How to make yarn cone candy corn Halloween decorations

As a recycled crafter I think my eyes have this way of looking at things and seeing something else....or it just could be my declining bad eyesight :) When sorting through my yarn stash I ran across a yellow one and thought it would make a fun candy corn decoration.

So I went to my other boxes to see if I could find more and it turns out I had 5 cones of yarn in various sizes.

 Next step was to gather up the white, orange and yellow yarns, I even made a candy corn out of the boxes - I swear I didn't think of this it just happened when I placed them on the floor to photograph and there it was!

I had fun picking out different shades and textures of the yarns.

TIP: Start with the top and bottom of the cones then wrap the middle section I found it easier to get the proportions right and get the yarn to stay in place.

Oh and if you like the little guys on top- they are simply acorns painted orange and then little jack-o-lantern faces drawn on with a Sharpie.

How to make mini jack-o-lantern pumpkins with acorns

Are you a big fan of the acorn? I am and I thought I'd make some tiny jack-o-lanterns with a bunch of acorns from my stash. They were fun to make. Oh, and easy!

Grab some acorns,
orange paint
pencils
vases or glasses to hold the pencils upright
Tombow adhesive dots
Fine tip Sharpie marker

Use an adhesive dot to hold the acorn upside down on the ends of the pencils to make them easy to hold while painting and rest while drying.

Paint the acorns orange.

 When the paint is dry remove the pencil leaving the glue dot on the acorn. Pop the lid back on the acorn using the glue dot to secure it.

Draw a jack-a-lope face on each of the acorns.

Enjoy!