Are you hoping to find unique, festive, interesting and useful craft ideas that are suitable for making in the month of December? If so, I invite you to consider the following suggestions:
This photo collage shows bunches of different December craft projects. These projects are all current for Christmas 2024, and are ideal for Christmas gifts or decorating your own home for the holidays. Ideas include Christmas tree motifs, wreaths, Christmas blankets and more. These designs are all available as free crochet patterns on the Internet.
Christmas is one of the most popular December holidays on the Gregorian calendar. If you celebrate this holiday, or you want to make Christmas gifts for other people who do, you’re invited to check this list of Christmas crafts.
A few other prominent holidays and noteworthy days this month include the following:
December 13 this month = Friday the 13th — yikes!
Winter solstice, which will happen on Saturday, December 21, 2024;
Hanukkah, which begins on the evening of Wednesday, December 25, 2024;
and Kwanzaa, which begins on Thursday, December 26, 2024.
No matter which holidays you celebrate, if you’d be interested in making wine or liquor a part of your holiday celebrations or gift-giving efforts, I invite you to check out this festive free pattern for crocheting a wine bottle cover. It also fits square bottles of whisky, too. There are a bunch of different ways to decorate this, some of which are holiday-friendly and some of which are suitable for everyday use.
Find Free Patterns for the Christmas Craft Ideas Pictured in the Photo Collage Above:
Pictured above are bunches of the free December craft project ideas you’ll find on our website:
Snowflakes are popular winter motifs that have inspired countless craft projects! If you want your next craft project to be a snowflake design, you’re invited to check out this page of snowflake patterns.
So there you have it: A list of suggestions for December crafts. I hope these ideas are useful to you as you start on your December crafting. Thanks so much for your interest!
Over to You:
Which craft projects are you interested in working on next? Let’s talk about it in the comments.
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Basic subscriptions are free; I send out regular newsletters to let my subscribers know about new craft articles and tutorials as they are posted. I also share details about the craft projects I’m working on, and invite my readers to share their projects, too. So there is no need to feel like it’s just you, crafting all alone at home. I’d love to have you join us! You’re invited!!
Amy Solovay is a real, live, human content creator and educator who holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in mathematics from Sweet Briar College; she has also earned a separate Associate of Arts degree in textile design from FIDM LA (The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, Los Angeles). She is NOT a robot and does not use artificial intelligence (AI) to write book reviews or articles for this website.
Amy learned to crochet as a small child, and she still enjoys crocheting all these years later.
As an educator, Amy Solovay used to teach in-person college courses in trend forecasting, marketing and surface design at California Design College in Los Angeles.
If you’re interested in reading Amy’s personal blog, she invites you to visit her official website, AmySolovay.com.
I often send thank you cards to the people in my life, so I like to make bunches of these cards to keep on hand and personalize when I need them.
Here’s the latest example of a handmade thank you card I created; it’s a mini slimline card featuring lovely retro-style flower and botanical graphics. These images are from the Harvest Market Collection by Simple Stories.
If this card isn’t your style, you might like to check out a bunch of other examples of thank you cards you could make. I’ve posted more thank you card making ideas besides just this one.
Thanks so much for taking a look at this project. I appreciate your interest!
If you found this page helpful, I invite you to return to this site often for more craft tutorials, project ideas and inspiration! You can make sure you keep this site on your radar by signing up for my newsletter and community at Substack. .
Basic subscriptions are free; I send out regular newsletters to let my subscribers know about new craft articles and tutorials as they are posted. I also share details about the craft projects I’m working on, and invite my readers to share their projects, too. So there is no need to feel like it’s just you, crafting all alone at home. I’d love to have you join us! You’re invited!!
Amy Solovay is a real, live, human content creator and educator who holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in mathematics from Sweet Briar College; she has also earned a separate Associate of Arts degree in textile design from FIDM LA (The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, Los Angeles). She is NOT a robot and does not use artificial intelligence (AI) to write book reviews or articles for this website.
Amy began paper crafting as a small child, and she still enjoys paper craft techniques all these years later.
