Scary and Fun Crafts To Make For The Scary Halloween Season

One of my most favorite holidays is Halloween.  There are just so many different creatures you can make for scary, frightening and delicious you can make for your home decorating purposes. 

If you love to decorate for Halloween like I do and love Halloween creatures I think you'll like the gathering of Halloween crafts shown in the picture above.  Most are free e-patterns.  Some are free e-books or how-to articles on making that particular scarecrow.  

If you're eager to get started on your Halloween decorating just click on the pictures or links below for the decoration(s) you're interested in creating.  

Have fun with your "spooky" decorating!

A Bit Of a Challenge - Free Primitive Annie Witch E-Pattern

Free Primitive Andy Frankenstein E-Pattern For Halloween Decorating Fun

Boo! Hoo! Billy Primitive Ghost Ornament Free E-Pattern For "Nice" Halloween Decorating

How I Made My Quick and Easy Little Spooky Collaged Bottle Decoration

Care For Some Brew, Virginia Primitive Halloween Witch Free E-Pattern - She's Frightening!

How I Made My Harem Mixed Media Collage Shelf Sitter Witch

How I Made My Halloween Mixed Media and Collage Embellished Bottles

Hazard A Guess What I Am? Primitive Ghost Stump Doll Free E-Pattern

Mabel I Won’t Cast A Spell?” Primitive Witch Stump Doll Free E-Pattern

Halloween Haunted House Mug Rug Free E-Pattern

Halloween Haunted House Trick Or Treat Lined Tote Bag Free E-Pattern

Halloween Haunted House Embroidered Trick Or Treat Lined Tote Bag Free E-Pattern

Halloween Haunted House Mini Quilt Free E-Pattern

Alpacas At Spooky Hollow Wool Felt Mini Quilt Free E-Pattern

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Boo! Hoo! Billy Primitive Ghost Ornament Free E-Pattern For "Nice" Halloween Decorating

We all know that ghosts are supposed to be scary! That's their job - to scare everyone at Halloween, especially the little children. 

Well, what if there's a ghost that doesn't want to scare anyone - especially little children. 

A ghost that just wants to be friends with everyone and a ghost that doesn't just want to be visible at one time of the year. 

A ghost that wants to celebrate Christmas, and New Year's Day, and St. Patrick's Day, and Easter, and the 4Th of July, and any of the other holidays. 

A ghost that wants to have a family someday of 12 little ghosts running around. 

A ghost that is nice and kind and thoughtful and considerate. 

Well, that would be "Boo! Hoo! Billy." 

"Boo! Hoo! Billy" is tired of being viewed as mean and nasty and malicious. 

He's never been nor does he ever want to be anything like that. 

He just wants to be a normal person with a normal life. 

Is that too much to ask? 

"Boo! Hoo! Billy" doesn't think so. 

"Boo! Hoo! Billy" is a 7" primitive ghost ornament with a coffee stained white muslin cloth body and embroidered face. He is wearing a shredded shirt that he thinks fits him very well and isn't frightful at all. In fact, he will right proudly tell you that he made it himself. 

Not only is he a very friendly ghost, but a very handy one, too. 

He'll need to be after all if he wants to have 12 little ghosts someday. 

Wouldn't you agree?

“Boo! Hoo! Billy”, 9” Handmade Primitive Ghost Ornament - Halloween Series 

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Care For Some Brew, Virginia Primitive Halloween Witch Free E-Pattern - She's Frightening!

If you're looking for a frightening witch decoration to make for this Halloween season they don't get more frightening than my "care For Some Brew, Virginia" primitive witch ornament.

I'll get you my pretty! 

Yes, I will!" 

YIKES! 

Not only is she a nasty sounding witch, but a really scary one to boot! Maybe that's why she's an extreme primitive. The scarier - the better. 

Well, they don't get much nastier or scarier than "Can For Some Brew, Virginia!" 

I don't know about you, but I don't think I'd accept anything from "Care For Some Brew, Virginia!" Would you? 

If you did I'm not too sure what would happen to you. 

Would you get sick? Maybe! 

Would you melt? Maybe if you're lucky 

Would you be so delusional you'd start to think "Care For Some Brew, Virgina! wasn't scary? 

Maybe, but you'd have to be out of your mind for that?

