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I LOVE making and sending out Christmas cards, but also love receiving them! We get well over 100 cards each year, and they are all so pretty! It would be a shame not to display them all, so here are some classy ways that you can hang your cards that you receive this year!

Looking for more Christmas tutorials? Simply check out my blog archive for Christmas!

Clothespin Card Holders: RubberStamping.About

Greeting Card Holder Craft: FamilyCrafts.About

Holiday Card Holder: Family Fun

Displaying Christmas Cards with Garland: FamilyCrafts.About

Ribbon Christmas Card Holder: Holiday Decorating Entertaining

Mitten Christmas Card Holder: Thrifty Fun

Displaying Christmas Cards: Martha Stewart

Make Your Own Greeting Card Holder: Instructables

How to Make a Christmas Card Holder: HGTV

DIY Christmas Card Holder: JannyPie

If you know of ANY other examples or tutorials, please comment below so I can add them to this list. Thanks!

Old socks, new socks, socks with holes. Do something with them! I knew there was a reason why I saved all of my holey socks!

Click on any photo below to get its tutorial.

Accessory Tutorials:

Make a Sock Wristband: DIYfashion

Fingerless Gloves from Socks: Ruffles and Stuff

Fingerless Gloves: Yiddle

DIY Legwarmers: Sewing Dork

DIY Infant/Toddler Legwarmers: Samster Mommy

Home Decor Tutorials:

DIY Sock Potholders: Re-Nest

Argyle Sock Vases: Design Sponge

Sock Stuffie Tutorials:

Sock Monkey: Craftbits

How to Make a Sock Monkey: Curbly

How to make a sock monster: Monster-Munch

Knitwits: Martha Stewart

Sock Doggy Tutorial: KayStarr98

The Sock Dog: Quiet Fish

Sock Dogs: HGTV

Pet Tutorials:

Baby Sock Cat Toy Tutorial: Martha Stewart

Small Dog Sweater from a Sock: Pet Project Blog

Easter Tutorials:

DIY Recycled Baby Socks into Bunnies and Chicks: Inhabitots

Halloween Tutorials:

Sock Skeleton: Martha Stewart

Crazy Octopus Costume: Designing Moms

Free Sock Bat Doll Pattern: Heather Bailey

Christmas Tutorials:

Baby Sock Advent Calendar: Martha Stewart

Finally! The secret of the sock monkey is revealed! haha. I’ve been trying to figure out how to make those forever!

Also, I never thought of even thought of using PLAIN socks for projects. The sock potholder tutorial has solved this! Now I can use all of my boring socks, too!

If you know of ANY other examples or tutorials, please comment below so I can add them to this list. Thanks!

Photo Credit:  SappyMooseTree on flickr

I did have pictures for every single tutorial, but something weird happened and they all disappeared. After much trying to get everything back, the original post would not save properly, and always showed up blank. So, that’s kind of sad. I did have to redo all of the links. It was painful doing it the second time around, but worth it! Maybe I broke the blog by including too many pictures.. oops.. Anyways, I hope you enjoy this post and get a ton of ideas from it!

If you would like to see the pictures without having to click all of the links – leave me a comment with your email address and I can send you the undamaged Microsoft Word document. Again – sorry about the inconvenience!

Tutorials:

• Having a Halloween Costume Contest? Check out my tutorial for award ribbons!
• Decorating the outside of your house too? Check out my list of tutorials here

Contents:

• Invitation and Card Tutorials
• Favor Tutorials
• Centerpiece Tutorials
• Banner/Pennant/Garland Tutorials
• Dining Room Decoration, Food Favor, and Place Setting Tutorials
• Candle, Match Holder, and Lantern Tutorials
• Game Tutorials
• Ornament Tutorials
• Picture Frame and Album Tutorials
• Halloween Potion Jar Tutorials
• Other Decoration Tutorials
• Inspiration, Ideas, and Photos

Invitation and Card Tutorials:

• Simple Halloween Gift Tags: Studio Mama
• Vintage Halloween Postcards: About OK – so not really an invitation, but a freaking sweet link to vintage Halloween postcards! Tell me you can’t do something creative with THOSE!
• Owl Invitation: The Impatient Crafter
• Halloween Party Invitation: BHG
• How to Craft a Spooky Halloween Card: Craft Ideas
• Lollipop Ghost Halloween Party Invitation: HGTV
• Halloween Tag Doll Invitations: Erica Mulherin
• Bewitching Invitation: BHG
• Halloween Luminary Invitations: Martha Stewart
• Handmade Halloween Mask Cards: Junie Moon
• Halloween Pop-Up Card: Can’t Stop Making Things Blog
• Witchy Embroidered Postcard: The Swell Life
• Creature Survival Kit Boxed Invitations: Brooklyn Limestone
• Creature Survival Kit Boxed Invitations Q and A: Brooklyn Limestone – in case you have questions about how to make the link above!