As an educator, Amy Solovay used to teach in-person college courses in trend forecasting, marketing and surface design at California Design College in Los Angeles. Nowadays she uses online platforms for sharing her knowledge about textiles, crafts, current color trends and current design trends.
This page was last updated on 11-26-2024.
More Paper Craft Project Ideas Featuring the Simple Stories Harvest Market Collection:
November Garden Journal Pages for Discbound Planners Including Happy Planner, Tul and Arc
Craft Ideas for the Month of November
Happy November, creative friends!
As November unfolds here in the USA, it’s obvious that fall is already well underway — and that winter will be here soon.
The first day of fall this year was September 23, 2024. If you’re located in the Northern hemisphere, I hope your autumn season got off to a spectacular start — and that you’ve had plenty of time for enjoying fun fall activities like leaf peeping, college football games and tailgate parties.
What types of craft projects are you interested in working on this November?
Whether you’re a beginner at crafts, you’ve been working at your favorite craft technique(s) for decades, or you’re somewhere in between those two extremes, in any case, this website is a fantastic place to find fall-friendly craft project ideas you might be interested in working on this month. You’re invited to browse through our pages on the topics of needlecrafts,paper crafts, and other crafts to find patterns, tutorials, and project ideas that interest you.
If you aren’t sure what, exactly, you want to work on making right now, please keep reading; below, I’ve rounded up a bunch of project ideas and suggestions for November craft ideas you can use this month. If you have other suggestions to add to this list, I invite you to post a comment at the end letting me and the other readers here know about them.
Crochet Projects for Keeping Warm Despite November’s Chilly Weather
Want to make yourself a new scarf to wear this fall? Check out these crochet scarf patterns. Pictured here is a shell stitch scarfthat’s perfect for wearing in fall and winter. If this one isn’t what you want to make right now, you might find an option that’s more to your liking amongst the others.
If you’ve noticed that the weather’s cooling off in your neighborhood, you might enjoy snuggling up with a warm, cozy crochet project. There are many possibilities including scarves,blankets,fingerless gloves and others.
November Planner Layout Featuring Fall Garden Themed Stickers
If you maintain a physical planner, junk journal, scrapbook, or art journal, you might want to decorate your November calendar pages, journal pages or scrapbooking layouts with seasonal stamped images or embellishments. I invite you to check out the following pages for ideas:
November Happy Planner Dashboard and Monthly Habit Tracker
Garden Journal Pages: This page has information on how to put together November garden journal pages plus additional pages for the other months besides just November.
Fall Themed 6×8 Pocket Page Scrapbooking Layout With Photo of Utah’s Dixie National Forest
You’ll miss out on seeing some of the world’s most inspiring scenery if you sit at home on your couch during the month of November. This is the time of year when the trees are showing off their most splendid color schemes. If you have a park or a hiking trail nearby, you can feast your eyes as you go for a stroll. You’ll want to grab a friend and your phone or camera and take photos of the all the beauty that you encounter along the way.
If you do that, then you’ll have the most important material you need for making autumn-themed scrapbooking layouts, mini books and art journal pages.
Are you planning to make Christmas cards this November? If so, check out these ideas for making Christmas cards. You can make a cute Christmas card with a Santa design similar to the one pictured here, but if this one isn’t quite what you had in mind, you’ll find many other additional options posted as well.
Christmas will be here before you know it. If you celebrate this holiday, perhaps you have a mile-long list of Christmas card and gift recipients to make things for.
Winter card making ideas featuring Christmas motifs, themes and sentiments
If you hustle, you still have time to make a stack of Christmas cards, or to whip up some unique, one-of-a-kind Christmas gifts for your loved ones before the holiday rush really gets going.
Veterans Day in the USA falls on Monday, November 11, 2024 this year. This is a day of remembrance; we pay homage to both our living veterans and those who have passed away.
Although I don’t have a list of craft project ideas specifically for Veteran’s Day, I do have one for Fourth of July – and you could use all the same project ideas to celebrate Veteran’s Day, too.
