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Thursday, October 31, 2013

{13 Days of Handmade Halloween} Halloween Altered Treat Bag

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!!

It's the last day of our 13 Days of Handmade Halloween series and I'm finishing everything up with this very easy altered paper bag!  I love using brown paper lunch bags for goodie bags for the kids' parties.  Their easy to make and you can never go wrong with them.  I simply use scrapbook paper, glue and stamps to achieve the look.



I used this Halloween stamp set from Oriental Trading, 2-sided scrapbook paper, paper punches, glue dots and dimensionals and ribbon to create my bag. I also had tons of fun stuffers and treats to put inside the bag when it was done.




I measured the width of my bag, in this case 5" and cut my paper a little bit smaller than the width.  I then added a bit of double sided tape and placed it on the bag.  With the remaining scrap that was left, I folded my bag about 1.25' down and attached the paper to the top of the bag for a flap.


Once my paper was attached to the bag, I created my embellishment to decorate the bag.  I love using paper rosette badges and made them for the bags.  I also stamped this cute frog image from the stamp set to create the center for my rosettes. With a large round paper 1.25" punch I cut a circle on orange paper and also used a piece of coordinating paper to create a notched strip to add to my rosette badge.




I put all the pieces together with glue and foam dots and then added them to the bag with glue dots.  I also added a ribbon to the bag as a handle.


This project took me less than 25 minutes to do for just one bag.  If you're making a few of these, I would break down everything into steps, but cutting out all your paper first, then assembling the badge rosettes and then put your bags together.



I hope you enjoyed a peek into my little crafting world, and I hope you and your family have a super spooktacular Halloween!  Thank you to Oriental Trading for sponsoring the items used in the 13 Days of Handmade Halloween Series!


This post is sponsored by Oriental Trading. All Oriental Trading products were received free of charge by the company or PR agency and honest opinions and reviews of the products have been noted.  Others may have a different opinion or experience with the product(s) listed above.  No other type of compensation was received.


Wednesday, October 30, 2013

{FEATURED} WE'RE KIND OF EVERYWHERE!

Your party girl is a little under the weather today, but I just wanted to share something before my last 13 Days of Handmade Halloween post (check it out tomorrow).

Today you can see my first online magazine feature in Everyday Party Magazine!  I styled a Christmas Candyland party for the mag and I'm so excited about it I could just spit!!!!  YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE WHOLE MAG - IT LOOKS GREAT (MY PARTY IS ON PAGES 64-67)




I've been collaborating for a while with a few other fabulous with some of my party creations.  It's been kind of fun seeing my work on these other fab blogs.  A few months back, I created tiny witch hats for Flaired Affairs for an adorable Halloween tea party and just have to show you all the cuteness that it is!




I know, cute right?!!!  Check out everything from this amazing party here!

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

{13 Days of Handmade Halloween} Ogre Toes

This post is shared by Audrey from Sweet Cheeks Tasty Treats on how to make a super easy and fun Halloween treat! 



My son is a huge Shrek fan and that is where the inspiration for these treats came from. Here are step by step instructions so you can make and enjoy them too!



Ogre Toes

Supplies:
Circus Peanuts
Green Candy Melts or White Almond Bark tinted with candy coloring
Candy Fruit Chews, assorted colors


 First you'll want to get whatever candy coating you're using melted to a good consistency for dipping. I have a candy melter that works great for these kind of projects.


Next, to make the Circus Peanuts a little more toe-like, flatten them by pressing down on each one with the bottom of a glass until they are flattened.


Repeat this step with all of the Circus Peanuts you plan to use.


Then I used kitchen shears to cut the fruit chews into small pieces.


After all of the pieces have been cut, use something to press them into "toenail" shapes. I used a metal measuring spoon to flatten each piece.


Using a toothpick inserted in one end of the Circus Peanut, dip the entire "toe" into the melted candy coated until it is evenly covered. 


Remove the "toe" from  the candy coating and gently tap on the edge of your bowl to remove any excess candy melt.



Place each dipped Circus Peanut on to a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper to set. Top each one with a pressed piece of fruit chew.



Last step to really put them into over-the-top-creepy-cool status...use a toothpick to draw "knuckle" lines onto each of your Ogre Toes!





I'd love to hear from you if you plan on using these for your Halloween gathering!
Happy Treat Making!
~Audrey


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Monday, October 28, 2013

{13 Days of Handmade Halloween} Halloween Candy Bar Wrappers

I am so happy to have the opportunity to be apart of Cupcake Wishes and Birthday Dreams  {13 Days of Handmade Halloween} series. We were afforded the opportunity to use this paper pack from Oriental Trading. It's the orange Monochromatic Paper Pack.



