Dabbler Jen Straw of Pittsburgh PA sent this in, and I love it! The Wobbegong shark was her son’s absolute favorite shark in the universe, so she designed and made this costume for him. Don’t know what a Wobbegong is? See the little pic of a real Wobbegong cruising the coral reefs of Australia. She explains how she did it below.

Jen Says: “I made it from some scrap fleece, and painted it with non-toxic tempera paints. Most of it was machine stitched, though the face part was hand stitched, and I included the plastic head frame from a child’s batting helmet…

Creative Kismet (who we featured earlier with her Monster Towel), has another fabulous design! She used a reverse applique technique to create these incredibly creative and fun “Eye” T-shirts. And they even have a requisite Eye on the back, too! She has full instructions on her blog, so check it out!

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PS: Another thing I’ve been meaning to link to – Samae at A Milf For All Seasons is one of the funniest…

I don’t normally do interviews of our Halloween Contest entries, but when I saw this entry, I just had to find out more! Talk about inspiration! Dave Gugel, of Davenport FL, has one of the most impressive Halloween decorated houses I’ve seen in a long time. Just check out the BEFORE/AFTER pic below. His website has pictures of the finished product for the past several years, and pictures of the construction process and the behind the scenes of how he puts it together. So I interviewed Dave to find out a little more about his house and his passion for…

If you haven’t ever checked out One Pretty Thing, be sure to head over there. Rachel does a fabulous job of searching out great crafty items and tutorials, and presenting them in such a pretty way. The Daily DIY is a great compilation of coolness found on the web – an wonderful source of ideas and inspiration…
And what makes One Pretty Thing EXTRA special is that they have great Holiday roundups… The many Halloween roundups are here.

And she even features Dabbled in her latest halloween roundup!

Other great stuff from Dabbled readers:

Jack Skellington Mosaic by Red Squirrel Mosaics. All her mosaics…

Dabbled reader Robin sends us some clever ideas for making halloween t-shirts for your kids! She got the original idea from Family Fun, but expanded on it to come up with some original ones herself! Check it out.

Chica & Jo, one of the sponsors of the Dabbled Halloween Contest, have a clever idea around making eerie eyeball snacks using a paint pallet as a mold. (And they’ve also featured Dabbled’s Ele-purse as their friday feature today–thanks, guys!)

More great stuff from Resurrection Fern! A tutorial on making a cool lantern out of a rutabaga! I wouldn’t EAT one, so this would be…

The lovely ladies at They’re Coming to Get You, Barbara have some of the creepiest cakes ever. This Thorax Cavity Cake really ‘takes the cake’! The rib cage is white chocolate, and each of the organs is a goo filled yummy cake–all different gourmet flavors. Full instructions on how to make this ultimate in “gross your dinner guests out” halloween cakes can be found on their site. Also, even if you’re not into “gruesome” as a theme, their techniques can be used on various sorts of cakes. I found several useful tips.

I actually think i like it better without the blood:

Also, check…

Seen on Galline in Fuga:

Bottlecap Pincushions: Love these Eyeballs!

Flickr user verybigjen has some fabulous ones – all different kinds, but the eyeballs are a fave of mine, particularly for halloween!-, and a nifty photo tutorial to make them yourself – or you can buy them in her blog/store, which also has lots of neat stuff.

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You Dabblers are just the nicest people! The talented and crafty Robyn of Craft & Found send us this lovely idea for a halloweenie beanie..

Says Robyn: “Wanting an adorable hat to donate to my local NICU ward, I came up with this most basic of patterns. Sized for preemies and babes, you can make it even smaller by using tinier needles. There’s no real gauge, because as the NICU nurses I love so dearly have said over and over, these gorgeous babes come in all sizes!” What a sweet idea for anytime of the year! Go knitters!

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The first of our fabulous readers to be featured in the Halloween Extravaganza is the fabulously creative and halloween-loving Heather Sitarzewski. Not everyone will necessarily get their own post, but Heather has enough stuff to fill several, so she gets her very own– check it out!

First off… the Halloween Jack! Fabulous design and execution.. love him!

Next up, check this out! Now you know creating great art or craft out of recycled materials is one of my passions… This is a great example of that, created out of paper towel rolls. She’s got all the instructions on her post. Check out the…