halloween

October 9, 2012 5 Comments

chocolate dipped Halloween spoons

It’s already getting chilly here in Ohio and by Halloween night it will be downright cold! Each year our entire neighborhood sits outside to hand out candy… the reason… there are so many children coming through the neighborhood that there would be no time to open and close the door. It’s crazy! So we all make a party of it and accept that we’re all going to be popsicles for a few hours.

We pull out the firepit, make coffee and hot cocoa… and this year, we’ll also be making chocolate dipped Halloween spoons with spooky eyes and lime green chocolate (flavored vanilla) wafer melts from Wilton! I picked both up at JoAnn Fabric and Craft Stores and the orange and black spoons from Target.

The “how to” steps are super easy ~ melt the chocolates in a glass bowl (double boiler method, or 10 second intervals in the microwave, your call!), dip your spoons, add candy eyes, allow to cool on wax paper and finally wrap in cello bags if you like.

It’s that easy and now you can get your spook on!

As always, I hope you’re inspired to craft, bake, create and CELEBRATE!

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DIY Frankenstein coin wrapper favors

Excited to have Jen of Passion for Parties guest posting this morning and sharing her adorable Frankenstein coin wrapper party favors, perfect Halloween kids craft and so inexpensive to make!

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Good morning everyone! Here’s what you’ll need for this easy craft:

Coin wrappers for quarters (I bought an entire bag of wrappers at the dollar store)
One-inch gumballs (in a pretzel cello bag) or other wrapped candies
Black duct tape
Scissors
Black crepe paper
Black cardstock
Double-sided tape
Hot glue
Google eyes
Black and red sharpies

And here are the easy DIY how tos:

Stuff the coin wrappers with gumballs in food safe pretzel cello bags, or other prepackaged candies, as you would with coins, folding over the edges to secure.
Cut a piece of duct tape large enough to cover the opening of the wrapper and fold down the sides a bit.
Rest the tape on top of one end of the wrapper.
Use scissor to cut slits in the tape, then fold the edges down and secure.
Measure and cut a piece of green paper long enough and wide enough to fit around the coin wrapper.
Use double-sided tape to secure it in place.
Measure and cut a piece of crepe paper long enough to wrap around the top edge of the coin wrapper.
Cut the crepe paper in half lengthwise, then cut triangular snips out of the paper to create hair.
Use double-sided tape to secure the crepe paper around the tape-wrapped edge of the coin wrapper.
Use scissors or a large heart-shaped paper punch to make a 2 to 2 ½ inch heart out of black cardstock.
Fold the tip of the heart over about ¼ of an inch, then secure it to the back of the coin wrapper with a dot of hot glue to serve as “feet.”
Attach the google eyes to the face of your Frankenstein, then use the sharpies to add accents like eyebrows, a mouth, and stitches.

Thanks so much for having me Kim!

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You can find more of Jen’s fabulous ideas on her blog at Passion for Parties! And as always, we hope you’re inspired to craft, bake, create and CELEBRATE!

easy Halloween apothecary jars

Make your own spooky Halloween apothecary candy jars in less than two minutes! Actually, it might not take you that long! {grin}

I was shopping Target last week… when I got that gray cake plate I shared on Instagram and in this pumpkin muffin post!… and found these fabulous Halloween stickers. They were only $2 for 16 stickers. You couldn’t print them for that price!

And then I found these glitter spider stickers from Jolee’s of EK Success Brands in the scrapbook section and I knew I was going to “spook” up my apothecary jars (which by the way I picked up at Target two-years ago… I know… I’m there a lot!)

I filled the apothecary jars with black licorice, attached my Halloween labels, attached a few spiders and finally strung a bit of web and now I have classic and a bit modern apothecary candy jars for my neighborhood boo bash this Halloween!

I do LOVE an easy craft!

As always, I hope you’re inspired to craft, bake, create and CELEBRATE! Happy Friday everyone!

itsy bitsy spider Halloween party

This morning I’m sharing Flavia of Fete a Fete black, white and orange Itsy Bitsy Spider Halloween party. The entire party was lovely, but I think my favorite idea is the science beaker glassware she used for the kids. So fun!

