I have trouble every year carving pumpkins, because I always end up carving the same not so scary face. But, Martha has inspired, yet again.
Archive for Halloween Fun
Free Download: Halloween Greeting Card!
I found these super cure cards from Inside A Black Apple via Whip Up.
Halloween is getting closer! Exciting!
The Most Awesome Cupcakes Ever!
How effing cute are these! I’m going to uses my super rad neon food dye to make them green and glow-in-the-darky. I found it on Martha’s Website
To decorate, use a medium round tip (or a plastic bag with the tip cut off) to pipe a mound of buttercream in the center of cupcake, then outline and pipe a brain design over it.
Have Fun!
Day of the Dead Tablecloth!
Here is a cute table cloth cover from The AntiCraft. It calls for a plain black vinyl table cloth so this will last you more than one Halloween, so therefore I feel it’s a good project.
Here is the link:
http://theanticraft.com/archive/samhain08/papelpicado.htm
I plan to put a neon green table cloth underneath mine to make it pop!
It’s Like She’s Feeding Me Halloween Crack
I was browsing the Martha Stewart website, just in case I missed something ealier and what I found was shocking.
How could I have missed this spiderweb table cloth! It’s cutte and easy to make and goes with all the other crap I’ve been drooling over.
What You’ll Need:
Off White Fabric (about 10inches wider than your table)
Iron and Ironing board
Scissors
Invisible marker (blacklight reactive)
1. Fold in half to make a rectangle. Press with Iron.
2. Fold in half to make a small square. Press with iron.
3. Position so that the center of the original square is at top left. Fold left bottom corner to right top corner to make a triangle. Press with iron.
4.Fold top right corner down to triangles longest side. Press with iron.
5. Place the point of the triangle in the center of the table. Let the rest hang off the edge. A few inches from the edge, cut an inward arch.
6. Unfold fabric. Lay over a paper covered surface to help absorb marker. Trace the fold with the marker (you might wanna use a ruler).
7. Outline the bottom of the table cloth and add some bowed lines parallel to the edge. Let dry for 20 mins.
More Halloween Crap You Can Print Out For Free!
The one thing I love more that Halloween scrap, is getting that crap for free.
Here are some really cute printouts to go around your flashlight. I found it over in the toyshop section at ravensblight.com
I also was browsing and found these really cute cupcake toppers from Bake and Destroy over at Etsy.
The best part of these guys is that you can either buy the toppers from her or buy a diy kit from her for like 3 bucks.
Free Halloween Downloads!
Look at these cute downloads from Macula and the best part is they’re free.
You can download these here: http://www.macula.tv/main.htm
More Halloween Stuff I Shouldn’t Be Concerning Myself With…
So, the baking bug hit me late thursday night and I am obssessed. I also thought it would be really cool to make glow in the dark desserts for my halloween party. I’ve decided to center all my decor around a blacklight I bought, so I thought this would look awesome.
Wilton.com sells food dye that does wonders. You can also find neon cupcake cups at Michael’s and Party City.
The cheapest way to throw a party is to have a specialty drink to serve. It’s much cheaper to but a handle of decent alcohol and a mixer than worry about what varieties of beer and liquer you have. And an awesome way to have your punch bowl (or whatever you have to serve it in) glows unde rthe blacklight. You can do this with creating glow in the dark ice.
Buy some tonic water, making sure it contains the ingredient quinine. Pour the tonic water into ice cube trays and freeze. If you don’t like the taste of tonic water and want the cubes to last longer, mix with regular H20 and there you are!
Glow in the Dark Goodness
Halloween is coming up and I am determined to throw the best D.I.Y. party for under $50 bucks. Naturally you’ll have to rely on the help of others to bring food but here’s some ideas I found so far, mostly from Martha Stewart. The easiest thing I found is to center all my decor around a black light.
You can get a simple bulb for $10 at walgreens if you don’t already have one. I like the Beetlejuice feel it gives the room, especially with the Portaits below. : )
A simple idea for dessert is to display assorted candy (you can get this at the super market ot Target for a buck)
For the bags you will need:
Your computer
A printer
Paper
Glue
Scissors
Brown Paper Bags
1. Find clip art of animal skeleton’s (I used X-Ray photos found on Google). Drag into a photo editing program and reverse the colors, leaving a black background and the skeleton drawing white. Size to paper bag and print out.
2. Cut out and paste on bag.
3. Set under blacklight with candy!
Similar rules apply to these portaits.
What you’ll need:
Your comupter
A printer
Fluorescent Posterboard
Spray Adhesive
Crafting Knife
1. Find old-timey, black and white portraits. Google is full of old creepy families. Adhust then to a size you feel comfortable printing out. If you want large scale, print out in pnales and overlap. Print.
2. Using a crafting knife and a cutting mat, cut out eyes, slices in the throat, drips of blood, etc. on the portraits.
3. Glue evenly on the posterboard, leaving an inch or so on each side to give the appearance of an old-timey frame, unless you have a frame you want to use. The original project called for you to buy a frame and paint it the same color as the poster board you are usuing…I think thats a waste of effing money. A black frame looks just as good too.
4. Hang on your wall near a blacklight and voila!
This project brings you in way over $50, but it’s so cute I couldn’t resist.
What you’ll need:
Wooden Candlesticks and Wooden Plaque (found in most craft stores)
Sand Paper
Hot Glue Gun
White Spray on Primer
Small Paintbrush
1. Sand candlestick and plaque. Make sure to go with the grain.
2. Fill center of candlestick with glue, cafefully set the plaque on top. Turn upside down and let sit for 2 hours.
3. Coat stand worth white spray on primer. Let dry.
4. Use a small paintbrush to coat with optical white paint. et dry. Give a second coat if needed.
There you go….my faves so far….Enjoy!
