Halloween Wrap Up

Each year we have an adult Halloween party.  When we started, none of us had kids, so it made sense.  I just wanted to share with you some of the projects my sister and I did for the party.  Thanks to my Aunt Stormy for taking the pictures as my camera is out of commission for good.

My sister, Kari, carved these the very first year.  They are fake, obviously but they look really cute all lit up.

Remember the stuff I posted here and here?  This is how I put them together.  Cute bowls, foam and moss form the Dollar Tree.  They looked nice on black table covering.

 

We made these from cardboard (thanks to Uncle Sean).  Kari cut the shapes, I painted the basic color and she added the pizazz, as she always does.

 

This giant spider is one of my favorite decorations.  The pennant, I just printed from here onto yellow card stock and hung with orange yarn. I got the bloody background at Walgreens for 99 cents.

 

Kari really wanted to make her own pinata but after 2 attempts, she had to go buy one.  We were trying to do things on the cheap so she bought a yellow happy face pinata at the discount grocer, spray painted it orange and added a jack-o-lantern face.  It was a hit, literally!

 

Here are the trophies.  I got the idea here and then we ran with it.  We used chunks of wood, Dollar Tree skeletons, gold spray paint and vinyl letters.  It was actually quite hard to get them to stay how we wanted but I think they turned out great.  Here is a closer look at all the trophies.

 

This is Molly and her amazing Peacock costume that won Best Overall.

I also flexed my sewing skills a bit and made my husband, Roger's and my costumes.  Here they are:

This is Roger with my cousin Chelsey.  He was Fat Bastard from Austin Powers.  I sewed the kilt and hat.  I also made the dangle balls on his hat and socks.

And finally, here I am as Honey Boo Boo.  I took a t-shirt and bedazzled it, made the sash and the tutu.  It was a really fun costume to wear.

Halloween Pinwheel Craft

These pinwheels were so easy.
You will need:
Scissors, a dowel or skewer, a double-sided square of paper (any size you want), a small bead and push pin.

Here are some really great instructions for making a pinwheel:
http://www.leslietryon.com/3dcolorcutout/makepinw/makepinwheel.html

I used 6" x 6" paper.  I just took a 12 x 12 piece of scrapbook paper and cut it into 4 squares.
Fold the paper on the diagonal both ways

On each fold, cut about 2/3rds of the way down

Fold over every other corner to the center

Push the pin through each of the 4 corners and directly into the middle of the paper.  Place a bead between the paper and the dowel and push the pin into the dowel to secure it.  I suggest using an extra long push pin.

Halloween Paper Decorations

I got the inspiration for the project from HERE via Pinterest.

The instructions are very basic.  Just cut scrapbook paper of your choosing into strips.  My circles used 2-4 strips of 12" paper.  Depending how big and full you want them.

Basically just accordion fold them, then glue them end to end until you have a full circle.  Then take that circle and glue the center together and hold until mostly dry.

Then I just glued a small embellishment on the front and a stick to the back.  This one is just a circle of paper with a witchy sticker on it.

I got lucky and found some really cute scary embellishments at Michael's on clearance.  Here are some more I put together (the ghost is my favorite but don't tell the others):

I have a few more Halloween crafts I will be posting in the next couple weeks.