Halloween Crafts!

I have been in a crafting funk lately. This happens every year at the start of the school year. I get really busy and the creative juices get backed up. With Pinterest I have a ton of ideas, but it doesn't give me any more time to work with. After the trip to the pumpkin patch I had all the tools to create my mummykin.

To make this little guy, I used

• 1 small-medium pumpkin (with a good stem)
• 3 rolls of roller gauze (there is only 1 in the picture)
• A pair of googley eyes
• A hot glue gun (Not pictured)

Start wrapping the gauze around the pumpkin. I started back middle. Use additional gauze as needed. When you are happy with the coverage, use a hot glue gun to add googley eyes. Smile every time you look at it.

This project was super easy, and really inexpensive.

• Pumpkin- $3.00
• Googley Eyes- .99
• Already owned- Gauze & hot glue (I used to teach for the red cross and have several open/used rolls of this gauze that can't be used for first aid, as they are no longer sterile)

Total cost- $3.99




Since I was in a crafting mood, I tackled another small project. I wasn't going to do this for Halloween, but it adds a fun touch to our walls. I am planning on doing something similar for Christmas, so I used this as a learning tool.

For this project I used:
1 piece of 9x12 black foam sheet- .99
3 pieces of scrapbooking paper- 2 @ .59, 1 @ .99
Black Ribbon- $2.50
Already owned- black letters, spray glue, box cutter, paper cutter, hot glue gun

Total cost- $5.66

I cut the foam sheet into quarters using a box cutter. Then I cut my scrapbooking paper down to size and attached it to the foam quarters with the spray adhesive. I glued the letters down to the squares.

After cutting 2 three inch lengths of ribbon, connect the three squares together. Cut a longer length and glue a loop to the top. Make a cute little bow and put it on the bottom.

For Christmas, I think I will buy some cuter letters. I saw some at Michael's, but decided to just use the letters I already owned for this own. I also will do a bit more measuring when I attach the ribbons. You can see that the second "O" is a little crooked. I want to use Modpodge instead of spray adhesive.  I also think I might attach some jingle bells to the bottom.

I think I will also be making weekly-ish trips to the craft store to use the 40% off coupons to collect the rest of the materials.

Here's our fun mantle. The little pumpkin and ghost dishes and the jack-o-lantern bucket are from Target years ago. On the far right is my bouquet from our wedding.

Do you decorate for Halloween?