Jack O' Lantern Jug

Living Green

Light up your holiday decor with this delightful Jack O' Lantern!

What You'll Need:
-Empty Milk jug
-Orange, Black & Green Acrylic paint
-Mod Podge
-Raffia
-String of Lights

The how to:
-Rinse out jug with soap and water. Let it dry.

- Paint jug orange, and the top where cap screws on green. Turn upside down and allow to dry then give another coat of paint. Handel carefully. Paint will come off easily. Touch up any spots where paint has come off.

-Paint the face on the jug using the black paint.

-When dry, paint a generous amount of Mod Podge over painted jug. (For some added sparkle mix some fine glitter with the Mod Podge when painting) Balance upside down and let dry completely.

-Tie some Raffia around the top of jug and stuff some lights inside the through the opening in the top.

Make several of these Jugs and line you front porch or walkway with these Fun Jack O' Lanterns this Halloween!

Cheesecloth Ghosts!

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These Ghostly Spirits will be a spooky addition to your Halloween decor.

What you'll need:
-Cheesecloth
-Googly Eyes
-Glue (white all-purpose glue)
-Plastic or paper cups
-Small Balloons (I used water balloons)
-Fishing Line
-Tape
-Scissors

The how to:

-Tape the bottoms of two cups together. Place a balloon in the mouth of the cup and tape it to the cup.

-Cut the cheesecloth in 12x12 inch. squares. (Each ghost will need two cheesecloth squares)


















-Place one cloth in a bowl and squeeze glue over the top. Use your hands to rub the glue into the cloth, squeezing into a tight ball.
-Cloth only needs to be damp with glue not saturated. If you can squeeze glue out of the cloth there is too much.







-Gently unwad the cloth and drape it over the top of balloon.
-Repeat the process with the second cloth and drape it over the first cloth, arranging it so the long corners offset the corners of the first cloth.

-If corners of cloth hang to low simply trim with scissor. Allow to dry completely.

















-When dry, hot glue the eyes in place and pop the balloon with a pin.
-Thread the fishing line through the top of the ghost and secure with a knot. It is now ready to hang!

Halloween Specimen Jars

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I have always loved those spooky but fun specimen jars around Halloween time. Over at Afreaka365 I found these fun ones. Some filled with treats, others filled with creepy things.

Here is a close up of some of the jars.

What a fun touch around the house at Halloween time.

Halloween Door Decoration

Tuesday Tutorial

Here is a quick and easy Halloween door decoration to make

What you'll need:

-Ribbon

-Black Bells (if you can find black ones you could spray paint some black)

-A stick

-Fishing line (or other clear string)

The How to:

-Cut a piece of ribbon for each bell. I cut mine all different lengths.

-Then string each bell on to a ribbon and then tie the ribbon on to the stick.

-I then tied a piece fishing line on the ends of the stick so I could hang it from my door.

Spooky Halloween Garland

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Check out this cute Halloween Garland Tutorial by Paper Crave!

To download these spooky characters and see the tutorial click here or on the picture.

Visit papercrave.com to see more Paper Crave projects.

Halloween Votives!

Living Green

These Halloween characters will add a spooky glow to your holiday!

What you'll need:

-Any size baby food jar
-Acrylic paint (Orange for Pumpkins, White for Ghost & Skeleton, Black for faces)
-Mod Podge
-Glitter
-3/8 inch Ribbon (Green for Pumpkins, White for Ghost & Skeleton)
-Raffia
-Hot Glue gun

The how to:
-Turn baby food jars upside down and paint twice, let each coat of paint dry before you start the next. Leave top part of the jar (where the lid screws on) unpainted.

-Carefully turn jars over and paint the face with black paint. Let dry.

-Turn jar upside down again and carefully paint a layer of Mod Podge mixed with glitter over all painted areas. (The amount of glitter is up to you) Let dry.

-Cut a length of ribbon that will fit around the top of jar and hot glue in place.

-Tie a few strands of Raffia around top of jar and tie in a bow.

-Place a tea light candle inside, light it. And you are done!

Home Made Window Stickers!

Tutorial

The sky is the limit with these cute window stickers!

What You'll Need:
-Fabric Paint
-Glue (white all-purpose glue)
-Glossy page protector
-Graphic image printout
-Paint brush

The how to:-Slide graphic printout into the glossy page protector. Outline the whole image with

the Fabric paint using more than one color if needed. Set aside to dry.

-When your graphic outline is dry, mix about 2/3 parts glue and 1/3 part fabric paint. Mix well.

-Using a paint brush, fill in the image with a generous amount of the glue/paint mixture. (almost overflowing)


-Set aside to dry overnight.


-Once dry, gently peel image off the page protector and place it on your window.