I am going bat crazy for this Halloween icon. They are everywhere~and they keep comin’. Yesterday I blogged about my bat placemats, and today is the accompanying napkins. Follow this link to the screen print workshop where these were made. >>
Tag: DIY
Halloween craft idea #16: YUDU screen printed bat placemats
I ran a YUDU workshop one recent Saturday (Click here for the post about it) and decided to take advantage of the screens I had going by printing some decorations for our Halloween party. I cut placemats out of a leftover piece of fabric. I thought leaving the edges raw added to the spirit of the holiday.
Halloween craft idea #15: blackbird butterfly tree
Not your typical Halloween decoration, I like this for its subtle reference to Edgar Allen Poe’s poem “The Raven.” I bought an old book and cut butterflies to add interest. Download a PDF of the the pattern for the Raven >>
Halloween craft idea #14: trick-or-treat bag
This pillow case treat bag was made with cut paper stencils and spray paint. The embellishments are hot glued on. They are a foam moon cut on the Cuttlebug and a scrap of fabric stuffed and tied at the neck with thread. Both things, including googly eyes on ghost are applied with tacky glue.
Halloween craft idea #13: monsters memory game
While waiting for the trick-or-treaters to come a-knockin’, improve your memory or just have fun with the kids. Follow this link to a PDF How To >>
Halloween craft idea #12: mummy wreath
What’s a holiday without a wreath, and what’s Halloween without a mummy. Here is possibly the fastest and easiest wreath to make. Simply wrap white fabric around a wreath form and add spiders. I have to admit, it freaks me out a little bit to think the spiders are crawling out from inside. Ewww! Mission accomplished.
The bats on the glass behind the wreath are from my last YUDU screen printing workshop. Follow this link to see photos from the class >>
Halloween craft idea #11: candy and cupcake tier
Parties can get expensive, especially when we go all out at Halloween. Here is an idea for displaying your goodies: Make a cupcake tier. This one cost less than $10 in materials as everything was found at a thrift store. Follow this link to my How To >>
Halloween craft idea #10: decorate existing bowls with vinyl
Look how fun this bowl became when I added circles of black vinyl and rings of white vinyl to represent eyes. This idea works best on a red bowl since the eyes look bloodshot, but any color will do and it adds more style to the treats table.
Halloween craft idea #9: pumpkin cupcakes
Tint white cupcake batter orange and top the white frosting with orange colored coconut and you have a cutie-patootie treat. (A green sour stick serves as the stem.)
Or…if you are really into baking, make the cake batter actual pumpkin not just pumpkin colored. Here’s a recipe >>
Halloween craft idea #7: screen print a table runner
This table runner was made using the YUDU, images from the Happy Hauntings cartridge and a painters drop cloth. (The images were cut on the Cricut and burned onto a screen for printing.) Cut the drop cloth down to size. Hem. Screen print with images. Spray with wrinkle release and bunch up. Ironically the wrinkle release does a pretty good job of holding the wrinkles, and it gives the runner a great Halloween effect.