DIY Felt Black Cat Halloween Lights

I changed this summer wreath into a cute Halloween wreath with these black cat lights I made. You can make them too. It's easy and inexpensive.
First you'll need a few supplies:

1) One piece of Black Stiff Felt
2) Gold Metallic Acrylic paint. I used Deco Arts Champagne Gold.
3) Orange Mini Lights
4) A pair of Scissors
5) Black Cat Pattern


After you have all your supplies, you'll want to download & print out the black cat pattern.

A) Cut the cat shape out of your printout.
B) Using a pencil, trace the cat shape onto your black felt. You'll need ten cats.
C) Use a pair of sharp scissors to cut the cats out of your felt.
D) Paint the face onto the felt using a pretty metallic acrylic paint.
E) After the paint has dried. Use the sharp edge of your scissors to punch a small hole for the light to pop through.
F) Push a light through each hole for the eyes.
G) Hang your cat lights on a wreath, fireplace mantel, or any where you'd like to add some Halloween fun.

 

DIY Felt Snowflake banner Tutorial & Pattern

I'm re-posting my most popular tutorial from almost 5 years ago. Somehow between all those years, all our moves, and all our computer crashes, the downloadable file was damaged.

So, by popular request, I've recreated it for you to download. FREE!

I'm not going to lie. It takes a long time to cut out all these snowflakes. But it's worth it. This banner is also very inexpensive to make.

You will need some "Stiff Felt" in white or your desired color, some Ric-rac or ribbon, sharp scissors, a hot glue gun, sequins, or any fun embellishments you might have. 

1) CLICK HERE to Download and print this 2 page PDF file.

This will be the pattern for your snowflakes.
2) Cut out the paper snowflakes for a pattern.
3) Trace Pattern onto some stiff felt.
4) Cut snowflakes out of stiff felt.
5) Use a hot glue gun to glue sequins or embellishments to the center of each snowflake.

6) Glue each snowflake to ric rac or ribbon to make your snowflake garland.

7) Find a fun place to hang your garland and enjoy!

Note, snowflakes take a little time to cut out. I like to cut them while watching my favorite movie.

Please feel free to share my pictures and this tutorial with your friends. Please direct them to this website to download the snowflake patterns, as the pattern is not intended for
re-distribution or re-sell. Thanks!

 

This is me way back when, showing my snowflake banner on Studio 5.