Whether your are looking for a fun project to do with your kids or you need a fun gift idea for another family, everyone is sure to love these adorable penguins.  The project also has a secret – it glows in the dark!  It would make a super cute gift for Christmas, housewarming, or even to celebrate a new addition to the family.  [how to make a glow in the dark penguin family portrait]

Project estimate:

• Picture frame, on hand or $1
• Scrapbook paper, on hand
• Gloves, $1
• Glue, on hand
• Glow in the dark puffy paint, about $2 and up
• Marker, on hand

Total:  about $3 and up

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This year at my house it is time to invest in a new hose.  The old one still looks fine, but as soon as you turn it on it shoots up a fountain-like leak.  Know the feeling?  Feel bad about throwing that old hose in the trash?  Jill from Create.Craft.Love. has an idea for you!  She turned an old hose into a lovely spring wreath that is perfect for hanging on your front door, your garden shed, or anywhere else that needs a touch of garden-y spring flair.  [how to make a garden hose wreath]

Project estimate:

• Garden hose, on hand or about $7 and up
• Wire ties or twist ties, on hand or $1 and up
• Silk flowers, $1 and up
• Garden gloves, $1 and up
• Ribbon, on hand or $1 and up
• Other embellishments (optional), on hand or $1 and up

Total:  $2 and up

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Growing up with a mother who was a preschool teacher, I became accustomed to reading time involving props like felt board shapes or  puppets.   I was reminded of this when I saw these turkey finger puppet gloves by Lorie from Reading  Confetti.  She made them to go with the book “10 Fat Turkeys” by Tony Johnston, but they would also be fun just for play!  I mean, what kid doesn’t love finger puppets?  [how to make turkey finger puppet gloves]

Project estimate:

• Gloves, $1
• Pipe cleaners, on hand or $1
• Craft foam or felt,  on hand or $1
• Googly eyes, on hand or $1
• Glue, on hand

Total:  $1 and up

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You’ve heard of sock monkeys…  But how about glove squirrels?  No?  Esther from Handmade with Love needed a little plush zombie critter this Halloween, but didn’t want to zombify any of her existing stuffed animals.  Instead, she used inexpensive gloves to make a couple of cute little squirrels (one squirrel per glove), which she then made creepy and gruesome.   Cute and twisted…  Now that’s my kind of craft!  If you’re not into zombies, you can leave out the blood-and-terror element and embellish them to your own liking.  [how to make a glove into a zombie squirrel]

Project estimate:

• Gloves, on hand or $1
• Sewing notions, on hand
• Polyfill, on hand or about $3 and up

Total:  Free and up

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Admittedly, just about any Halloween costume that you put on a baby is automatically adorable.  My favorite category of baby costumes is animals, which I also think are some of the cutest!  Kathryn from The Dragon’s Fairy Tail made a moose costume for her then-6-month-old son last year that was cheap, easy, warm, and of course awww-inducing.  (Isn’t her little guy just the sweetest?)  Hand the kid a stuffed squirrel toy and it becomes a Rocky and Bullwinkle ensemble!  [how to make a moose Halloween costume]

Project estimate:

• Brown hooded sweatshirt, $1 and up
• Tan stretch gloves, $1
• Sewing notions, on hand
• Pollyfill, on hand or about $3

Total:  $2 and up

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Even when you’re doing dishes, you want to look glamorous, right? Inspired by a tutorial by Little Birdie Secrets, I made some ruffly rubber gloves from stuff I bought at the dollar store. I first learned of this tutorial from the best of DIY and it cracked me up, so I knew I had to try it. A kitchen-themed swap on Craftster presented the perfect opportunity!

I found yellow gloves and black rubber gloves at the dollar store. I knew I wanted to use the hot pink gingham I already had on hand, so I went with the black gloves. I made a matching pouch to put them in just for fun.

Project Materials:

• Rubber gloves, $1
• Ribbon, $1 or on hand
• Fabric, on hand (the original tutorial uses oilcloth, which I didn’t have)

Total cost: $1 and up

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