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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