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 Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Tuesday Tutorial: Halloween Tissue Box



Looking for a creative way to ad some scary decorations to your home? Try creating this fun Halloween Tissue Box. This project is perfect for kids to help create. Trenice Bishop designed this Halloween project. It was created using Apple Barrel paint, Mod Podge, and Dimensional Magic. This project will take about an hour to complete and will look perfect on an end table or coffee table.  Below are all the supplies and instructions needed to complete this project.

 

Plaid Supplies

 

Apple Barrel Acrylic Paint – 20589 Harvest Orange, Apple Barrel – 20662 Black, Mod Podge, Mod Podge Dimensional Magic – Silver

 

Other Supplies

 

Box of tissues, Chenille sticks (pipe cleaners), Pom Poms, Wiggly eyes, Craft brushes Water bowl

 

Instructions

 

1.    Paint the tissue box with Harvest Orange and let dry. (It may take several coats to cover any markings on the box.)

2.    Once dry, tape off the bottom of the box just along the edge of the folds on the either side.

3.    Paint below the tape using the Black paint. Let dry and remove the tape.

4.    Use a liner brush and Black paint to decorate the box with spider webs and small spiders.


To paint the webs:

     Dip the end of your paintbrush in the Black paint. Make a dot on the box with the brush end.

     Use the liner brush to paint a line going through the dot you just made (one vertical one horizontal).

     Connect your lines at the ends creating four triangles.

     Continue by extending the lines and connecting the ends.

     Hang a spider from your web by making another dot with the brush end and painting small lines for spider legs.

 

5.    When the box is dry, seal the box with Mod Podge and let dry.

6.    For Pom-Pom Spiders:

     Take the chenille sticks and bend them into small “V” shapes. Cut several pieces in various sizes for scarier legs.

     Bend a small foot on the legs to make it easier to bond with hot glue.

     Glue the legs down first and then add pom-pom spider bodies to cover hot glue.

     Add wiggly eyes to complete spiders.

7. Trace over Spider webs with Silver Mod Podge Dimensional to make your webs pop.

 

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 Monday, September 17, 2012

Monday Funday: Crochet Flower Pumpkins



Happy Monday! Is anyone else as excited for the upcoming fall season as I am? One of my favorite decorative items to bring out during the fall, are pumpkins. You know pumpkins aren't just for Halloween, they're decorative items that you can use through the whole season. Use them as a centerpiece, or to jazz up a mantle. Cathie and Steve recently created a few pumpkins; check out this crochet flower pumpkin. A very unique and creative spin on what you can do with crochet pieces and a pumpkin. Below are the supplies you need for this project. Click here to see the instructions for this pumpkin.

 

PLAID Supplies


Plaid ® Hot Glue Gun Helpers


FolkArt ® Metallics - Inca Gold, 2 oz.


Mod Podge ® Fabric, 8 oz.


Other Supplies

 

Small fake pumpkin


Foam paintbrush


Crochet flowers


Rhinestones


Hot glue


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 Friday, September 14, 2012

Freelance Friday: Scary Silhouette Pumpkin




Can you believe the month of September is halfway over? Gosh time flies, especially when you're crafting. Since Halloween is on the horizon we wanted to give you some inspiration for a great project you can have your kids help create. This weekend try creating this scary silhouette pumpkin. These pumpkins are made with paper mache. Kids and paper mache make for fantastic crafts. It is a very simple technique, and can be done by any level crafter. We found this project over on the blog, The Country Chic Cottage. In addition to paper mache, Angie used Mod Podge in this project. Click here to see how Angie created this project.
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