"Care For Some Brew, Virginia!" is a 9" extreme primitive witch ornament and has a coffee stained cloth body with an embroidered watercolor penciled face. 

She is wearing fringed bloomers, a fringed dress, fringed and banded apron, has raffia wrapped ties around her legs and feet. She also has a fringed cap and, of course, a witch's hat. 

Her ugly ragged gray yarn hair just compliments her extreme primitive appearance. Wouldn't you agree? 

Care for some brew?  Or should I say, "Dare for some brew?"

“Care For Some Brew, Virginia”, 9” Handmade Extreme Primitive Witch Ornament - Halloween Series

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Scarecrow Crafts Decorating Ideas For The Fall

If you love to decorate for the Fall like I do and love adorable scarecrows I think you'll like the gathering of scarecrows shown in the picture above.  Most are free e-patterns.  Some are free e-books or how-to articles on making that particular scarecrow.  

If you're eager to get started on your Fall decorating just click on the pictures or links below for the scarecrow(s) you're interested in creating.  

Have fun decorating!

Primitive Andy Scarecrow Free E-Pattern For Your Fall Decorating

“William Come or Won’t They?” Primitive Scarecrow Stump Doll Free E-Pattern

Crowin Mike Primitive Scarecrow Doll Ornament Free E-Pattern

How I Made My Harold Mixed Media Shelf Sitter Scarecrow Doll

Scare Me Dazed Primitive Scarecrow Ornament Free E-Pattern

Scare Me Happy Primitive Scarecrow Ornament Free E-Pattern

Scare Me Melancholy! Primitive Scarecrow Ornament Free E-Pattern

Linda's How-Do-I Series? How To Make A Painted and Stenciled Terracotta Pot Decoration

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Crowin Mike Primitive Scarecrow Doll Ornament Free E-Pattern

When decorating for Fall you just can't have enough little doll ornaments to hang just about anywhere or to place in some little nook or cranny.   So, I thought you might enjoy a free e-pattern from one of my ornament e-patterns.

His name is “Crowin Mike” and he is a 9” handmade primitive scarecrow doll ornament.

As far as "Crowin Mike" is concerned there are scarecrows and there are SCARECROWS! And, then there is "Crowin Mike!" 

You're probably wondering what's so different about "Crowin Mike!" as I'm sure he looks like any other scarecrow. In fact, he looks quite charming and harmless. Well, you'd be wrong. 

You see "Crowin Mike" is a primitive scarecrow ornament with a penchant for witches, ghosts, and goblins. 

Hang out with crows! Oh, no - not "Crowin Mike!" They're just a bunch of birds. 

He wants to hang out with the "villains" of the Fall season - the ghosts, goblins, and witches. Why, "Crowin Mike" even claims to be friends with Frankenstein and Dracula. 

In fact, his favorite movie is "The Headless Horseman!" Oh, My! 

What kind of a scarecrow is "Crowin Mike?" Well, actually he's quite the actor.  He had you all fooled - didn't he? 

However, he really is an adorable scarecrow. Amiable, kind, and willing to lend a hand where ever he can. 

He's even willing to help the ghosts, goblins and witches do their thing. Fooled you again, - didn't he? 

"Crowin Mike!" is a 9" primitive scarecrow ornament and has coffee stained cloth body with an embroidered and watercolor penciled face. 

He is wearing a fringed and patched shirt and fringed and patched plaid pants. He's also sporting a floppy flannel hat, orange and natural colored raffia hair, and lace tied boots with patches. 

He is quite the scarecrow and quite happy to "crow" about his appearance. Ask him to "crow" about his "villain" friends - well, that's another matter. 

Based on his name you'd think he'd be "crowin" about what he knows - but, he won't. Crowin Mike's lips are sealed. 

Please note: My free e-pattern shows you how to make a 9" primitive scarecrow doll ornament.  

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A Bit Of a Challenge - Free Primitive Annie Witch E-Pattern

With Halloween coming up in the Fall I thought you might like a little sewing challenge with creating a primitive witch decoration.    

She's a lot of fun to make but,  can be quite frightening when she wants to be.  She is a witch for sure.

Sometimes she gets lonely and tries to be nice. After all, everyone needs a little company from time to time. Even Primitive Witchy Annie. 