Favor Tutorials:

• Halloween Treat Box: Cathie Filian
• Mini Grim Reaper Glitter Trinket Box: The Swell Life
• Pumpkin on a Stick Party Favors: BHG
• Jar-O-Lanterns: Martha Stewart
• Last Minute Halloween Goodie Bags: ReproDepot
• Halloween Party Favor Buckets: Obsessively Stitching
• Paper Witch Shoe Favor Box: Skip to My Lou
• Pumpkin Suckers: BHG
• Ghostly Goodie Bag: Crayola
• Halloween Gift Bag: Phyllis Dobbs
• Halloween Treat Pouches: Savvy n Sassy’s Blog
• Pumpkin Favors: Kaboose
• Witch’s Broom Favors: Martha Stewart
• Halloween Sticker Crafts to put on favor bags: The Swell Life’s Blog
• Sizzix Treat Tote: Eileen Hull
• Recycled Spooky Sparkly Gift Cups: Mod Podge Rocks

Centerpiece Tutorials:

• Halloween Decorations Video: Paperclipping - for a sweet centerpiece tree!
• Spooky Halloween Tree Video: BHG
• Halloween Wire Tree Tutorial: My Big Mouth
• Spooky Halloween Tree for $1: Dabbled
• Glue Gun Spiderwebs: Cathie Filian
• Emmy Lu’s Halloween Tree Centerpiece: Brooklyn Limestone
• Halloween Tree: Gingerbread Snowflakes
• Sparkly Skull Halloween Ornament Centerpiece: Margot Potter The Impatient Crafter’s Blog
• Branch Out Centerpiece: BHG
• Make a Halloween Spooky Tree: Cathie Filian
• Halloween Dollar Store Do-Over: Cathie Filian
• Swooping Glow-in-the-Dark Bat Centerpiece: HGTV
• R.I.P. Skeleton in Coffin Centerpiece: I Love To Create Blog
• Fenced In Centerpiece: BHG
• Halloween Village Centerpiece: Claudine Hellmuth
• Halloween Candy Topiary: HGTV
• Halloween Tree Topiary: Let It Shine
• Halloween Spooky Swirl Vase: The Swell Life’s Blog
• Day of the Dead Shrine: CraftZine
• Make a Calavera Skull Centerpiece: Dollar Store Crafts

Banner/Pennant/Garland Tutorials:

• Halloween Garland that you can print out: FamilyE
• DIY Candy Corn Garland: Susie Harris
• Black Cat Halloween Banner: I Love To Create Blog
• Beware Banner: Plaid
• Glitter Boo Banner: The Swell Life’s Blog
• Spooktastic Halloween Pennants: The Swell Life’s Blog
• Halloween Garland Tutorial: KCetsy’s Blog
• Spooky Halloween Garland: Paper Crave
• Easy Pumpkin Garland: BHG
• Halloween Mobile/Curtain Tutorial: Visual Space Blog
• Halloween Banner: Brenda Pinnick

Dining Room Decoration, Food Favor, and Place Setting Tutorials:

