Fall Crafts

Hello MOPS Moms! We have just e-mailed our October Newsletter with some helpful information for you! If you would like to see it again, check back daily for updates. Today we will be showing you those fabulous fall crafts again!!

Table Garland


Turn an ordinary white tablecloth into a fall sensation. Center the table-cloth on your table. Just below the top edge of the table, hot-glue or pin gros-grain ribbon onto the tablecloth. From fall-color cardstock and decorative pa-per, cut out various leaf shapes and glue them in clusters to the ribbon. Glue just the centers of the leaves so the edges curl up naturally.

Initial Greeting

Swap your traditional round wreath for a leafy mono-gram. Paint a paper-mache letter and let dry. Hot-glue dried or silk leaves to the front. Shape a piece of wire into a hanging loop, and glue it to the back of the letter.

Autumn Candles

Garnish plain pillar candles with leaves for an ele-gant yet under-stated display. De-termine the place-ment of leaves on each candle, then decoupage them into place. If nec-essary, use tacky white crafts glue to hold the stems down. Cover the candles and leaves with one or more coats of decoupage medium.

TuTu Craze

Craft Corner-Tutu Craze


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Supplies:

-Two rolls of 6 inch wide tulle (usually found in the wedding aisle)

-A roll of 1 inch thick elastic

-Scissors and a ruler

-A needle and thread to sew the elastic together



Steps:

Measure the waist of the lucky little girl you are making it for.

Subtract 3 inches from that number and cut your elastic accordingly.

Sew the elastic together. If you have a sewing machine, a zig zag stitch will work great, if not you can always sew it the old fashioned way.

Set your newly fashioned waistband aside and break out the tulle.

Figure out how long you want your tutu to be. I wanted mine to be 8 inches long. Double that number and add one (mine ended up being 17 inches). Cut a big stack of strips that length.

Now grab your waistband and we’ll start trying tulle onto it. You’ll fold your first piece in half over the waistband and tie a double knot on the bottom. Now the measurement should make sense: double because you will fold it in half and an extra inch for the knot.

Continue tying the strips of tulle onto your waistband until you have reached desired thickness. You can always cut more tulle if needed.