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Fall Decor: Recycling Sweaters for Pumpkin Craft (Video)

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Watch the video to learn how to make sweater pumpkins:

You can find the link to the video here.

Image via: Etsy – The Tiny Crafter – Sweater Pumpkin

Supplies

Sweaters

Embroidery floss

Filling

Twigs

Needle (with a big eye)

Hot glue gun and glue sticks

Embellishments (leaves, twine, ribbon, dried twigs with berries etc.)

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Instructions

1. Cut the sweaters so you will get parts that are straight on both ends. Sleeves are the easiest for this project, since you won’t need to sew them together to get a ‘tube’ as the other parts.
2. Thread the floss (choose the same color floss as the sweaters) through the needle eye and make a simple knot at one end.
3. Turn the sleeve inside out. Make a running stich around the one end of the sleeve. When you’re done, pull the thread to close the opening. Make a knot to secure it. This part will be the bottom of your pumpkin.
4. Turn the sleeve right side out. Fill the sleeve with enough filling, until it gets a round, plumb pumpkin-like shape.
5. Now it’s time to close the upper end of the sleeve, the same way you closed the bottom one. Just use the needle and floss and make a running stich around the end of the sleeve. Pull it enough so it will leave a small hole and make a knot to secure everything.
6. Use another piece of floss and the needle to make lines to the filled sleeve so it looks more like a pumpkin. To do that, just make a stich on the top of your filled sleeve (near the small opening), pull the floss to the bottom of the sleeve and secure it there, making sure that the ‘pumpkin’ clinches a little. Repeat this a few times so you’ll get the finished look. This part is optional, but it adds to the appeal of your final product.
7. When done, glue a small piece of twig with hot glue into the opening on top of the pumpkin. You can wrap the twig (stem) with twine and use hot glue to secure it, to get another look.
8. Now to the finishing touches. Add leaves, berries or ribbon to the stem of the pumpkin to give it the look you want.

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So, there you have it. It’s a really easy project to make Fall Decor, but if you want to make it even easier, here are a few suggestions. You can use faux pumpkins to avoid the need of stuffing the sleeve with filling. Just take the faux pumpkin, cut off the stem (optional) and ‘dress’ the pumpkin with the sweater sleeve. Continue as described above. Another option is to use rubber bands or hot glue to secure the ends of the sleeve, so you could avoid the sewing part altogether. Just try what you like more and go for it. Make a number of sweater pumpkins to adore a corner of your home or even your porch.

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Do you have a drawer or a box full of ribbon roll and ribbon scraps, too? It can create chaos and it seems like every time you need a ribbon quick, you either can’t find the end of the one you need or you find a knot in it without having a clue how it could get there. Organizing your craft supplies helps you find what you need quickly and efficiently. Here are three easy DIY Ribbon Holders that just might be the solution to this problem.

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Craft Supplies Organization: Creative DIY Ribbon Holders

DIY Mason Jar Ribbon Holder

Mason jars are wonderful and can be used in so many different ways. One way is to hold your ribbons or yarn. Just make one or more holes in the lid and put some ribbons in the jar. Take one end of the ribbon and push it through the hole. If you want, you can decorate the jar. And that’s it!

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Simple DIY Ribbon Dispenser

All you need to implement this simple yet practical idea is a plastic storage box or bin with holes. Choose a size that will be able to hold all your rolls. Also, you will need some wooden dowels that are a little longer than the wide side of the bin. Be careful to get dowels that will fit through the bin’s holes. Now, slip some ribbon rolls onto the dowels. Next, slip the dowels through the bin’s holes. Lastly, pull one end of each ribbon through a hole so they are ready to be used. Done!

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DIY Ribbon Dispenser Box

To make these practical boxes, you will need

• A cardboard box like a shoebox
• A utility knife or a perforator or grommets with a grommet kid
• Some thumbtacks
• Wooden dowels

If you will put big ribbon rolls into the box, use the knife or the perforator to make one hole into each short side of the box. For a better result, attach the grommets. If you will store smaller ribbon rolls, check if you can put two lines of rolls into the box. If so, make two holes but take care to have enough space.

Cut a dowel as long as the box is. Slip your ribbon rolls on it and slide the dowel through the two holes. Secure the ends with thumbtack if needed. On one or both long sides of the box – depending on how many dowels you will use – cut some slits or holes. Attach grommets to the holes. Pull one end of the ribbons through the slits or holes and your ribbon dispenser box is ready to be used!

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There you have it: No more ribbon chaos! Note that these ideas are also great for organizing yarns, twines or even cables, too! Do you have creative ribbon container ideas? We’d love to hear how you keep your craft room supplies tidy and organized.

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Recycling old socks can be a great way to make use of those one socks you find laying around. How many socks have you thrown away because you can’t find a match, they have a hole, or they just aren’t your style anymore? Take advantage of numerous green home ideas with your old socks. It is one of the best methods to reduce the amount of waste materials piling up every day in our homes. It is a more efficient way to spend a free time like holidays or weekends at home, and you can get more space back in your sock drawer!

Whether the damage is due to several holes or stained, it can still be recycled into a new stuff. All you have to prepare are your time and creativity. In addition, you may also set up some of your craft tools and accessories. Then, you are ready to create a masterpiece.

Recycling Old Socks: Creative Craft Ideas to Try

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Creative recycling ideas for your socks: 

Create a doll

This is a great stuffed toy to create. This can also serve as a home décor or accessory to furniture and curtain. You can place this on top of the table or beside your lamp shade. Using your old sock, draw a pattern as to how you like the doll to look like. Then, sew the sock to form the doll pattern. Leave a small hole or space that is enough for you to insert something to stuff the doll. It can also be another old sock that is cut into small pieces. When the right firmness is achieved, you can now sew the remainder of the sock.  You may now add some accessories to enhance the looks of your doll like buttons that will serve as eyes and beads for some parts of the doll. If you have textile paint, you can use it to dress-up your doll.

Dress up your flower pot

Old socks can make a simple flower pot look like new and fashionable. All you need to have is your old colorful sock, a pair of scissors and sewing kits. Just slip over the sock to the flower pot. Make sure that the sock is able to stretch enough for the size of the flower pot. Shear off the bottom part of the sock so that the flower pot can stand firm on any surface. Secure the bottom parts of the sock by sewing. Fold the top portion of the sock inside the flower pot and fill it with soil or Styrofoam. Raise your desired flowers and you now have a decorative flower pot.

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Recyclin Ideas – Make a pin cushion

A pin cushion usually measures five inches in diameter to preserve and store needles and pins. This makes it fit for an old sock to be a pin cushion. The first step is to fill-in a handful of fine sand inside the sock. Feel free to add or remove some sand, as desired. Tie the sock with nylon or yarn. Provide a space to form the pin cushion according to how you want it. You may form your pin cushion like a strawberry or tomato or other vegetable like a pumpkin!

These are just a few of the old sock ideas that you can work to pump-up your creativity and resourcefulness. Socks can also be used to pack breakables when moving in boxes, or use them to store antique silverware to help reduce tarnishing! Old socks can have many uses – you just have to think outside the box!

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