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Crafty Goodness

Here you'll find some of the craft goodness we've created on Dabbled.

Like what? Well... lots of stuff! You'll find tutorials -- you'll see some featured ones in the sidebar here, or see all of the tips/tutorials posts. Some of our best tutorials are from our great guest bloggers. Do you have a great tutorial you'd like to guest blog here? Just email it to submit.

You'll also find

Shrinky Dinks from Recycled Plastic (Lots of experiments and projects)
Freezer Paper Stencils
Recycled Sweater Projects, like the Elephant Purse, the Sweater Snake, the Octo-puppet, Monster Puppets, a Wine Cozy, and more!

Halloween Roundup: Costumes, food and drink

October 26, 2011 | Also posted in Topic: Halloween, inspirations

A few more cool links to get those halloween juices flowing:

A gory brain cap how-to at Craft
Make this cute little Boogie Bot at MAKE
DIY Super large fake lashes
Make Brains in a Jar cake.. yum!
This cute little peacock tutu, and more at Superpunch
Halloween Food and drink recipes at Talk of Tomatoes
Plus, be sure to check out the Best of Dollar Store Craft halloween roundup for some great ideas..
And flip through our old Halloween stuff here at Dabbled: Go Halloween!

Daphne (Scooby Doo) little girls costume

October 25, 2011 | Also posted in Topic: Halloween, inspirations, Tutorials/Tips

This was actually supposed to go up last year (!) but you know how the time around halloween gets around here! My friend Cecily made this costume for her daughter… She writes:

For my daughter, I didn’t like the Daphne costumes available for sale from the costume stores. They are kind of skanky and not the cool retro Daphne from 1970! She wanted to be the original Daphne for sure.
I used Simplicity: It’s So Easy, pattern #2825 (Dress and Backpack (didn’t make the backpack). I used purple Kona cotton and lavendar bias tape for the trim. Honestly I have

… Read on...

BRAAAAINS! Conehead Zombie… PvZ costume

October 24, 2011 | Also posted in Topic: featured, Featured Craft, Halloween, Seasonal/Holiday, Tutorials/Tips

kids conehead zombie costume from plants vs zombies

The Cutest Little Conehead Zombie: I promised you guys a second costume for The Boy’s halloween (you’ll remember he’s also doing Draco Malfoy, Death Eater), and here it is! He’s a big fan of the Plants Vs. Zombies video game, and insisted on being a Conehead Zombie. We also considered buckethead, but we had the cone, so that sealed the deal. This is easy to put together, and tons of fun. I think this would be a great group costume idea – everyone picking different zombies to play… Read on...

How to Make a kids Harry Potter robe out of Tshirts

October 20, 2011 | Also posted in Topic: Featured Craft, Halloween, party, Seasonal/Holiday, Tutorials/Tips

For The Boy’s Draco Malfoy costume, I had a brainstorm one night when he was using a XL men’s tshirt as a sleep shirt. It was the perfect size for a wizard robe for a 6 year old. This version is meant to be a Death Eater robe (I took the liberty of having it double as Draco’s school robe as well). This could of course work for a wide variety of hooded robes, including Jedi robes! So I grabbed it, and a couple more old t-shirts and with… Read on...

Harry Potter Themed Halloween Ideas

October 18, 2011 | Also posted in Topic: food, Halloween, party

I got too busy today to upload a tutorial on the Draco Malfoy Death Eater costume, so that will have to wait until tomorrow. To tide you over, here are some clever Harry Potter halloween ideas, for those who like to mix their All Hallows with the Deathly Hallows! A few photos below, then links to those ideas and more under the photos. Harry Potter Halloween Idea Links:

Zombie Harry Potter and Crew

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Halloween Costume: Draco Malfoy, The Littlest Death Eater!

October 17, 2011 | Also posted in Topic: featured, Featured Craft, Halloween, Seasonal/Holiday

So, The Boy is somehow getting 2 halloween costumes this year. He’s a big Harry Potter fan, so his first costume is Draco Malfoy, Death Eater. He’s only on book 6, but he has some Legos that have Draco Malfoy in Death Eater garb, so he’s latched on to this idea. So, for his totally homemade/upcycled costume, we have:

A robe, made from several old t-shirts.
A Slytherin scarf, made from old sweatshirts.
A death eater mask, made from a dollar store skeleton mask.
A broomstick, made by Dad from an old broom with a custom handle

… Read on...

12 Pumpkin related halloween ideas: Crafty, costumes and food

October 12, 2011 | Also posted in Topic: food, Halloween

Finally getting into the halloween spirit around here. The hubby was making new gravestones for the front yard the other day, while I thrift shopped and sewed for the Boys two (two? Why two? I’m not quite sure!) halloween costumes. I’ll get him to model one of them when he gets home from school today (Draco Malfoy: Death Eater!) and show that off to you guys this week. Plus a couple of cool tutorials on making it. Until then, to tide you over on halloween related goodness, here’s a few ideas for halloween — all pumpkin, all the time! PS,… Read on...

Sushi-themed Baby Shower Gift

August 22, 2011 | Also posted in Topic: party

Loving this from @dollarcraft a Sushi-themed Baby Shower Gift!

Faux food gifts are a fun idea that’s been floating around out there for a while. You’ve probably seen diaper cakes or sock cupcakes, but here’s a new twist! Jolene from Creative Dollar used an assortment of baby essentials to create “sushi”, which she presented all wrapped up on a plate. Hers was a baby girl gift and included hair bows; for boys, you could use more socks or other small soft goods instead. Sushi-loving moms-to-be will love this creative presentation!

Get the instructions here: http://dollarstorecrafts.com/2011/08/make-a-sushi-baby-shower-gift/

Loving these Star Wars plushies…

August 18, 2011 | Also posted in Topic: inspirations

Check out the cute and cuddly Yodas and Boba Fetts on display over at Superpunch! Here is one set, and there are a bunch more at the link.

Fabulous Flowers (Win a copy for yourself!)

July 19, 2011 | Also posted in Topic: Reviews / Giveaways

CONTEST IS OVER! thx! The lovely people at Klutz sent me a copy of their fun little craft book, Fabulous Flowers, to check out, and I get to pass along some of that goodness to you! And in the true spirit of Dabbled, I have made myself a paper flower from the book so I can give you the full scoop. That’s down below the contest, so read on… It’s basically a bunch of easy to create paper flowers, with instructions and supplies all included. Except for scissors, you really don’t need anything else. The flower shapes… Read on...