November Is Native American Heritage Month
This November, many people will be gathering to celebrate and learn about Native Americans’ traditions, languages and stories. In particular, the Smithsonian Museums have a calendar of events that you might be interested in attending. Some local public libraries and school libraries also offer Native American Heritage Month events or reading programs that make educational materials and resources available.
Beyond just learning about Native American history and heritage, there are many ways to show your solidarity with Native American people. One example that has direct relevance to you as a crafter: You can donate handcrafted items or other items to Friends of Pine Ridge Reservation this month (or any month!)
If you’re a knitter, crocheter, quilter or sewist, November is a particularly fantastic month to keep this organization in mind — because they urgently need warm blankets and clothing to give to people who are inadequately sheltered at Pine Ridge Reservation.
The weather in the fall and winter months on the reservation is unimaginably harsh. People there freeze to death each winter. So if you’re thinking of donating some of your handcrafted projects to people in need, these peoples’ plight is worth your consideration.
I donate to them when I am able, and they are exceptionally easy to work with, unlike some organizations that do not want handmade items. I can say from experience that they genuinely want, appreciate, and use the handmade items that are donated to them.
Find More Fall Craft Ideas to Carry You Through the Month of November and Beyond
The projects posted above are just a small sampling of the ideas posted on this website. I’ve put together a list of fall crafts that are seasonally appropriate for November crafting in many regions of the Western hemisphere.
Of course, if you are in Australia, you’re likelier to need spring project ideas right now, so I offer you this list of spring ideas instead.
For even more ideas, you’re invited to check out our main index of craft project ideas. Happy crafting!!
If you found this page helpful, I invite you to return to this site often for more craft tutorials, project ideas and inspiration! You can make sure you keep this site on your radar by signing up for my newsletter and community at Substack. .
Basic subscriptions are free; I send out regular newsletters to let my subscribers know about new craft articles and tutorials as they are posted. I also share details about the craft projects I’m working on, and invite my readers to share their projects, too. So there is no need to feel like it’s just you, crafting all alone at home. I’d love to have you join us! You’re invited!!
Amy Solovay is a real, live, human content creator and educator who holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in mathematics from Sweet Briar College; she has also earned a separate Associate of Arts degree in textile design from FIDM LA (The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, Los Angeles). She is NOT a robot and does not use artificial intelligence (AI) to write book reviews or articles for this website.
Amy learned to crochet as a small child, and she still enjoys crocheting all these years later.
As an educator, Amy Solovay used to teach in-person college courses in trend forecasting, marketing and surface design at California Design College in Los Angeles.
Nowadays, Amy uses her textile design and trend forecasting skills to design crochet patterns for free and for sale. If you crochet, you’re invited to make good use of them!
Winter is fast approaching! Are you looking forward to winter card making?
Winter Card Making Ideas: These cards feature a variety of fun winter characters and themes including polar bears, penguins, foxes, snowmen and Santa Claus.
I am!
Actually, I have already begun making cards to send during the winter holiday season this year.
Winter card making ideas featuring Christmas motifs, themes and sentiments
In the Winter season, people typically indulge in baking breads and sweets or having fun with winter sports like sledding, skiing and ice skating.
At this time of year, we card makers have historically drawn inspiration from a broad variety of sources when we choose which card designs we’ll focus on making:
Winter weather and the motifs that relate to it, like snowflakes and snowpeople;
Winter activities, like snowball wars and Christmas caroling;
Baked goods like gingerbread;
Winter-resistant critters like cardinals, penguins, deer / reindeer, and polar bears;
And wintry landscapes filled with evergreen trees.
The Winter holidays also typically provide inspiration for many card makers; we enjoy making cards to celebrate a variety of winter holidays:
Christmas Card Making Ideas Featuring Cute Craft Supplies by Doodlebug Designs
Christmas Eve;
Christmas Day;
Kwanzaa;
Hanukkah (sometimes — the date of this holiday changes each year, but it’s technically more typical for Hanukkah to happen in fall than winter);
Winter solstice;
New Year’s Eve;
New Year’s Day;
Valentine’s Day;
and others. (If I missed your favorite, please comment!)
