A Holidays Editor's Own Halloween Crafts

Pumpkin Pillow

When my passion for Halloween began to extend to expensive antique collectibles, I knew I was in trouble. So I started to create my own designs based on vintage papier-mache candy containers. My first effort was a felted-wool pillow that featured a smiling jack-o'-lantern. I used blanket stitches around the edges of the shapes as well as the pillow itself.