Using my Cricut is my favorite way to get crafty, especially around the holidays! I am always sure to include crafting for the holidays on my fall to-do list so I have plenty of time to think of fun new projects!
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Baby Cookie Monster costume:
Jack has an intense love for his Elmo, so for Halloween, he’s going to dress to match! Crafting an Elmo costume is a little outside my wheelhouse, but a half-homemade Cookie Monster is right up my alley!
To make this costume, I purchased a royal blue onesie and tutu from Amazon. If you are craftier than I am, I hear that tutus are pretty easy to make yourself with some tulle and elastic.
Other than that, all you’ll need are white and black heat-transfer vinyl, your Cricut, and an iron or Cricut Easy Press.
To make Cookie Monster’s face, I Googled “Cookie Monster SVG” and found a black-and-white line drawing of their face on the “images” tab. After downloading the image, I uploaded it in Cricut Design Space, and assigned colors to the different features. Next, I measured the area of the onesie I’d be putting the design and resized the face so it would fit. Then it was as easy as loading the vinyl and clicking Go!
I like to use the Cricut Heat Guide to determine my Easy Press settings, and while it warms up, I’ll place the vinyl. The white eyes are the first layer, and I’ll press that for a few seconds before removing the plastic liner and placing the black layer. Then I’ll press again for the main session. Let it cool and you’re good to go!
Personalized pumpkin:
This project is great for beginners, but it looks super fancy! I picked up a white pumpkin at Michael’s along with some permanent adhesive vinyl in gold and black.
In Cricut Design Space, it is as easy as making a large initial in Times New Roman and then writing out your last name in a fancy font– I used Autumn in November. Then click Go!
Putting adhesive vinyl on something round and irregular like a pumpkin requires you to go slow, and use something like a credit card to smooth it out as it is applied so you don’t get lumps or bumps!
Coloring cards:
This project is slightly harder, as it requires using both the cut and the draw functions of your Cricut! But it is made SO much easier because it’s a native Cricut project! What this means is that you’ll search in Cricut Access for “coloring card” and select the project there. It will then import to your project space for editing! Super easy!
I used clear treat bags to hold the cards and keep the crayons together.
These are great to keep on-hand for any Trick or Treaters who cannot have candy!
Trunk or Treat Starbucks:
In what was probably my biggest (literally) Cricut project, I made a huge Starbucks logo to transform my Subaru for Trunk or Treat!
I had never done a “larger than the mat” project on my Cricut, but as it turns out, I chose a rather easy one because it’s only one layer!
I followed a YouTube tutorial and was able to cut the siren logo out from a few different pieces of green cardstock before gluing it to a cardboard circle!
Bonus pumpkin baby butt!
The most straight-forward craft in this post is the pumpkin baby butt! Simply paint your kiddo’s bum like a pumpkin and smoosh a small piece of poster board onto it! Great keepsake from their first Halloween!
What are your favorite Halloween crafts? Will you be trying any of these?
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