Some of winter’s most popular motifs, like candy canes, Christmas trees, poinsettias, reindeer, elves and Santa Claus are associated with these holidays.
Other winter-friendly motifs such as hearts, snowflakes, evergreen trees, yetis and polar bears can be used for holiday card making projects, but they can also continue to be used for winter card making long after the holidays are over.
Card makers frequently also use lyrics from Christmas carols and popular Christmas songs as card sentiments.
If you celebrate Christmas, but you can’t think of a theme for the Christmas cards you want to make, you can come up with bunches of ideas simply by humming your own favorite Christmas tunes. Think “Jingle Bells,” “Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer,” “I’ll be home for Christmas,” “I’m dreaming of a white Christmas,” and “Angels we have heard on high.” Don’t those song titles spark all kinds of fun card-making ideas and imagery in your imagination?
If you’re hoping to find project ideas and inspiration for winter card making, you’ll be delighted to find a variety of tutorials and projects for creating your own cards that incorporate festive poinsettias, Santas and evergreen trees, along with polar bears, yetis and 2024’s other trendiest winter-friendly motifs.
Christmas cards can be cutesy and playful; they can be casual and homey; or they can be elegant and luxurious. You’ll want to tailor the cards you make and choose a mood or style that best suits the card’s recipients.
For example, the fun, cutesy Christmas card designs are ideal to give to little kids (or to kids-at-heart; the grownups who collect Beanie Babies or other toys are also good prospective recipients for these types of Christmas cards).
Christmas Card Making Idea Featuring Winter Motifs Like Santa Claus and Snowflakes
Doodlebug Designs is a manufacturer that makes super cute Christmas-themed craft supplies you’ll want to consider using for your holiday card making efforts. I used Doodlebug’s die cuts from the “Candy Cane Lane” collection and papers from their “Snow Much Fun” collection to make the Santa Claus themed Christmas card pictured above.
Elegant Candy Cane-Themed Christmas Card Making Idea
If you’re hoping to make Christmas cards that are over-the-top gorgeous, there are some products that should be on your radar.
The first product you need to know about is Altenew’sElegant Swirls stencil, which I used to make the background on the Christmas card pictured above.
This stencil isn’t specifically a Christmas stencil; it’s actually an everyday design. However, it works really well for making stenciled images to suit any fancy occasion, including but not limited to Christmas.
You’ll also want to know about Scrapbook.com’s “Pops of Color,” which you can use with your stencils to make sophisticated backgrounds like the one pictured here. I used the Seafoam Pearl-colored pops of color to create the stenciled background for this card design.
There are bunches of different effects you can get from the Pops of Color; some of them are pearlescent; some of them are glittery; and some of them are glossy. They’re all fantastic!
Other than that, the card is pretty simple; it just requires some foam tape, some stickers and a few other doodads to complete it. You can find more details about this card design HERE.
Make Sparkling Christmas Cards Featuring Elegant White Poinsettia Motifs
Craft Supplies from the Sparkling Christmas Collection by Ciao Bella
I purchased Ciao Bella’s “Sparkling Christmas” vellum pad and one of their coordinating “Sparkling Christmas” damask stamp sets with the intention of using them to make Christmas cards.
I haven’t yet made any of the cards I’m planning with this collection, but I will let you know what I come up with. You’re invited to subscribe to my craft newsletter if you’d like to be updated when I make new projects available in the future!
In the meanwhile, if you’re hoping to make Christmas cards featuring poinsettia motifs, I highly recommend taking a look at the “Sparkling Christmas” collection. These supplies are exquisite, and there is an entire page in the 6×6 vellum fussy cut paper pack that’s devoted to usable images of lovely white poinsettias with green foliage. I found the entire pack of designs super inspiring – perfect to use for Christmas card making, December Daily layouts or any other Christmas paper crafting activity.
Poinsettias are one of my favorite winter design themes. Below, I’m sharing more poinsettia-themed cards from winters past, but please be aware that it is now getting hard to find the “Time to Flourish” collection of patterned papers that I used to make these designs. Of course, you can use any patterned papers to make your winter holiday cards — so feel free to adapt these ideas for use with other papers that are now available.
