DIY Owl Costume

OMG the cute factor on today’s handmade project is off the charts adorable!  Welcome to Day 7 of the 13 Days of Handmade Halloween!  Today’s project is from the fabulous Miss Mimi Cute Lips!  She’s sharing how to make a DIY Owl Costume!

I mean……c’mon!  I told you the cute factor was off the charts adorable.  Now, go on and dig through your felt stash and get to making!  Snaps to you for Mimi for sharing this super cute costume!  I looooove it!

We’re past the halfway mark with some fantastic and fabulous Halloween crafts and projects.  If you’ve been following along, I hope you’re enjoying yourself and knee deep in hot glue, glitter, bat wings and felt!  

Have you heard about our awesome giveaway?  Oriental Trading Company has provided us with a $75 Gift Card to those following along.  Oriental Trading Company is my go to online store for all my Halloween party goodies so, be sure to enter!

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Halloween Favor Box

It's Day 6 of the 13 Days of Handmade Halloween and this week we're off to a fun start with an Embossed Halloween Favor Box project from Blanca Flores of  Creativities Galore!

That box looks super fancy!  Can you imagine all the delicious treats and goodies that you can fill it with?  Check out all of the details on how you can make this Halloween craft here.


Before you go, make sure to enter to follow each of our 13DOOH2017 makers by entering our giveaway!  You have a chance to win a $75 gift card from Oriental Trading Company.  

Oriental Trading Company is my go to online store for all my Halloween party goodies so, be sure to enter!

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PomPom Flying Bats

HAPPY OCTOBER! 

Are you just as excited about Halloween as I am?  If you're here - you must be.  Halloween is my favorite time of year - it's no secret.  That's why I host the 13 Days of Handmade Halloween series on my blog EVERY YEAR!  It's just a group of us creative gals, getting together and sharing how to make crafty things with Halloween scare....I mean flair ;)

If you aren't sure what the series is all about check out some of the awesome posts from years past.  In the meantime, I'm kicking things off with a very easy wall decor idea!

You know I'm a pompom making queen.  I can spit these babies out at the drop of a dime.  So, it was only fitting that I share how I made these!  Let's get started

Supplies you will need:

Yarn

PomPom maker

Glittered Foam Sheet

Googly Eyes

Hot Glue

Bat template (you can download and print out here)

Adhesive foam 

To start, trace and cut out your image using the bat template.  

Next, once your bat is cut out, set it aside and start working on making your pompom.  You will only need to make a small size.  I always use a clover pompom maker for my pompoms but there are tons of ways these can be made.  Just search on Google for how to make a pompom.

Once your pompom is made, you can trim and shape the excess yarn to create a well formed pompom - it isn't necessary to do this but, I just like my pompoms a little round.

Next attach your pompom 'body' to the center of the bat allowing the wings and ears to stick out from behind.  You can add the googly eyes at this point.

Finally, add your pompom bats to the wall.  I placed mine on the wall to look as if the bats were flying all willy nilly, as I suppose bats do.  You can anchor the wings into place with an adhesive foam dot to make them look as if they have some movement.

That's that!  I love this idea, these bats are super adorable....you can also hang them to the ceiling if you'd like.  Just make sure to keep a ten end on the pompom ball!

Thanks for stopping by for today's Handmade Halloween project.  Be sure to come back tomorrow to see a fabulous headband project from Tikkido that is 'EY'E'dorable!  Don't forget to check out the giveaway below for a $75 Gift Card from Oriental Trading Company!

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DIY Monster Horns - 13 Days of Handmade Halloween 2016: Day 12

It's day 12 of the 13 Days of Handmade Halloween today's DIY idea is being shared by Stephanie Knieram of SK Designs.  I am screeching with delight over her Monster Horns tutorial.  When I saw the photo below I actually jumped - this is so AWESOME - God, I love Halloween!!!!

Stephanie....you've outdone yourself with this eeerily fabulous costume idea!  Thanks for sharing!

This project is part of our 13 Days of Handmade Halloween series.  Don't forget to follow along with the series on social media - just make sure to use the hashtag #13DOHH2016 to see all the other great projects from our Handmade Makers and share your projects too - we'd love to see what you create!  There will be a prize for my favorite Halloween creation!

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Upcycled Halloween Popcorn Boo Gift Box

It's no secret that Halloween is my favorite time of the year! So, I was way too excited when I found out I was participating in Laura Kelley's Annual Halloween Popcorn Box Blog Party. It's so fun to see what everyone comes up with. Laura sent a bunch of fun goodies along with the World Market popcorn box. Everyone is asked to share a unique way to dress up the box for Halloween and here is what I created!

Decorating the box was so easy, I found a bunch of Halloween stickers and embellishments at the craft store and pulled some scrapbook paper out of my stash.  The original box was red and white and I definitely wanted to give it a Halloween feel.  So, I simply traced around the flattened box onto solid and patterned paper and pieced each side together with double sided tape.

I love making paper rosettes...they have such an old vintage charm to them and since my stickers were Victorian in style, I knew the rosette would be perfect.  I also added a bit of crepe paper sprinkled with diamond dust to the back of the rosette!

To finish the box off, I just hot glued the pompom trim that Laura sent me and added a mini paperclip along with a kitty die cut with a pin clip.

Remember those goodies I mentioned earlier that Laura sent along with the box?  I used those too. Laura has some really adorable die cuts that she created for Sizzix and that little kitty that I stuck in the top of the box is one of them.  She also sent along some Udderly Smooth handcream, stickers and pencils from Oriental Trading and felt & trim from Kunin Felt along with a few other treats!  All of those items went into my box.  I can't wait to give this away to a special friend for a Halloween Boo Gift!

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13 Days of Handmade Halloween 2016

It's that time of year again!

Halloween is near and I'm bringing back my 13 Days of Handmade Halloween series.  This year, I'm sharing creative content from 12 of my blogging friends and I couldn't be more excited about it!

Every Monday through Friday starting, October 10th through October 26th you will find a fun handmade Halloween project, printable or craft.  I always get so excited to see all the fun ideas my pals create each year.  On this year's roster I'll be sharing content from:

Soiree Event Design

Everyday Party Magazine

Jollity

Party Alamo

The Party Teacher

Tikkido

Sunny By Design

Fern and Maple

Made By A Princess

Ritzy Parties

SK Designs

The Sweetest Sensations
Hey Girl Events

If you love Halloween as much as I do and are looking for the best creative ideas - you will want to be sure to follow this series!!!  Want to join in on the fun?  Use the hashtag #13DOHH2016 when you share your Halloween images on social media.  I'll choose three winners each for the most creative Halloween decor, costume to win a fun prize pack of Halloween goodies from me (open to US residents only).

See more Handmade Halloween ideas here.

{New Series} HANDMADE HALLOWEEN

I am excited to announce a new holiday series that I've concocted in my crazy lil' brain....I'm sure the concept isn't all that new, but WHATEVS, I'm going with it.  I've rallied up a few of my crafty party planning pals to bring to you......WAIT FOR IT.....13 DAYS OF HANDMADE HALLOWEEN!

GO AHEAD JUMP UP AND DOWN WITH EXCITEMENT NOW!

Starting Monday, October 15th and ending on October 31st during the weekdays, I'll feature a new handmade Halloween craft, project or idea!  I can't wait to share the first 'treat' with you....you'll 'drop dead'.  TEE-HEE

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