DIY -mini fall scrapbook-

Fall is one of my favorite seasons and i've been wanting to make a mini scrapbook for a while now and i finally did and i thought it would be great to share it with you :)

DIY -mini fall scrapbook-

Everyone has his own favorite scrapbook supplies,

here are some of mine:

-crop-a-dile

-japanese tape

-feathers

-polaroids

-felt

-cute ribbons

I choose to make this mini scrapbook in a leaf shape. I wanted to be sure that my polaroid peeks would fit, so i placed one polaroid on the paper and drew a leaf around that.

Cut out the shape you like and use the first one as a model (this way all your pages will be all the same size). I used red, white and orange paper and drew the leafs with a marker. Cut all the leafs out of your paper.

Here are all the leafs and i made one from felt. This one is going to be used as front page!

Make one hole in the top of al your leafs with your crop-a-dile.

I used a cute fall decoration and stappled it with a brown piece of ribbon on to the front. I also added the month and date on the leaf! Now it's time to fill your leafs with: photos, fall decorations, favorite things to do during the fall, favorite fall recipes etc Here are a few of my pages...

When your done with your pages you can easily bind the leafs together with a cute ribbon and you are done!

Have fun making your own fall mini scrapbook!

XO. Vera

DIY -make your own fall wreath-

My post was supposed to be ready yesterday, but i didn't have time to actually make a wreath. So i waited for today to make one :) Here we go...

You will need:

- a styrofoam wreath

- pins

- scissors (and if you like pinking shears for the fabric)

- fabric (i used an old fleece blanket)

Cut the fabric in slices and roll it on to your

wreath. Make sure that there are no blank

spots in between and that it covers your wreath.

Confirm the end and if you like the beginning with

a pin. Now you have the basis of your wreath.

Instead of using a ribbon i made a crochet one

Now it depends on what sort of wreath you

would like to make! Maybe you want to make

a pompom wreath or a polaroid one... I started

making polaroids that are fall inspired but i only

have a few so far... So i decided to make a wreath

with felt leafs. It's also possible to make one with paper

leafs! I used felt in the colors: orange,

green, red and brown. I usually start cutting all

kinds of shapes, but if your not comfy that way,

just use a marker and draw leafs before you cut

them out ;) Use good scissors!

a collection of my leafs

i first used these shaped leafs

and then i used the other shaped

leafs to fill the whole wreath

i secured them with a pin and

made sure that you can't see

the pins on top.

i found some cute fall brads in my stash,

that i decided to use

i used them to secure two leafs together.

I used all the other leafs to fill

the wreath just the way i like it!

I only filled the front, but if you

like you can also fill the sides too.

Have fun wreath making!

XO. Vera

DIY -crafting (with) leafs-

Autumn is arriving and the leafs are already falling down, so for today i have two easy fall DIY's for you. You can make these with your kid(s) on a rainy day, but make sure to collect the leafs before, so that they are dry and not to curly. You can click on the image to make it bigger, so all you have to do is copy it and fix it at your own size.

DIY 1 -making a leaf owl-

You will need:

- to print out this owl

-leafs

- glue

-scissors

- yarn

1. cut out the owl
2. use glue on your owl
3. take your leaf and rub on it, so that little pieces will fall off
4. if you need more leafs to fill the paper do so and make sure they are sticking to your paper
5. use two pretty leafs that can be used as the wings of the owl
6. you can also decorate the back of the owl with little pieces of leafs
7. make a little opening in the head of the owl
8. pull yarn through and tigh it together

DIY 2 -fold your own leafs-

You will need:

-folding paper

-scissors

-glue

I have a few pretty folding books for kids,

that i've been using over the years at school.

This idea is from the book 'Het grote

vouwboek deel 2' (it's a Dutch book).

This one is very easy, i made those leafs

last year with 4/5/6 year old kids. The smaller

kids need some more assistence with folding and

cutting ;) Have fun!

step 1

You can use different sizes of folding paper and

any color that you prefer. If your kid likes purple

leafs, go with it ;)

fold it through half, open and half again and open

step 2

fold until the middle

step 3

fold the other side to the middle

and open your paper

step 4

turn your paper and repeat step 2 and 3

step 5

fold open and if you have done it right,

you will have 16 squares

step 6

fold the right downside to the middle, like this

step 7

use your sciccors to make two little cuts

stop at the verticale line

step 8

fold your paper like this

step 9

and fold the one above the same way

step 10

take your scissors again and cut 2 lines

again and stop at the horizontale line

step 11

fold them just like you did at step 8 and 9

step 12

turn your leaf ;)

to finish you can glue a little brown

piece on the bottem.

You can glue them on paper, hang them

on your window or make a garland

from several folded leafs!

Happy crafting!

XO. Vera