Holiday Wishes Card Featuring Red Poinsettias
Holiday Wishes Christmas Card Featuring Patterned Paper by Graphic 45
Very Merry Christmas Card Featuring Poinsettia Flowers
Very Merry Christmas Card Making Idea Featuring Poinsettia Themed Paper by Graphic 45 From the Time to Flourish 8×8 Pad of Patterned Paper.
Red, Green and White “Celebrate the Season” Christmas / Holiday Card
Celebrate the Season Red, White and Green Christmas Card
This festive slimline card could be a Christmas card if you make it in shades of red, green and white, as pictured.
However, this card making idea could be a jumping-off point for making cards to celebrate virtually any holiday or occasion.
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For example, some quick color changes could make this a Valentine’s Day card instead of a Christmas card.
Instead of using green dotted cardstock, a green frame and green paint, you could use pink supplies; then choose a Valentine-friendly sentiment stamp instead of the Christmas greeting I used to make the project sample. With those easy changes, the card would become a suitable Valentine’s Day design.
General Winter-Themed Cards
Polar Bear Cards
Winter Greeting Card Featuring Supplies by Doodlebug Designs: Cute Polar Bear Walking in a Winter Wonderland
DIY Valentine’s Day Cards You Can Make and Send to Your Loved Ones
I have a separate page that’s specifically dedicated to the topic of Valentine’s Day card making ideas; I invite you to visit that page for bunches more romantic, lovey-dovey card making ideas.
The page also includes some card making ideas that aren’t intended to be romantic at all, because there are lots of lonely people out there who aren’t “coupled up.” If your inner circle includes some of those people, and you’re a kindhearted soul who doesn’t want them to feel left out of the Valentine fun, you can send them some love in the form of a handmade card. So, this project idea list includes some fun, friendly Valentine card making ideas that omit all mentions of “undying love” and “happily ever after”.
So that’s my roundup of winter card making ideas!
I hope you enjoyed checkout out these winter cards. I hope you found some card making project ideas you can use! Happy crafting!
If you found this page helpful, I invite you to return to this site often for more craft tutorials, project ideas and inspiration! You can make sure you keep this site on your radar by signing up for my newsletter and community at Substack. .
Basic subscriptions are free; I send out regular newsletters to let my subscribers know about new craft articles and tutorials as they are posted. I also share details about the craft projects I’m working on, and invite my readers to share their projects, too. So there is no need to feel like it’s just you, crafting all alone at home. I’d love to have you join us! You’re invited!!
Amy Solovay is a real, live, human content creator and educator who holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in mathematics from Sweet Briar College; she has also earned a separate Associate of Arts degree in textile design from FIDM LA (The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, Los Angeles). She is NOT a robot and does not use artificial intelligence (AI) to write book reviews or articles for this website.
Amy learned to make cards as a small child, and she still enjoys card making techniques all these years later.
As an educator, Amy Solovay used to teach in-person college courses in trend forecasting, marketing and surface design at California Design College in Los Angeles.
If you’re interested in reading Amy’s personal blog, she invites you to visit her official website, AmySolovay.com; and, if you’re interested in earning income while spending time crafting, she encourages you to check out Crafterprise.com.
Over to You:
Are you making winter cards this year? How many cards have you made so far, and how are they turning out? Let’s talk about it in the comments.
October Craft Ideas: Crochet fingerless gloves + Plan your craft projects using a planner layout that includes a habit tracker
Happy October, creative friends!
Autumn is already well underway; the first day of fall this year was September 23, 2024. I hope your fall season got off to a fantastic start.
What types of craft projects are you interested in working on this fall?
Crochet Coffee Cup Cozy
Whether you’re brand new to crafts or you have your established favorite technique(s), either way, this craft website is a fantastic place to find fall-friendly craft project ideas you might be interested in working on this month. You’re invited to browse through this website’s pages on the topics of needlecrafts,paper crafts, and other crafts to find patterns, tutorials, and project ideas that interest you.
