I love acorns!

I love fall. Looking at the leaves changing color is great. Mother nature sure knows to paint a picture. Moreover, I love acorns! Cute, small treasure of nature are great for autumn crafts and home decor. As a child, my grandparents told me that heavy acorn fall meant a harsh winter was coming. They called it Nature's Way of taking care of animals.  REMEMBER! before using acorns for craft projects, first soak them and then bake them on a low setting for an hour to dry them and kill any bugs.

 

FREE OWL PATTERN

POCHAPOCHA OWL

This is a wonderful tutorial that teaches you how-to-make your own owl. Visit Pinky Higgs's blog for step by step detailed, easy to follow instructions that come with images.  the pattern instructions and downloadable template here for you all.

 

Ten-Sided Yin-Yang Globe

This is a ten-sided yin-yang globe, a modular kirigami model  and here is the template.

 

 

The directions on how to assemble the model watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3v-YH9ab6gA

Custom box template

I found one Ideogram - online box template maker.  Choose the box design or envelope you want, then type in your own dimensions. A PDF template will be generated for you. Download the file and print it out on decorative paper or use it as a die-line for a project. 

Spooky Halloween Candle Wrappers

These candle wrappers are designed to wrap around a glass, using a t-light candle inside, or around a large diameter white pillar candle, never with any candle with an exposed flame. Of course please take care to keep the candles out of small children's reach.

Download free from Mr. Printables.
 

Halloween Silhouette - free downloand

 

 Downloand here.

Silhouette files

Today I created some silhouette files and I want to share with that. Downloand here.

Origami Box

The origami box is simple to make, and can be used to hold other origami pieces. Start with a square 6" x 6". 

Free Owl calendar

My Owl Barn is back with its second Owl Lover printable calendar. Choose from art by 45 different illustrators. Assign your favorite owls to the months of your choice; then download a PDF and print. Make a 2012 calendar here.

Felt Pumpkins

HALLOWEEN IDEAS! Link up

How to make Paper Mache Paste

If you want to find out how to make these great things you should visit Ultimate Paper Mache and you will find there a new recipe  for a sculptural material  called  “paper mache clay.”  

Craft art - autumn leaves

You still have the opportunity to collect autumn leaves and show the child how to make great pictures.

Free Owl Recipe Card

Sus Sanchez has made this owl recipe card exclusively for My Owl Barn readers.

This recipe card has a space for your favorite recipe on one side and instructions on the other. Each card has a space for the title, dish type, preparation time, shopping list and the recipe, and is adorned with adorable owl illustrations.

Click here to download 4x6 free recipe cards

Enjoy!

Carolyn Gavin

New patterns designed by Carolyn Gavin.

Artist Elsa Mora

  CUBAN-BORN ARTIST Elsa Mora creates intricate, often profound, sometimes whimsical papercuts, paintings, drawings and sculptures. The work of Elsa Mora, whose work can be seen on her blog, The Heart of Papercuts.

Free crochet patterns

Free crochet patterns.

Paper Owls

Here's the  project, I saw on cardalacarte.com.

Cupcake Pincushion

Cupcake pincushion - the free template and tutorial.

Adorable Owl Mobile

Homemade by Jill offers the free template and tutorial!

Effie & Ollie Elephant pattern

I've found the CUTEST pincushion made by Heather Bailey.