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The party details in Flavia’s words ~

The visual identity of this Halloween party was developed mainly from things I already had at home. Actually, this is how I settled on the color scheme black-white-orange: at first I thought about using black and white only, in part because I like the simplicity of these two timeless colors, but also because I had lots of leftover supplies in this color combination. I thought the addition of the orange brought warmth and playfulness. And it was very fitting, since it was going to be a party for both adults and children.

Next, the “theme”, which was slightly focused on spiders. It wasn’t intentional, but I noticed I was collecting a bunch of spider-related items (from previous holidays, stores, even recipes!) So, I focused on these little critters and the results range from “spider web cupcakes” to fake cobwebs to plastic spider rings snugged around wine glass stems.

And a Halloween party calls for treat bags, right? Well, I had lots of food jars sitting around (I try to reuse everything I can) so I turned them into “treat jars”. I removed the label, painted the lids, wrapped a piece of black lace and orange ribbon around it, and added stamped tags. Voilà, my newly “upcycled” candy jars for guests to fill up with goodies to take home and devour later.

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As always, I hope you’re inspired to craft, bake, create and celebrate! Good luck!

easy Halloween party favors

I LOVE this time of year. I just get giddy over the weather, the fun costumes, the decorations, the baking, the photo ops with my kiddos… and oh yeah… the crafts! {grin}

And I’m thrilled to have hung out with the fabulous ladies of Eighteen 25 this week sharing a little Spooktacular fun for their annual Halloween blog party! So many fun ideas from so many talented bloggers. You’ll want to check it out!

For me, I made these easy and totally kid friendly jack-o-lantern Halloween party favor crafts using plastic Easter eggs. You needed something to do with all of those anyway, right?! {snicker}

You’ll need:

Plastic Easter eggs
Mod Podge & brush
Crepe paper (orange, black and green)

Super simple steps:

Fill your egg with candies.
Paint your closed egg with Mod Podge and wrap it with orange crepe. Allow it to set for a few minutes.
Add a funny or scary jack-o-lantern face with black crepe and Mod Podge.
Twist a 4″ piece of green crepe for the stem and attach with Mod Podge.
Allow the eggs to set for several hours until completely dry.

As always, I hope you’re inspired to craft, bake, create and CELEBRATE!

DIY Halloween trick-or-treat bags

I’m hanging out over on my blog at Kellogg’s Snackpicks.com today sharing some fun and creative DIY Halloween trick-or-treat bag ideas!

With Halloween just around the corner I’m getting excited. And as you ladies know, I love to craft, bake and in general create with my two boys and the holidays just give me a specific reason to pull them into the kitchen or the craft room.

I also like to volunteer in their classrooms and these simple, economical and creative Halloween treat bags will be perfect for their class Halloween parties this year.

I whipped up four ideas using colorful lunch bags: a Monster, Owl, Spider Web and Cat. I hope you’ll hop over to Snackpicks.com and join me for all the easy DIY details and of course a step-by-step pictorial of how to make each bag!

Oh, and there might be a coupon or two for your favorite Kellogg’s products if you join the newsletter! {grin}

As always, I hope you’re inspired to craft, bake, create and celebrate!

spooked pumpkin Halloween party

I’m planning two parties right now. My son’s eighth birthday party and our annual block Halloween party, and they’re a week apart. {grin}

My son’s party is almost planned, just a few final details to work out, but I’m just getting started on our Halloween party. So today I’m sharing the first of some possible ideas… A Spooked Pumpkin Halloween Party full of frighteningly fun ideas!

Spooked Pumpkin Halloween Costume Party invitation from The Celebration Shoppe
Halloween banner with free download from Carina Gardner
Front door Halloween decor from Country Living
Pumpkin beverage bowl from Better Homes & Gardens

Witch brooms and hats from Betty Crocker
Jack-o-lantern balloons from Martha Stewart
Orge eyes hot chocolate from Taste of Home
Stitched pumpkin cookies with tutorial from Lila Loa
Monster pedestal candy dish jars from The Celebration Shoppe
Candy corn favor boxes and tags from The Celebration Shoppe (photography credit Better Homes and Gardens)

As always, I hope you’re inspired to craft, bake, create and celebrate!

