Each year I think I’ll add new items to my yard display, but every year the same thing happens: I‘m broke and have no time! Let’s face it, the two most important things we all need if we want to add something really great to our Halloween display is time and money. Both always seems to slip though my fingers like grains of sand in an evil inspired hour-glass.
But no matter how short on time and money you are, you’ll ...
Paper Mache and decoupage has come a long way, and luckily for you and me, there are hobby stores that carry a full line of Paper Mache boxes, purses, and chests that are a breeze to decorate for our favorite holiday (Halloween, of course!) Here is just one example of how to blend Paper Mache and decoupage a Halloween purse photo frame.
Supplies:
Paper mache photo purse
Decoupage Solution (ie Mod ...
I love to eat, and I love to sample the elaborate spreads my Halloween hostesses lavish on me and their other party guests. One problem I have, as I toss a few meatballs and other goodies on my plate, is juggling my plate, glass, napkin and then the silverware that is always placed at the beginning of the line.
It’s at those times that I wish I were a spider with eight legs so I could manage, but alas no, I’d ...
You can never have enough bodies when haunting a porch, yard, or house! Every time I haunt the house for a kid’s party or even for our adult parties, I like to have ghostly bodies placed around my rooms in chairs or at the piano. But, sadly, real bodies stink after a bit, and fake bodies cost a lot to make. And then there’s the storage issue after Halloween.
What else could I do but come up with a new ...
Keeping nature’s gifts on canvas
One morning as I spray painted a piece of furniture black in the side yard, I noticed a cobweb catching the paint over-spay. I had to wait for the paint to dry before I could do anything else to the nightstand, so I pulled up a lawn chair and pondered all the details I could see on the painted web. What a masterpiece! I had never taken time to really look at a web closely, but ...
Some people in this world can make a gorgeous Halloween decoration for any occasion out of a bowl of grits and twist tie. Well, ok, not grits, but you get the point. Me? Nope, I’m not one of them. Notice the title of this section? I have to think about what I want to do and plan well in advance . . . unlessssssss I decide to throw together a last minute gig!
I hope to make a few suggestions ...
Doubles as a Year Around Halloween CD Storage Rack
Ok groovy gang, you’re going to love this! It is our dream as Halloweeners to increase storage no matter how we decorate or celebrate our holiday, and my storage got a boost on my latest trip to Michaels. I spotted an unfinished House CD Holder for just $5.99!
Gang, I got ya covered with this dual-purpose haunted house display case that turns into a Halloween Music/Soundtrack/Roomscape holder after Halloween. I plan on ...
I love Department 56 and Spooky Town collectables, but I don’t have room for all the different houses and building in the collections. So over the years I’ve bought several pieces that I couldn’t live without, but I couldn’t display them either because of no room and to protect them from my two cats. You know what I mean - small collectables make great cat toys!
The first thing I thought of was to get a display case made for ...
We have all collected trinkets and other small objects at this time of the year but have no way of showing them off. I, too, have many small Halloween treasures that I wanted to display, but I had to find a way to do it without making new toys for the cats or toddlers. Anyone with either knows what I’m talking about! At that moment of despair, I came up with a fun way to display some goodies in an ...
A Fun Way For Your Jewelry to Make New Shadows this Halloween Season, or Year Round
Every Halloween I can’t wait to get out my massive Halloween jewelery pile and sit on the bed to marvel at some of my better pieces. Each piece is a work of art in my eyes, and I can’t help thinking how neat it would be to have a way of showing it off when I’m not wearing it.
I got a great idea when ...
Ghouls, our prayers have been answered! How many of us know about the famous leg-shaped lamp featured proudly in A Christmas Story? You know, the one that accidentally gets broken?
Well, wait until you see the Halloween version! It will be the perfect addition to any Halloween abode all year long and will be such a fun conversation piece as your Halloween guests trick-or-treat or come to your party. Check this wonderful lamp out!
Grandin Road has ...
Ah, another glorious Halloween season has come and gone. I've wiped the drool off my after-Halloween sale items, packed away my tattered ghosts, vultures and other props back into their yearlong resting places, sadly making my house and driveway look like everyone else’s on my street - sickeningly normal.
I grab the stack of photos from this last year's Halloween yard decorations I had processed almost seconds after taking them. I lay back in my chair to revel in ...
What kid doesn’t love getting treats at Halloween time? For most kids, the creepiest treats are always the best. These look like mummy bones, but are actually candy bars. Make a whole batch of these and give them out to your trick or treaters or to your child’s class at school. They are easy to make and will sure to be a big hit. Young children can easily help with this quick project. Let them wrap the candy with ...
Every time I had a party for my daughter, either at school or at home, I would rack my brains trying to come up with some simple yet clever party favors to give the kids. Hundreds, if not thousands of ideas exist on the web, but they were either too costly, too hard to find the supplies, or I had to be a full-time artist to make the items they called "simple and cheap." Time to improvise!
Skeleton Hand Favors
At my ...
Halloween party favors are so much fun to make, except when the directions are hard and it almost kills me to get them done. As usual, a teacher asked to put some favors together on short notice, and I was all out of ideas. Later that day, I sat on the front porch looking at a pile of goodies and craft supplies, trying to divine a new idea that would jump out from my piles and yell at me.
I drew ...
Halloween comes but once a year if you're a non-haunter, but that's not us! We love to listen to our beloved Terror Syndicate CDs all year and for every occasion - unless my family threatens to put me into one of my own coffins. One day I got to thinking - were there other types of Halloween or haunting music I might be missing? Was there better party music for my next bash that I'd never heard? ...
Present a Professional, Stylish Buffet Table Your Guests Will Flock To
You've made a list of ghoulish goodies you want to make, grabbed Halloween decorations
to use on the table, and set it all up. You stand back smiling at your handywork,
thinking the table will look great. Then you see it finished. Suddenly, it hits
you. Your food and decorations just don't look like the cool presentations you see
in magazines and on tv.
Your decorations look mountainous, while the dishes look squatty ...
How to Create a Haunted Duck Pond Game
Supplies needed:
Floating ducks or other Halloween items that can float
Black sharpie marker
Snow saucer or other wide, shallow container that holds water
Black plastic or black garbage bags
Hot glue gun
Outdoor table
Water
Two prize containers (#1 toys and #2 candy)
If you have a lot of pre-schoolers, you have to do a Haunted Duck Pond! It is so easy and takes very little time to pull one together. Take a snow disc or shallow container and put it ...
How to Make a Demented Dime Toss Game
Supplies Needed:
White foam core, about 18 inches by 18 inches - available at any craft or art store (or snag a foam board used as packing if a friend bought a new appliance!)
Sharpie markers (several different colors)
Pencil
Colored Duct Tape
Bulletin board border (in fall or Halloween design)
A roll or two of dimes
Two prize containers (one for candy and one for prizes)
A t-square
optional: 1/2 inch number stickers (how many depends on how many squares you ...
In many neighborhoods around the country, people don't know their neighbors or are new and looking for ways to meet them. I don't think anyone would disagree that knowing your neighbors is a good thing, especially if you have kids or for everyone's general safety. In our hustle and bustle world, it's getting harder to get to know your neighbors with all the crazy work schedules and children's extra curicular activities, not to mention both spouses working. Where is the ...
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