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.