easy DIY paper pumpkins

For my Harvest Party Collection photo shoot, pumpkins weren’t yet in season so we crafted paper pumpkins in various shapes and sizes. They’re very simple to make and a wonderful kids craft for the Halloween and Thanksgiving holidays. And, if you live in a warm climate like I did when I was a kid, these may be the only pumpkins you’ll get! {grin}

You’ll need:

Various shades of orange scrapbook paper (giving the pumpkins variation),
Scrapbook brads (to hold the pumpkin together),
Raffia (for the vine),
Green scrapbook paper (for the leaves),
Optional: skinny dowels with hot glue (to make Cinderella pumpkins, insert inside papers and pull top and bottom together as seen below)
Optional: white floral wire (hide inside rafia to give your vines dimension and to be able to mold them in any direction you want)

Easy how to steps: Cut the orange scrapbook paper in various widths and combine colors for interest. Attach the paper with brads at top and bottom. Add a leaf and raffia vine. And if you want a Cinderella pumpkin, cut a small dowel to height and insert it into the center of the pumpkin pulling the papers together with hot glue.

As always, I hope you’re inspired to craft, bake, create and CELEBRATE!

FREE witch sister Halloween printables

These girls are my spooky “witch sisters” and I’m giving them away to my fabulous readers! And they’re 3-D printables! So they’re really “pop” out at your guests for a bit of Halloween fun! {grin}

The cupcake pick has two parts: the face is a 2.5″ circle and the hat. I recommend a circle punch for the face, but scissors work great too. Simply print, cut/punch and adhere the face to a bamboo or lollipop stick, both available at your local grocery or craft store. For the hat, I attached it to the top of the head with a foam adhesive dot, also available at the craft store, giving it a raised effect and even allowing it to move a bit when you pick it up!

For the cupcake wrappers, just print, cut and tape. I also trimmed the top edge with scallop scissors, but they’re adorable with a straight scissor edge too! If you want the scallop you can pick up a pair of the scissors at your craft store for about $2.

I also designed these “Have a sweet, my pretty!” {in your best witch cackle} circles, perfect as cupcake picks, or to cover sweets in cupcake liners. You could hide sweet treats like these or give your guests a fright and cover creepy crawly gummy worms! {grin}

Or maybe temp your guests with my “Try one if you dare…” tags!

Join me on Facebook and DOWNLOAD all of my FREE Witch Sister Halloween Party Printables now!

Browse around while you’re here, I have tons of Halloween inspiration and DIY tutorials including another idea Parents magazine shared in early August: my DIY Monster Pedestal Jars along with my Trick or Treat Halloween Party collection.

Or you might like my:

and more! Happy kickoff to the Halloween season everyone from The Celebration Shoppe!

diy creepy Halloween frames

Hi The Celebration Shoppe readers! I’m Gillian Greding from Seasons Gredings and I’m SO excited to be posting here today! Being that my blog is all about the seasons and the holidays — I’ve been a HUGE fan of The Celebration Shoppe for years!!!

With Halloween just around the corner, I thought I’d kick off the season with an easy twist on some spooky Halloween frames!

Normally frames are made to fit specific sized photographs, but I thought I’d switch it up a little and frame some great paper and embellish with a smaller picture. It’s a great, fun look!

Plus, I love that it took me under 30 minutes to do all 3 frames!

Materials: Frames, scrapbook papers (I love K&Company) and scrapbook embellishments. I purchased all of my supplies from Michael’s.

Easy how to steps:

Remove the glass and backing from the frames.

Pick the paper that looks best in your frames.

Trace the glass with a pen to get the correct size for your frame.

Cut out all the papers. Place paper in the frames and secure backing in place.

Now for the fun– decorating!!! Stick the Halloween bunting to the frames.

Add a spooky birdcage.

Add some apothecary jars.

Add a haunted house.

Now it’s time for your photographs.

A gory zombie…

A group of vampires…

The Addams family…

Voila! Finished!

How easy was that!?!?!

Yay! I love my spooky new frames!

Thank you The Celebration Shoppe for letting me hang out here today! It’s been a blast!

And as always, The Celebration Shoppe hopes you’re inspired to craft, bake, create and celebrate!

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