Crochet your own pumpkin for Fall

Crocheted Pumpkins

As I write this review of a fun crochet pumpkin pattern, we are officially into the fall season here in my neck of the woods. I found this pattern last year about this time and decided having some decorations that I made myself would be a fun way to celebrate autumn in my dining room.

The advantage to crocheting a pumpkin is that it works for fall, Halloween and even into Thanksgiving. As you can see by the photo at the left, I have the crochet pumpkins that I made last year in a display with real pumpkins and a few acorns. For right now, the display is for Halloween. Once we move into November, I will take out the real pumpkins and add some dried corn, maybe a gourd and some pine cones from my back yard. The small amount of time that I invested into making the large pumpkin and the small one has turned out to serve me well for decorating for more than one holiday.

I found the crochet pumpkin pattern on The Crochet Crowd website, last year. I often go to this site when I am looking for something fun to crochet either for myself or for gifts. Mikey, the owner of the site, often offers a tutorial with the patterns that he showcases and I find them very easy to follow. The video below was really easy to follow!

Video Tutorial For Crocheting A Large Pumpkin

The pattern was really easy to follow, especially after having watched Mikey in the tutorial video. I find that the videos are so handy because I can start and stop them as I progress through the crochet pattern.

You can pick the color of orange that you want for your crocheted pumpkin at your local craft store or online. You will need some brown for the stem (I used some scrap brown) and just a tiny bit of green for the curly little leaf. You will also need some stuffing for the inside. One thing that I found was that you do not want to be frugal with the stuffing. Put plenty of it inside your pumpkin or you might find that your finished crochet pumpkin is flat looking.

If you like to crochet and make decorative items for your home, you will enjoy making this pumpkin in the large size or any size for that matter. Mikey provides a video for large, medium and small. I love that my cute pumpkins don't have to be carved, won't turn bad and they are easily stored away until next fall when I am ready to use them again.

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Little Pumpkin Held by Fleece Ghost Below

Halloween is the perfect month to get creative!

Halloween crafts can range from really cute to down right scary. There is definitely plenty of room to play when crafting for Halloween.

Some kits and crafts featured here today are easy enough for children to make. Some were created with the elderly in mind, but all of these Halloween crafts are designed to be a lot of fun to make and display for Halloween.

I feel certain there is a Halloween craft here for a crafter of any age.

Halloween Crafts for Kids

Halloween Perler Bead Kits

Perler Bead kits are designed for children to make a fast and fun craft. They do require a parents supervision so this is a great Halloween project for a parent and child to make together.

There truly are a variety of Halloween Perler Bead kits available. You will find my instructions for how to make Halloween Perler Bead kits, as well as a selection of kits in my article, Halloween Perler Bead Kits. If you haven't worked with Perler Beads before, you will be surprised at how easy it is to make an awesome design.

Here are a few more great Halloween craft projects for anyone published by a fellow contributor, The Savvy Age!

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Halloween Crafts for the Elderly

Photo by mbgphoto

Mbgphoto has been kind enough to share some easy craft ideas in her article Halloween Crafts for the Elderly.

With several years of volunteer experience to rely on, she offers her favorite suggestions for crafts that are easy for the elderly to make.

Intricate patterns or small piece projects are often too tedious for an elderly patient, but they still love to create and craft. It really is imperative to select craft projects and kits that are appropriate for their limitations. You will want these projects to be fun for them, not taxing or upsetting because the selected craft emphasizes their reduced skills.

Many of Mary Beth's (mbgphoto) Halloween crafts would also be fun for children.

Halloween Crafts for the Crafter

How to Make a Halloween Ghost with Fleece

A great project for any age, or even skill level, is to make a Halloween Ghost with Fleece.

This is also a great family project. While a parent would need to handle the glue gun, a child could easily cover the Styrofoam with the fleece and also design the face of the ghost.

This article is an actually step by step tutorial for How to Make a Halloween Ghost with Fleece. It also includes plenty of pictures of the creation process.

Here are a few more crafty ideas for Halloween offered by a fellow blogger, Jade.

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Halloween Beaded Cross Stitch Kits

How to Make a Halloween Beaded Cross Stitch Pin

My personal favorite Halloween craft has to be the beaded cross stitch ghost pin. I made this little ghost pin several years ago as a special Halloween treat for my favorite trick-or-treater.

This particular project is easy for someone with cross stitch experience and it is a great introduction to adding beads to your cross stitch projects. It would also be an excellent cross stitch beginner project simply because of it's smaller size.

Click the image or link to find a step by step tutorial for How to Make a Halloween Beaded Cross Stitch Pin.

The tutorial features the ghost pin, but the basic instructions would be applicable to any beaded cross stitch pin kit.

Share Your Halloween Crafts

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Happy Halloween!

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