Jar-ry, Jar-ry Night

Eeeep! It's Halloween tomorrow! If you celebrate it, are you ready? I have the treats but no decorations. Time to turn some blah into TADA!

If you have jars and vases gathering dust in the cupboard under the sink, now's a good time to take them out.

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Add some black crow cut-outs inside the vase and

line these up on a mantle or shelf.

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Make a Halloween terrarium using twigs, moss and frightening toys.

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Dress up a glass bowl with a mask and fake eyes.

Fill it up with candy.

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Add a faux face to a vase, add scoops of candy, and cover with a handmade witch's hat. Encourage guests to help themselves to what's inside.

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Cover a jam jar with masking tape {jagged edges encouraged}, draw on a scary face, and add a votive {battery operated for safety} for a ghoulish glow on fright night.

Happy Halloween!

I figure you're busy putting the finishing

touches on your Halloween costume or decor and

buying your tricks & treats to give away.

Don't forget the candy bucket for the kids

the haul in the loot!

Today, let's revisit some of my blah-to-Tada!

crafts from last year:

A bucket made from an empty yogurt tub.

Here's another version made from a cleaned out

ice cream container.

And this bag is made from an old tank top.

Blah to Tada!

Have a fantastic weekend and a

Happy Halloween everyone!

Halloween Decor

Halloween is this weekend and while you may be

busy putting your or your kids' costumes together,

have you thought of decorations for

the trick or treaters who will be

stopping by your place?

Blah: fabric softener sheets that

came out of the dryer.

No use for them anymore.

Tada! Halloween buntings to hang on a doorway,

windowsill or ceiling.

Get the kids to help you by drawing Halloween

characters on the dryer sheet with

a permanent marker.

Happy crafting!

Gooey Ghosts

We're gearing up for Halloween and if you're up to making a homemade treat, you came at the right time!

Giving marshmallows to trick or treaters...it's a little blah.

But with some magic ingredients (chocolate chips &
white chocolate chips), we'll turn them into a Tada!

Step 1: With clean hands, make one end of the marshmallow pointy.

Step 2: Slip the other end of the marshmallow into a lollipop stick.

Step 3: Melt the white chocolate over a double boiler.
Once the chocolate has melted, dip in the
marshmallows, one at a time.

Step 4: Stick on the chocolate chips to make eyes & a mouth.
Allow chocolate to harden.

Tada! Little candy ghosts or marshmallow mummies!

You can add an extra marshmallow so your ghost has a body.

Serve it at your Halloween party as part of the candy buffet.
Use them as fun party favors.
Hand it to trick or treaters that come a-knockin'.
Keep one for yourself and have a super sweet holiday!

Candies Galore!

Halloween...that day when kids are allowed to take candies from strangers. And a lot of candy that will be, requiring them to carry a bag for all that loot! Yesterday, we made a bag from an old tank top. Today, we'll make a bucket out of these:

An empty ice cream container and yogurt tub...blah!

Clean it. Dry it. Cover it with felt (attached with a glue gun).

Tada! Easy, homemade candy bucket!

Have a great weekend everyone!