Make A Sweater Vase In 5 Minutes

It is getting cold out here in Pennsylvania so I bought some yarn and made a sweater for my vase! 

If you know me at all, it would be funny to picture me knitting or crocheting, so this yarn project has to be so simple an eight year old could do it (yes, my eight year old helped me).

There is no glue, no tricky steps, and can be completed in one evening while watching television!

This project is great for adding texture, color and 'cozyness' to old vases you have but do not use because they do not offer the right look in color.

Ingredients you need:

1-Yarn (buy at a craft store)

2 - A vase (any size, any shape works-buy at a craft stores and the Dollar Store)

3 -Scissors

BEFORE

For this vase, I used Lion Brand yarn in '408 Wild Fire'.  I picked it up at Wal-mart.  It is super soft!

This is the yarn I used.

1. Loop your yarn around the vase once knot it.

2. Then wrap it around and around as much as you like.  

3.  When you are finished looping it around and around, cut your yarn, leaving two inches.

4. Make a knot with the last loop you did and pull.

5. Lastly, tuck it in! 

DONE!

AFTER

Warm up a tabletop in your dining room, or get your foyer festive with a sweater vase.

For the vase filling above, I simply added moss on the bottom of the vase because it is see through, then placed in twigs I found outside.

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5 Minute DIY Projects To Create A Fall Front Porch

Here are a few 5 minute projects that will add instant festive fall appeal to your outdoor space!

'No glue, no fuss, no mess is included in these quickie DIY crafts'

I gave my front porch some quick cozy appeal by adding some fake nature!  I love these ideas because they are easy, inexpensive, and can last all winter!

THE WINDOW BOX

The flowers in my window box were beginning to die out, so I added some real and fake little pumpkins and gourds.  Now my window box is full of fall color!

THE FRONT DOOR

I quickly crafted a wreath using a natural twig grapevine wreath I purchased from Wal-Mart for a few bucks and added fake grasses and leaves from the Dollar Store.  I did not use any glue; I just pushed the ends of each stem into the wreath.  I then wrapped twine around the top of wreath and looped it around my door knocker.  Took 5 minutes!

Here's all you need:

One natural twig grapevine wreath (craft store, wal-mart)

A few bunches of your favorite fake grasses, leaves, or flowers (craft store, dollar store)

PLANTERS

The flowers I had in my planters died, so I replaced them with a fake pumpkin and surrounded it with fake leaves and grasses! 

The fake pumpkins I used were made of foam so I placed a wooden dowel in the bottom of the pumpkin halfway and pushed the rest of the dowel into the soil in my planters to keep it from moving.  

Here is what a wooden dowel looks like.

You can pick up the pumpkin, fake grasses, leaves, and dowels at a craft store or Wal-mart.  This is another quick DIY project!

These 5 minute projects can be done in one evening, and your kids can help you out too!

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