If you aren’t sure what, exactly, you want to work on making right now, please keep reading; below, I’ve rounded up a bunch of project ideas and suggestions for October craft ideas you can use this month. If you have other suggestions to add to this list, I invite you to post a comment at the end letting me and the other readers here know about them.
You Can Crochet Cup Cozies for Making It Easy to Take Your Coffee, Tea, Hot Chocolate and Pumpkin Spice Lattes Wherever You Go
The Mad Hatter Crochet Book + October Planner Layouts + Coffee Cup Cozy + Susan Bates Silvalume Crochet Hooks
For many people in the western hemisphere, the weather is now chilly; it’s the time of year when many people switch from drinking ice cold beverages to hot ones: think coffee, tea, hot chocolate, and pumpkin spice lattes.
For most students, school is in now in full swing – so if you’re a college student or a parent with school-aged children, you’re probably spending a lot of time on the go.
So, whether you’re drinking hot coffee, iced coffee, or something else all together, now is a fantastic time to whip up some crocheted coffee cup cozies and drink holders that make it easier to take your beverage of choice out the door with you. Cup cozies protect your fingers from accidental burns or chills, and they can also help to absorb any moisture or condensation that finds its way onto the exterior of your cup.
Plus, they’re a fantastic way to differentiate your cup from everyone else’s; you definitely want to have one of these to put your drink in if you and your friends are all headed to the same coffee shop to order the same exact drink served up in the identical, same-sized cup.
My current work in progress is an easy textured crochet coffee cup cozy. Wish me luck with it? And, anyone want to help me test coffee cup cozy patterns?
Update October 11, 2024: I finished one cup cozy and have started on another one! Yay!
Update October 16, 2024: I finished my second coffee cup cozy, too. WooHOO!
Also, I checked a bunch of books out of the library. Pictured above, you can see one of the books I’m reading right now. It’s called Mad Hatter by Aynesley Grealis. It’s super cute! I’ll let you know if I decide to make any of the projects in it.
October Planner Crafts
October Garden Journal Pages for Discbound Planners Like Happy Planner, Arc or Tul
If you maintain a physical planner, junk journal, scrapbook, or art journal, you might want to decorate your October calendar pages, journal pages or scrapbooking layouts with seasonal stamped images or embellishments. I invite you to check out the following pages for ideas:
Garden Journal Pages: This page has information on how to put together October garden journal pages plus additional pages for the other months besides just October.
Fall Themed 6×8 Pocket Page Scrapbooking Layout With Photo of Utah’s Dixie National Forest
You’ll miss out on seeing some of the world’s most inspiring scenery if you sit at home on your couch during the month of October. This is the time of year when the trees are showing off their most splendid color schemes. If you have a park or a hiking trail nearby, you can feast your eyes as you go for a stroll. You’ll want to grab a friend and your phone or camera and take photos of the all the beauty that you encounter along the way.
Fall Themed Mini Album Titled Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice Featuring Supplies by Simple Stories
If you do that, then you’ll have the most important material you need for making autumn-themed scrapbooking layouts, mini books and art journal pages.
Fall-Themed Digital Scrapbooking Layout: Photographs by Michael and Amy Solovay. Scrapbooking Layout by Amy Solovay. Digital Scrapbooking Supplies by Katie Pertiet Designs.
If any of these fall scrapbooking projects look interesting to you, you can click the photos to find more information about each one. If those ideas aren’t quite what you had in mind, you can check out this page of scrapbooking ideas to find a wider variety of projects.
October Holiday Crafts
”Oktoberfest,” ”Socktober” and “Socktoberfest”
Oktoberfest is an annual event that could be described as “a celebration of beer and beer-drinker’s culture.” This festival started in Germany but is now celebrated in many places around the globe.
For example, a few years ago, I celebrated Oktoberfest at Brian Head Resort in the mountains of Utah. Here’s a digital scrapbooking layout I made about that event:
Oktoberfest 2022 Digital Scrapbooking Layout by Amy Solovay; All Digital Scrapbooking Supplies Are by Katie Pertiet Designs.
