com to claim your prize BEFORE SUNDAY! Thanks! THE PRIZE One Vanilla Joy [...]

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The winner of the Haunted Canyon train ride is Kiersten! She said, “This looks like so much fun!” Email kelsey[at]vanillajoy[dot]com to claim your prize. Congratulations! Also, for all those who didn’t win but who still want to go on the Haunted Canyon, enter the code VJBLOG for a $3.00 discount on adult fare! AND Anyone [...]

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Peanut Butter Swirl Brownies Peanut Butter Swirl 1 c. peanut butter chips 6 oz. cream cheese, softened 1/2 c. sugar 2 eggs Brownies 1 box Betty Crocker Supreme Chocolate Chunk Brownie mix 3 T water 1/2 c. vegetable oil 2 eggs 1. Heat oven to 350. Grease 13×9 inch pan. 2. Microwave PB chips 30 [...]

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