Supplies you will need:
Monochromatic Paper Pack
Glue Stick
Glue Gun
Candy Bars
Embellishments
Printer and paper


  1. You want to cut your paper out in 5 inch by 5 ½ inch sheets of paper. 
  2.  I like for my candy bars to have a professional look so I wrapped them in silver foil or insert into a silver foil envelope.

3. Then use the sheets of paper that you cut to wrap your candy bar.



4. Next you can embellish/decorate your candy bar wrappers.  I chose to print a “Happy Halloween” Tag that I quickly created in Photoshop but you can use stickers to embellish.  I also folded a piece of the orange monochromatic paper pack in an accordion style fold and  glued the top pieces together.

5. Glue your embellishments to your candy bar wrappers. Voila! You’re done and have some fabulous handmade candy bar wrappers!


"This post is sponsored by Oriental Trading. All Oriental Trading products were received free of charge by the company or PR agency and honest opinions and reviews of the products have been noted.  Others may have a different opinion or experience with the product(s) listed above.  No other type of compensation was received."

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Friday, October 25, 2013

{13 Days of Handmade Halloween} Halloween Bottle Cap Necklaces

Hi, my name is Natalie Stern. I am so excited to join 13 Days of Handmade this year. You can usually find me writing for my blog Confetti Diaries where I share creative ways to make, bake and celebrate. Or maybe I'll be steadily at work in my design studio creating unique invitations and other party goods for my shop, Katarina's Paperie.

 No matter where I am, Halloween is one of my favorite holidays, especially now that I'm a mom. I love sharing the excitement of dressing up and going trick or treating with my kids. I also love making fun Halloween crafts with them and can't wait to share this easy Halloween treat with you today.

Bottle cap necklaces have been trending at parties lately and it's easy to see why. They're pretty neat. I was so excited to discover how easy they are to make too. All you need are some simple jewelry making supplies and you'll be all set. Since I'm always looking for non-candy alternatives for trick or treaters, these adorable little necklace charms are the perfect treat for the little ones. They're also so easy to make and a great craft to get your kids in the spirit of Halloween.

You Will Need:
Bottle caps with necklace attachment
1 inch round Halloween stickers (i found mine at orientaltrading.com)
E6000 glue
1 inch clear epoxy stickers
Narrow ribbon or ball chains
White cardstock
Scissors

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1. Place the Halloween stickers onto scrap pieces of white cardstock. Stick the epoxy circle on top of the sticker.
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2. Cut around the epoxy sticker circle.

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3. Place a small dot of glue in the center of the bottle cap.

gluingcircleontonecklace

Press the epoxy sticker circle in the center, lining up the top of the sticker with the necklace ring of the bottle cap. Dab away any excess glue. Let dry.

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4. Attach a narrow ribbon or ball chain through the necklace ring. These bottle cap necklaces are such a great idea to hand out Halloween night. Or you can also use them as a Halloween party favor or even craft idea. One last packaging thought... place in a cello bag and add a treat bag topper for a cute Halloween gift idea.

If you're looking for more handmade party fun, please be sure to check out our blog, Confetti Diaries. We hope you have a wonderful Halloween.


Bloggers using items from Oriental Trading were provided the products free of charge by the company provided their own honest opinion.  Others may have a different opinion or experience with the product(s) listed above.  No other type of compensation was received.

Thursday, October 24, 2013

{13 Days of Handmade Halloween} Fall Jar Wrap


Hi, Kenna here from Miss Party Mom! When Keisha asked me to join in on the 13 Days of Handmade Halloween I was excited for a chance to team up with her and a bunch of other talented ladies! I was even more excited when I learned that my project was a perfect fit for me to do along side my son, who is always dying to help me out with crafts for my parties.

My project was Oriental Trading's Fall Jar Wrap Kit... a perfectly simple project for me and my crafty 4 year old!

We opened up our jar-wrap kits, read through the simple directions and got to work. I choose to use the Mason jar as my base because everyone has them and it feels very homemade and fitting to me. Immediately I knew I wanted to add in a few of my favorite crafting materials: 1) Gold Glitter for the jar's rim 2) Ric-Rac to tie my sunflowers with 3) Bakers Twine to sew the acorn buttons on with

One thing I loved about this project was that it came with 6 jar kits- I can literally make one for each of my son's preschool teachers!

Project Needs:

Hot Glue Gun
Needle & Thread
Glue
Glitter
Paintbrush



Unlike when I'm planning a party and need thing to look a certain way- I literally let him lay out this project exactly how he wanted to without nit picking it at all! GO me!
For my own jar (we each did one) I chose to add fine grain gold glitter to the rim just to add a little sparkle! I simple took a paintbrush and brushed glue around the rim and then sprinkled on the glitter... 

My son and his finished jar- he was a proud crafting boy! He is dead set on filling his jar with candy corn- of course!
I was pretty proud of my jar too- so much so that we ran out and got some sunflowers to go inside- felt like the perfect addition!
xo Party or Die xo,
Kenna
(and Cormac)

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