If you’re celebrating Oktoberfest this year, I hope you’ll enjoy the festival; please feel free to use our scrapbooking ideas to create your own pages documenting your celebration.
Oktoberfest Spin-Offs
There are also some tongue-in-cheek spinoff events that playfully poke fun at Oktoberfest while also offering an alternative type of celebration.
Colorful Knit Soxx by Kerstin Balke, Published by Stackpole Books — Pictured With Other Craft Supplies Including Muse Sock Yarn by Knit Picks
Did you know that many homeless shelters are in dire need of socks? Many people donate to homeless shelters, but hardly anybody donates socks. So, lately, a lot of charity groups have been doing “Socktoberfest” drives encouraging people to donate socks.
If you’re a crafter who wants to join in the Soctoberfest fun, you could knit or crochet some socks to donate this month.
Where to Donate Handmade Socks or Other Handmade Projects You Knit, Crochet, Sew, Quilt or Make for Charity
I think it’s always prudent to donate your projects locally if that’s possible to do, but many crafters have found that their local organizations don’t want handmade goods. (I just shake my head at that. It’s infuriating to me, but true!)
So in that situation, I think Friends of Pine Ridge Reservation is a fantastic place to consider sending your handmade donations. These folks gratefully accept handmade goods as donations, and they put them to excellent use.
I don’t typically send them socks, but I try to send them donations of all kinds of warm things like hats, scarves and blankets. They are my go-to recommended charity for donating handmade goods to. I chose them for two reasons. First, it breaks my heart knowing that there are people in their community who freeze to death each year because their shelter is insufficient to protect them from the harsh, cold winters in their region. And, second, it is really easy to work with them.
Winter is fast approaching, and any donations you choose to send them will make a real and tangible difference in the lives of your projects’ recipients.
But no judgement from me if you don’t want to donate your handmade socks or other articles of warm clothing. I am well acquainted with that old saying, “Charity begins at home,” and I
totally get that it does have a basis in reality.
Not to mention the fact that Christmas will be here before you know it, and you might need to use your time this month for crafting Christmas gifts to give to your inner circle. So that’s another option we should discuss.
Christmas Crafting in October
If you celebrate Christmas, perhaps you have a mile-long list of people on your gift list who could use new socks, fingerless gloves, hats, scarves, blankets or other handmade goodies. You still have plenty of time to whip up some unique, one-of-a-kind Christmas gifts for your loved ones before the holiday rush starts.
I’ll be the first to admit that Halloween isn’t really my thing; I’m not into creepy, crawly, scary, horrifying things at ALL. So if you’re hoping to find a huge variety of Halloween crafts, this site probably isn’t going to satisfy your cravings for those. You’ll probably want to seek inspiration elsewhere. But, I do have a few project ideas and suggestions you could take a look at:
Check out the book Beastly Crochet, which isn’t specifically a Halloween pattern book, but it has soooooooooooooooooooooooo many Halloween-friendly projects that you will definitely want to check it out if Halloween crafting is your jam.
Some craft projects that weren’t intended to be Halloween projects could become Halloween projects with a few quick color changes.
For example, check out these holiday scarf patterns. I crocheted multiple samples that are mostly the same except for the colors; there’s a Christmas version, a Fourth of July version, and a Valentine’s Day version. I never made a Halloween sample for this particular design, but I’m sure that you can easily see how you could re-color it for Halloween if you’re so inclined. Just change the red, white and green into black, white and orange, and voila, you’ll have a Halloween scarf.
Holiday Scarf Patterns to Crochet: Crochet lovely scarves for Christmas, Valentine’s Day and Fourth of July with our free crochet scarf patterns
Find More Fall Craft Ideas to Carry You Through the Months of October, November and Beyond
The projects posted above are just a small sampling of the ideas posted on this website. I’ve put together a list of fall crafts that are seasonally appropriate for October and November crafting in many regions of the Western hemisphere.
Of course, if you are in Australia, you’re likelier to need spring project ideas right now, so I offer you this list of spring ideas instead.
For even more ideas, you’re invited to check out our main index of craft project ideas. Happy crafting!!
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