Illustration Friday
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10/15/2010
“I like to ride my bicycle” by Sarah Spencer
medium: screen print on fabric
Category: blog
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 #8: spiderweb mobile
What’s Halloween without a few spiders. This mobile will hang over the treats table to guard the cupcakes.
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.
Halloween craft idea #6: paint a pumpkin
Want a white pumpkin but can’t find them in the market? Use inexpensive craft acrylic paint (in a cream or off-white color) and make them yourself. And you don’t have to stop at white either~try black, purple, even metallic~follow your heart!
Halloween craft idea #5: head on a stick marshmallows
How to make head-on-a-stick marshmallows:
- Buy large marshmallows, red licorice, black gum drops and bamboo skewers.
- With a sharp knife, slice halfway through the side to make a mouth.
- Skewer marshmallow.
- Open mouth and add a slice of red licorice for the tongue.
- Cut off tiny pieces of gum drops for eyes.
- Put heads in a tall jar filled with licorice vines.
For “hair,” cut off the top of the head to expose sticky marshmallow. Color coconut with food coloring and press into the top.
Halloween craft idea #4: torture-tilla chips
How to make tortilla chips:
Buy tomato(orange) and spinach(green) tortillas. Cut out shapes with cookie cutters, and bake in 350º oven for 10 minutes or until crisp.
Halloween craft idea #3: puffball spiders
Fast and really easy! Take a black pipe cleaner and cut it into four equal pieces. Twist them all together and glue on a black puffball. Go crazy and add eyes if you want to~either way they are fun crawling all over your Halloween table of goodies! For a Step-By-Step Follow this Link >>
