Tuesday, November 5, 2013




Well I finally got around to posting something on my craft blog.  Surprising how long it can take someone to get around to doing something.  Since Halloween season just got over I decided it would be a good place to start.   I don't have before and during pictures of these Halloween crafts but I will try to do a good job describing exactly how I made them and show the after pictures.  As you can tell I decorate for Halloween with Candy Corn :D

Candy Corn Topiary

Materials:
flower pot
wooden dowel
Styrofoam ball
black daisies
push pins
floral foam
candy corn
white, yellow, black and orange paint
white, yellow, black and orange glitter paint

I have seen similar ideas on Pinterest so I decided to see what I could make.  I found a milk jug shaped flower pot at Hobby Lobby but a regular flower pot would work too.  I painted the pot in sections to look like candy corn and added some glitter paint.  I then put floral foam in the bottom of the pot.  I painted both the wooden dowel and the Styrofoam ball black.  I painted metal pushpins in candy corn colors adding glitter (everything is better with glitter).  Using craft glue I glued the black daisy flowers onto the Styrofoam ball and secured them with the pushpins.  I then glued the Styrofoam ball onto the wooden dowel and secured the dowel into the floral foam in the bottom of the flower pot.  Finally I hot glued some actual candy corn to the top of the flower pot. 

Candy Corn Modge Podge Pumpkin

Materials:
ceramic pumpkin
craft leaves
white paint
dark green paint
candy corn tissue paper
Modge Podge
yellow and orange glitter paint

I found this ceramic pumpkin at Garden Ridge after Thanksgiving one year and was trying to think of a way to make it more than just a boring orange pumpkin.  I started by painting the main part of the pumpkin white so that the tissue papers colors would show the best.  I then painted the stem of the pumpkin dark green.  After all of the paint had dried I cut the tissue paper to wrap around the pumpkin.  Using Modge Podge I layered the tissue paper onto the pumpkin.  I then added some yellow and orange glitter paint to the dried pumpkin (like I said everything is better with glitter).  After everything has dried I added two orange craft leaves with E6000 craft glue.  Much more festive looking than just a plain orange pumpkin.

Jeweled Candy Corn Wall Art


Materials:
8x10 frame
candy corn scrapbook paper
candy corn jewels

These are super simple.  The first picture is actually a gift bag I found and cut to fit in an 8x10 frame.  I found the candy corn jewels at Hobby Lobby and randomly added them to the paper to add some bling.  I then put the decorated paper into 8x10 frames I bought at Dollar Tree.  The gems give the framed paper a 3D effect.  Super cute and super cheap to make.

Candy Corn Pumpkin

Materials:
Ceramic pumpkin
black mettalic paint
dark green, dark brown, yellow, white and orange paint
black, yellow, white, and orange glitter paint
white, orange, and yellow puff paint
candy corn stencil

I used yet another ceramic pumpkin I bought on clearance at Garden Ridge.  I first painted the main part of the pumpkin black, the stem brown and the leaf dark green.  After the pumpkin dried completely I used a candy corn stencil I cut out with my Cricut to trace lines onto the pumpkin.  I then free hand painted each part of the candy corn with both regular paint and glitter paint.  To finish the pumpkin off and to make it slightly 3D I outlines each section in puff paint.  

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