The truth is she'd actually like to have some real friends. That way she could always call them when she's lonely and when she can feel a real "Watch Out My Pretty I'm Going To Get You!" mood coming on.

Primitive Witchy Annie has a coffee stained cloth body and embroidered face with black bead eyes.  She's wearing a coffee stained, tattered, and fringed dress, a tattered apron with bow, and gathered bloomers.

She has lace-tied boots, patches on her clothes and wild black hair along the sides and top of her head. Her raggedy leg stripes are sewn on with black floss.

She has a lined cape with patches and wired witches hat. 

Because she has a lined cape she feels she is a little above the rest of the witches. They only have wool or black felt capes. Nothing as nice as Primitive Annie Witch has. Wouldn't you agree?

So, do you want to be her friend? She promises she'll try to prevent her ""Watch Out My Pretty I'm Going To Get You!" mood from coming on.

If you want to be her friend just don't wear any "ruby red slippers" when you come to visit. They bring back too many bad memories for her and might just trigger that "Watch Out My Pretty I'm Going To Get You!" mood coming on.

Please note: My free e-pattern shows you how to make a 15" primitive witch doll.  The chair that is pictured is not included in the directions.

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Free Primitive Andy Frankenstein E-Pattern For Halloween Decorating Fun

With Halloween coming up in the Fall I thought you might like to create an adorable Primitive Andy Frankenstein doll.  Don't worry. He won't scare anyone.

So, don't be frightened. He won't harm you. He's no scary Frankenstein! 

In fact, he's basically harmless. He might be a "Frankenstein" in essence or appearance, but he considers himself just another "primitive."

Primitive Andy Frankenstein has a coffee stained cloth body and embroidered face with black bead eyes. He's wearing a coffee stained and fringed shirt with 3/4 length sleeves and large tattered and fringed pants with patches. 

He's also sporting a wool felt vest with patches. He has a small tattered ribbon tied around his neck, and wild black cut hair along the sides and top of his head. Old buttons are used for his head bolts and raffia is tied on his legs and feet for his raggedy stripes.

"Primitive Andy Frankenstein" just loves the fact that he's coffee stained throughout. Why? Because it provides him with a wonderful tan on his face and a wonderful aroma everywhere he goes. 

In fact, other primitives often ask where he got his "coffee glow" and his "coffee aroma." 

Primitive Andy Frankenstein just boasts "My Linda" gave it to me. She's wonderful. 

Primitive Andy Frankenstein might look like a regular Frankenstein, but he knows better. He knows he's a "not scary" and that makes him special.

Please note: My free e-pattern shows you how to make a 15" primitive Frankenstein doll.  The chair that is pictured is not included in the directions.

To view and download my free e-pattern please CLICK HERE. You'll be brought to Google Drive where you can view my free e-pattern. Then just download my free .pdf e-pattern. 

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Primitive Andy Scarecrow Free E-Pattern For Your Fall Decorating

With Fall just around the corner and crafters thinking of their Fall decorating I thought you might enjoy a free e-pattern from one of my oldest scarecrow dolls - Primitive Andy Scarecrow.

He considers himself to be the "Casanova" of the scarecrow set. 

Now I know you wondering why that is.  He doesn't look like a "Casanova!" 

Well, it's because the girls just love him.  In fact they adore him. 

Everywhere he goes they mob him and want to touch him.  

If you don't believe me just ask them! They'll tell you. 

So, what is it about him that drives the girls crazy?

Well, they just love his button eyes and raffia strips. They love his floppy hat and all his clothes. They love his smile and his "primitiveness." 

Pretty much, they just love everything about him. He's just so little and so cute!

Primitive Andy Scarecrow has a coffee stained cloth body stuffed with poly-fil.  His adorable face is embroidered with two-buttoned eyes and he has blush on his cheeks.  His hair is made of raffia and sticks out of his hat and waistband of his pants.

His shirt is coffee stained with 3/4 length sleeves and his pants are large, gathered and tattered on the edges.  As far as he's concerned it's the perfect outfit for a "little guy." 

He has a small tattered ribbon tied around his neck and waistline and a coffee stained hat.  To finish him off floss is sewn to his legs and feet for his raggedy red stripes. 

He's the perfect little scarecrow for home decorating.

