by Melanie McQ | Jun 15, 2019 | Cheap Crafts, DIY Birthday Party, Fun, Halloween Crafts
As party favors for her Harry Potter birthday, we thought it would be fun to make lots of tiny little spider piñatas. They were fun to make and even fun to smash! Empty cereal boxes are filled tastic for making miniature piñatas. They are easy to cut, and we always...
by Melanie McQ | Dec 31, 2018 | Cheap Crafts, Costumes / Dress Up, DIY Birthday Party, Fun, Halloween Crafts
This post contains affiliate links. My girls have just watched some of the Harry Potter movies for the first time and they asked for a wand for Christmas. They each picked their favorite wands, and I got to work. I was REALLY excited at how awesome they turned out. I...
by Melanie McQ | Dec 31, 2018 | Cheap Crafts, Costumes / Dress Up, DIY Birthday Party, Halloween Crafts
This post contains affiliate links. This was my first try at making my own wands, and I was SO excited at how they turned out. My children requested Harry Potter wands for Christmas and I recently saw them on Pinterest, so I gave it a try. I started with some...
by Melanie McQ | Dec 31, 2018 | Cheap Crafts, Crafts for Gifts, Fun, Halloween Crafts
This post contains affiliate links. My children have recently watched some of the Harry Potter movies for the first time. They each asked for a wand for Christmas so I did some Pinterest research. I saw some home made wands with chopsticks and hot glue and thought I...
by Melanie McQ | Oct 22, 2018 | Cheap Crafts, Costumes / Dress Up, Fun, Halloween Crafts
This costume took me a good while to complete. It was not very complicated, but very time consuming. I bought a lot of yarn (coupons and sales) to make this happen. There is a picture of the yarn I used below. I thought it was a pretty good color match to...
by Melanie McQ | Sep 25, 2018 | Cheap Crafts, DIY Birthday Party, Halloween Crafts
This is going to be a pretty short post, because this was pretty easy. It took very little time, and it looks just like wood. I took a piece of cardboard, cut it into strips longways (I did three), and then I hot glued them together. Seems counter productive, but it...