• Halloween Runner Video: BHG
• Tabletop Stiffy Ghost: Cathie Filian
• Punch Bowl Prop How-To Video: Martha Stewart
• Hair-Raising Display: BHG
• Halloween Tablecloth: Martha Stewart
• Halloween Pedestals: Meli-Melo-Art’s Blog
• Cute CD Cupcake Stand: The Swell Life’s Blog
• Make a festive Halloween Cupcake Stand from Terracotta pots: The Artful Crafter
• Halloween Pennant Cupcake Picks: The Swell Life’s Blog
• Halloween Cupcake Pics/Picks: The Swell Life’s Blog
• Veggie Head: The Swell Life’s Blog
• MisFortune Cookies: BHG
• Creepy Candy Cover-Ups Video: BHG - a must see if you’re handing out king size candy bars!
• Spooky Tree Halloween Candy Bowl: Cathie Filian
• Mummy and Bat Candy Bar Covers: Skip to My Lou
• Embellished Glass Candy Bowls: BHG
• Spooky Eyes Candy Bowl: Cathie Filian
• Witch’s Cauldron Candy Holder: HGTV
• Halloween Candy Bucket: Little Birdie Secrets
• Long-Stem Pumpkin Labels: BHG
• Ghostly Glove Placecard Holders: HGTV
• Kid’s Witch Spoon Puppet: Cathie Filian
• Printable Cup Sleeves: Livinglocurto
• Halloween Eyeball Silverware: BHG
• Creepy Coasters: BHG
• Halloween Skeleton Hand Napkins: Gets Bored Easily
• Black Widow Chair Covers: BHG
• How to Make a Spooky Halloween Spice Rack: Crafterella
• Creepy Family Chandelier: HGTV – Make sure you watch the second half of the video for the chandelier – otherwise you’ll probably think it’s crap! But it actually looks pretty neat.
• Webbed Chandelier: BHG
• Halloween Chandelier Shades: CottageMagpie
• Making Halloween Corpse Hands: WetCanvas

Candle, Match Holder, and Lantern Tutorials:

• Shadow Decorations: FoldingTrees
• Candlelight Message: BHG
• Day of the Dead Embossed Tin Candle: AZCentral
• Spooky Packing Tape Transfers with Votive Candle Holders: How About Orange
• Creepy Candlesticks made out of mini pumpkins: Pattie Wack
• Halloween Decoupage Candle Holders: Craft Jr.
• Evita’s Spooky Silhouette Candle Holders: Design Sponge
• Spooktastic Halloween Candles: Dollar Store Crafts
• Spidery Sills and Window Webs: Martha Stewart
• Mummy Candle Holder: Cathie Filian’s Blog
• Make a Spooky Candle Holder: Dollar Store Crafts
• Extreme Glitter Skull Candle Holder: Cathie Filian
• Making a Flameless Candle: Dave Lowe Design’s Blog
• Specimen Jar Candle: Martha Stewart
• Fanning the Flame: BHG
• Halloween Hurricane Lanterns: BHG
• Hanging Snake and Frog Vellum Lanterns: Martha Stewart
• Green Slime Lantern: The Swell Life’s Blog
• Fun Halloween Lanterns: Crop Girl
• How to Fold a Lamp: Ah-Yi’s Blog
• Creepy China Ball Lanterns: DIY Network
• Batty Lampshade: Organize Your Stuff Now
• This Little Light Pumpkin: The Fearless Crafter
• Last Minute Halloween Lanterns: ReproDepot

Game Tutorials:

• Apple Bobbing Tub: Cathie Filian
• Pin the Fangs on the Vampire: Cathie Filian
• Ghoulish Gage of Ghastly Goop Spinner Game: Cathie Filian

Ornament Tutorials:

• Decoupaged Halloween Tissue Ornaments: The Swell Life’s Blog
• Paper Pumpkin Ornaments: DIY Craft
• Star-Shape Ornament: BHG
• Vintage Halloween Character Ornaments: The Swell Life’s Blog
• How to Make Found Object Ornaments: Cathie Filian
• Dead Fairy Halloween Decorations from Skull Garland: Craftster
• Glittered Dia De Los Muertos Memory Ornaments: AZCentral
• Boo-treelicious Crocheted Ghost Ornaments: Vickie Howell

Picture Frame and Album Tutorials:

• Halloween Frame Revamp: Dollar Store Crafts
• Dark Shadows Photo Frame: The Swell Life’s Blog
• Halloween Mummories Photo Album: BHG
• Halloween Spider Frame Tutorial: All Things Paper
• Spooky and Boo Shadow Boxes: Plaid

Halloween Potion Jar Tutorials:

• Potion Labels from Love Manor on flickr
• Vintage Poison Labels: Spookshows
• Halloween Potion Labels: Pheemcfaddell
• Making Canned Halloween Monstrosities: I Make Projects
• Mantipi Specimen with Tutorial in a Jar: Crafterella
• Tomb Stone Polish: Dave Lowe Design’s Blog
• Terrorium and Conjoined Twin Specimen Jar for a Halloween Wunderkammer: PoopScape
• Halloween Kitchen Jars: AranaMuerta
• The Cheapest and Easiest Prop You’ll Ever Make: Dave Lowe Design’s Blog
• Silly Putty Maneuver: Dave Lowe Design’s Blog
• Mutant Fetus/Alien in a Jar: IndyMogul
• Potion Bottle Collection: Cathie Filian
• Brain in a Jar Tutorial: The Mad Lab

