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Giveaway- Felt-o-ween: 40 Scary-Cute Projects to Celebrate Halloween

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felt-o-ween If you are into decorating for Halloween you will definitely want to get yourself in the running for a copy of Felt-o-Ween: 40 Scary-Cute Projects to Celebrate Halloween by Kathy Sheldon and Amanda Carestio. Leave a comment in today’s post by September 20, 2014 and you will be in the running for this wonderful book filled with projects in all the classic Halloween motifs perfect to adorn your world and make it festive. Open to U.S. Residents only please.

More about the book from the publisher:

“Celebrate the spookiest day of the year by having some crafty fun! The team behind the popular Fa La La La Felt and Heart-Felt Holidays brings you 40 BOO-tiful decorations and costumes for a festive Halloween. Requiring little or no stitching, these felted projects are 100% beginner-friendly, including pumpkin candy bags, a huggable vampire stuffy, a creepy crawly wreath, and plenty of ears, headbands, and other wearables for revelers young and old.”

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  3. I love working with felt but I don’t have anything for Halloween. It’s all Christmas stuff. I’d love to win this book!

  11. Felt is one of my favorite mediums!!!! It’s versatile enough to range for items for babies to adults!!! Halloween is my No.1 holiday!!!

  12. I have the felt and would love to have this neat Halloween theme based book. Thanx for the timely opportunity to win such a colorful craft book.

  13. Perfect timing for such a great book giveaway.
    My grand-daughter and I would love making the Halloween crafts found in this book.
    Thank you so much for offering Felt-o-ween.

  16. Looks like a lot of fun projects! I love the candy corn bunting and the ravens! Thanks for the chance to win!

  18. Felt is by far one of my most favorite craft items. To boot Halloween is my favorite holiday so I start my Halloween crafts this month 🙂

  27. I just made a felt board for my granddaughter and some story characters for it…so I am really into felt these days. Would love to decorate with felt for Halloween too.

  28. The grandkids are looking forward to doing up Halloween this year. What a great asset this book would be in helping them.

  34. The candy corn banner is so cute! My DILs would have a great time during the next football weekend at my house crafting these Halloween decos.

  35. It’s funny that despite loving felt crafting so much I never thought to do something for Halloween. I tend towards the spring stuff. I’m inspired!

  42. Halloween is one of my favorite holidays! I’d love to win to make some new decorations for my home and some for friends too!

  44. Halloween is my favorite holiday. I love coming up with new ideas and things to make with my daughter.

  47. I don’t have use for this book myself anymore as I don’t have kids, but… my DIL has 4 little girls and 2 of them are in Brownies/Daisys nad she is the scout leader of both so I KNOW she would love to have this. I would help in that I am pretty good and taking a holiday theme craft and remaking it for another holiday!

  48. Our family of five celebrates Halloween from October 1st to the 3st. We make special treats and DIY projects each day. My kids wear Halloween garb all 31 days too! The perfect book for us!

Have you read?

Recycled Paper Cylinder Face Art – A Colorful Win for All Ages

I recently stumbled across this super creative project on Instructables – “Face With Recycled Paper Cylinders” – and I had to share it with you all because it’s just the kind of craft that checks all my favorite boxes: recycled materials, hands-on creativity, and fun for literally any age.

The idea is simple but genius—roll strips of recycled paper (think junk mail, old magazines, leftover printer paper) into cylinders, then arrange and glue them to form a unique abstract face. You can make it funky, realistic, Picasso-inspired—whatever your mood or style dictates!

What I really love is the blend of eco-conscious crafting with true artistic expression. This isn’t just another kids’ project—it’s something you could easily do with a group of little ones, a classroom full of teens, or even as an adult art therapy or weekend wind-down activity. It’s super relaxing and surprisingly satisfying seeing all those paper rolls come together to form something new and expressive.

The tutorial itself is easy to follow, with plenty of visuals to guide you along the way. You don’t need any fancy materials—just glue, paper, scissors, and a board or piece of cardboard to serve as your canvas.

I also appreciate how this project leaves so much room for personalization. Want to make it into a full face? Go for it. Prefer to focus on a single eye or mouth? Totally works. You can even play with color schemes by choosing papers with a certain palette, or painting over them once they’re rolled.

In short: this is a total keeper for anyone who loves crafting with purpose. It’s the kind of project that sparks creativity while gently reinforcing the idea that beautiful things can come from what we usually throw away.

Highly recommend giving it a go—solo or with a group. And if you try it, tag me or drop a pic—I’d love to see your recycled masterpiece!