Please note: My free e-pattern shows you how to make a 15" primitive scarecrow doll.  The chair that is pictured is not included in the directions.

To view and download my free e-pattern please CLICK HERE. You'll be brought to Google Drive where you can view my free e-pattern. Then just download my free .pdf e-pattern. 

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You Can't Beat Three Decades Of Joy

Shown in the picture above is a silk floral Christmas decoration that I love and which has been gracing our kitchen counter for 7 years.  Of course, there is a story associated with its' creation....  lol

Back in 2014 hubby surprised me with a different kind of natural flower arrangement.

It was a beautiful red and white roses, carnations and mums arrangement in the most adorable container - a Christmas bulb with top included. The natural flower arrangement was filled with red roses, red carnations, white mums, ribbons and greenery.

I loved the arrangement and the container so much that I decided that once the natural flowers died I would re-create it with silk floral. Surprise! Surprise! lol

I thought it would be a lovely Christmas floral decoration that we could take out year after year. That's the beauty of silk floral - it doesn't die off and can be used again, and again, and again.  And, every year when we did it would bring back a memory of the original gift given with love.

So, when Michaels had all their Christmas silk floral on sale after the holiday I decided to buy enough silk floral to re-create the arrangement.  However, the shopping trip didn't quite go as planned.  Here's what happened:

I wanted to get red roses, red carnations, and white mums along with greenery and some sparkly pieces.

You always know that when you buying silk floral for any arrangement that you're going to buy more silk floral than you actually need to create your piece. And, I, for one, always buy much more than I need as I like my silk floral arrangements to be full.  What a surprise! lol

So, I bought a few silk floral sprigs. Okay, make that several sprigs...... Okay, make that many more than I needed to re-create this piece.

And, of course, they didn't have any white mums so I had to substitute white roses, white carnations, and white poinsettias. I also bought some red poinsettia as I wasn't sure whether I would like them better than the red carnations when creating my piece.

They also didn't have the evergreen sprigs I wanted so I had to substitute a few other greenery sprigs. Okay, make that may other greenery sprigs.  Okay, make that many more than I needed to re-create this piece.

And, of course, I had to get a few Christmas sparkly pieces - just in case I wanted to add them to my arrangement. So, of course, I ended up buying way more than I needed.

In looking at the cart hubby said, "You need all that?" I, of course shook my head - yeah! lol

Remember, I said, you never know until you're creating your piece exactly what's going to look right and I like my pieces FULL. So, for sure, I needed all of this.

Hubby, of course, is on to this ruse and knows I always buy way more than I need and always have more than one arrangement in mind.

Besides, it was all on sale - or so I thought.

Well, when we went to pay the cashier said the red roses and white roses weren't Christmas floral so they weren't on sale. What?????? They look like Christmas flowers to me.....

And, they were with the rest of the Christmas floral. The whole floral department was, in fact, filled with nothing but Christmas floral - how could these not be on sale?

Half the store was dedicated to Christmas floral for heavens sake......

Needless to say, there was already a long line of impatient customers forming at the registers (or should I say foaming at the mouth) as the cashier had been ringing up all the individual sprigs I'd chosen for several minutes now.

So, after looking at hubby and giving him my sweetest "I'm sorry" look, we purchased them anyway at regular price (gritting our teeth) as I really, really wanted to use the big Christmas bulb holder and re-create the floral arrangement I absolutely loved.

And, as hubby well knew, I had another Christmas silk floral in mind that I really, really really wanted to create.  And, when I had my mind set.... well, you know how that goes... lol 

Needless to say I did re-create that floral arrangement with the silk florals I had bought sometime after the 2014 Christmas holiday season.  Every year since then it has proudly taken it's place on the counter at the far end of the kitchen. 

I love it there and I suspect it loves being there as it is one of the first silk floral arrangement you see when entering our house at Christmas.

There is no doubt that real flower arrangements always trump silk floral arrangements, due to their sheer natural beauty, but they do not last for years and, as a result, only supply joy for a short period of time.  

Some of the silk floral arrangements I have made have lasted for over 3 decades.  And, they always look good as new.  

Think about that. Three decades of joy.  

It might not beat mother nature's magnificent beauty but it does supply immeasurable joy year after year after year!  You can't beat that!