It’s October 15th. Do you know where your scraps are?
Our ScrapHappy host, Kate, invites bloggers to join in the fun of making something entirely out of scraps. We create something useful or beautiful (or spooky!) each month and share details on our blog.
I love Halloween, and I love paper crafts. October is my birthday month, so in addition to the paper I buy, friends treat me to Halloween treasure. I may never run out of scraps, but not for lack of trying.
Once again, I assembled small craft kits that I offer next to our Little Free Library. Some of my Halloween paper goes back 15 years. If I haven’t used it by now, it’s time to send it out into the universe for someone else to enjoy. The scraps are leftover from paper kits or freebies from craft weekends past. I used black ink and a couple of my acrylic stamps so I could include a couple of small embellishments.
Last night, just before dozing off, I thought it would be fun to decorate a themed box for the craft kits. So I pulled out the box I used last summer for kits and covered it with scraps of Halloween paper, leftover Washi tape, and the remnants of my son’s haunted house phase. He’s a senior at university, so those scraps have also been around.
The box is too deep to display the kits, so I used a cardboard lid to divide it, covering it with gauzy Creepy Cloth.
The cloth drapes along the back and intersects with the paper. I raided my fairy garden stash for the “broken fence,” and it was finally ready to go. I recycled a cellophane bag on the bottom of the box in case it gets damp. We’re unlikely to see rain in the next two weeks (BOO!), but I’ll bring the box in at night anyway since it will get damp.
There are twenty kits in total, but if they go quickly, scraps remain.
That, dear readers, brings me to the other fun part of these posts. Here are links to several other ScrapHappy bloggers.
Kate, Gun, Eva, Sue, Lynda,
Birthe, Turid, Susan, Cathy, Tracy,
Jill, Jan, Moira, Sandra, Chris, Alys (that’s me)
Claire, Jean, Jon, Dawn, Jule, Gwen,
Sunny, Kjerstin, Sue L, Vera,
Nanette, Ann, Dawn 2, Carol,
Preeti, Debbierose, Nóilin and Viv
Postscript: Tessa the curious
Gardening Nirvana 
Seeing your creativity always makes me smile. And your bootiful Halloween box even more so. As always, I enjoy reading how you put everything together. Happy October birthday! Our eldest daughter’s birthday is the end of the month, so October is a special month for us.
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Happy birthday to your eldest daughter, Laurie. I was born on my mom’s 40th birthday. It was fun sharing our birthdays during her lifetime. Thank you for your kind words, Laurie. I love this time of year.
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Same! Maine is especially beautiful during October. What a lovely birth month.
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https://tenor.com/view/snoopy-fall-falling-leaves-gif-15291846
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Tee-hee!
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I love that not only are you using scraps to make something useful and cute, you’re also making scraps available to others to make something useful and cute! Double whammy 👻🎃
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Thank you, Kate. I hadn’t thought of that. When I was a teenager, a neighbor offered me a box of fabric scraps, many a yard or more. I had so much fun making cushions, clothes, and other forgotten items from her generous stash. We had little money, and I was new to the neighborhood, shy and lonely. I’ll never forget that connection.
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Now others are reaping the benefit.
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Lovely to read of you spreading the ScrapHappy love. I hope the local recipients have fun with your beautiful kits.
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Thank you, Jan. I really enjoy these projects.
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A typically creative and generous project, Alys
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Thank you, Derrick!
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I bet there are kids who make special detours round your way in the hope there will be something exciting. They’re never disappointed 😉
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Dawn, you made my day with that comment. Thank you. I should write a post with some charming notes I’ve received from the under-five crowd. It warms my heart.
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Absolutely you should. I think it’s fabulous
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Thank you!
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I also love Halloween, and I love your little free craft kits! Everything in this post made me smile. (You even have a Halloween cat. 😉)
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Thank you, Sue! Halloween is festive and fun. I look forward to it every year. Tessa does look like a Halloween cat with orange and black fur and her fancy “mask.” She’s a gem.
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your craft kits are delightful, so wonderful to give kids a start to the world of creative crafting. Do any of them come back to show you what they’ve done? The box is great.
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Clever crafting, Alys! I love the spooky look to your box. Your house must be the most popular one on the block!
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The box itself is lovely! There must be someone who wants to buy that as well 🙂
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The display box is pure genius. How lovely it came out. The kits are very sweet too. I’m so glad to know I am not the only one who keeps scraps for way to many years. Have a happy Halloween and a lovely birthday. My hubby has a birthday this month as well. I’ll have to make something yummy for him.
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Those are too cute and the kids are going to love them.
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Spooky and fun for visitors to you LFL ! I can’t believe you have papers 15 years old ! You are a collector for sure. I think Halloween is much bigger in America than here, but our street seems to be an exception. I just bought candy today for 250 kiddo’s. It was pretty expensive so I’m afraid that’ll have to be our limit. I’m actually working on a Halloween thing tonight too 😀 Fun to see your very own projects too! 🧡
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