Other Decoration Tutorials:

• Cobweb Spider Gun: Instructables
• 3-D Blood Splatter Effect on Windows: The Storque
• Misc Halloween Decoration Tutorials: Eileen Hull
• Costumed Kokeshi Dolls: Crafterella
• Paper Owls: Brenda Pinnick
• Halloween Zombie Dolls: Crafty Chica
• La Dama Rag Doll: AZCentral
• Make Halloween Paper Cone Witches: Rubber Stamping
• Vampire Rose Bouquet: Diary of a Crafty Chica
• Frankenrumi – Crocheted Frankenstein: Kiwi Magazine
• Skully Crocheted Skull Appliques Video: myLifetime
• Personalized  Black Cat Bobble Head: I Love to Create Blog
• Wooden Autumn Blocks: Make It and Love It
• Make Creepy Halloween Birds: Dollar Store Crafts
• Haunted Mirror: aidtopia
• Paranormal Portraits: Country Living
• Faux Wood Shelves: AranaMuerta
• Mummy Mannequin: PattieWack
• How to Make a Flying Crank Ghost: Phantas Mechanics
• Cheesecloth Ghosts: Pursuit of Craftyness Blog
• Halloween Ghost Walkers: The Small Object
• Grapevine Pumpkin: Make It And Love It’s Blog
• Rustic Pumpkins: Plaid
• Jack-O-Lantern Pinata: BHG
• Fabric Pumpkin Tutorial: Pieces of Time’s Blog
• Fabric Pumpkin Tutorial with Real Stems: The Simple Wife
• Fabric Pumpkins: Sunshine in My Soul’s Blog
• Simple Patchwork Pumpkins Tutorial: Rachael Rabbit
• Knitted Pumpkins: Knitty
• How to Make an Easy Paper Pumpkin: Rubber Stamping
• Fishbowl Pumpkin Tutorial: Bella Dia’s Blog
• Paint This Terra Cotta Pot: Phyllis Dobbs
• Skeleton Soap Bars: Soap Queen’s Blog
• Sock Skeleton: Poopscape
• Polymer Clay Zombie: Spirit Clay
• Shimmery Skeleton Shadow Box: Diary of a Crafty Chica
• La Catrina Skeleton Dolls Using Recycled Table Legs: PerpetualPlum
• Day of the Dead Wire and Clay Sculptures: AZCentral
• Matchbook Shrines: AZCentral
• Dried Apple Shrunken Heads: Fabulous Living
• Shrunken Apple Heads: Martha Stewart
• How To Make a Paper Mache Skull: Spooky Blue
• Easy Eyes: Haunter’s Hangout
• The Hand of Captain Hook: Dave Lowe Design’s Blog
• Toe Tag: cthulhulives
• Easy Halloween Window Webs: BHGnn
• House Zombies: Tried and True
• Spiderweb Decorations: WomansDay
• Styrofoam Ball Spider Decorations: Dollar Store Crafts
• How to Make Spider Web Balloons: Crafty Crafty
• Spooky Spider House: Studio Mama
• Bewitching Halloween Eggs: Martha Stewart
• Witch Hats: HowloweenQueen
• Wee Witch Shrine: I Love to Create Blog
• Halloween Countdown Calendar: I Love To Create Blog
• Batty Silhouettes: BHG
• Flappy Happies Bats: Domesticali’s Blog
• Mechanical Bat: Ravensblight
• Making Creepy Books: Dave Lowe Design’s Blog
• Boo Your Friends! Skip To My Lou
• How to Start the “BOO” In Your Neighborhood: Skip To My Lou
• Charm Balls: WomansDay
• Frankie Baby Art from a mirror: Plaid
• Light-up Pumpkins: Plaid

Inspiration, Ideas, and Photos:

• Two Halloween Decor Ideas: Dollar Store Crafts
• The Watchers Eyeball Nesting Dolls: Jason Brammer
• Spinning Eyeball Fountain: Buy Costumes – OK, so I would have no idea how to make this, but seriously. Look at it – it’s AMAZING! Such zombie goodness!

If you know of ANY other examples or tutorials, please comment below so I can add them to this list. Thanks!

Photo Credit: Andrew Stawarz on flickr