Halloween graham cracker house party

I wish I could say I was always the mom that was doing fun things with the kids. We do have fun but we are busy too. One day I decided we would do a Halloween House decorating party. All the parents sent the kids with bags of candy and I made graham crackers houses for decorating. 

There was candy everywhere but they kids had a great time. Maybe I will do this one again.

Halloween Sign...

I found this adorable Halloween sign on pinterest last year and wanted to make the sign. Unfortunately, the link takes you to a flickr account. I was so bummed that there was not a "how-to". So, I was determined to make my own. With the help of my Silhouette Cameo I made my own sign.
I used vinyl as my stencil and cut the design out. The actual lettering is approximately 14x6. I had some boards laying around from another project so I just used what I had!

The font is not exactly the same as the original but I thought it turned out so cute!! I'm still trying to figure out how I can offer the stencil as a download. So keep checking back!!

DIY Witch's Broom

Do It Yourself Witch Broom

 Locate some ornamental grass that is ready to be cut or trimmed for the fall.  

 Locate some tree branch's that are ready to be cut and trimmed for fall from your tree. Spray Paint black.

 Trim your grass to desired length.

 Secure with jute around your branch.

 Spray Paint your grass black until you have the desired color you like.  

 Decorate with your homemade Witch Broom. 

Happy Halloween!!

Halloween Witch Leg Dish Towels

This summer we had the chance to be all together for a week ... so of course we crafted!  We made the cutest witch leg dish towels for our selves and for Visiting Teaching Gifts and Halloween Teacher Gifts.  We started by choosing fabric for our witch legs and boots.  We started at the local JoAnn Fabric then headed to our FAVORITE Hobby Lobby for additional supplies.  We bought fabric in 2 patterns, wonder under, purple ribbon, and pom pom ribbon.  Then we were on the hunt for plain white DISH towels.  WHO KNEW this would be such a task????  We headed to every local store such as Target and Walmart.  We were able to find flour sack towels  and bar mop towels in white and in large packs, but we did not love the size and texture of these towels. We then headed to every local department store, such as Kohl's, JcPenny's.  No luck.   FINALLY, we found single while towel's that we liked at Bed, Bath, and Beyond and later found extra towels at a local craft store in Idaho called Porter's Craft and Frame.  Of course, we ended up spending a little more than we had hoped, (around $4 a towel) but, the size and length is perfect.  So, if you find a great deal on white dish towels ... we'd love to know where you found yours!!  

  

Then we ironed wonder under to the back side of our fabric.  We used the silhouette machine to do the cutting for us.  We purchased our witch shape right from the silhouette store, then measured our towels and sized them the way we wanted.  Next we cut our witch legs and boots.  

Position them onto the center of your towel and iron onto your white towels. 

For additional securing to the towels, we did a straight stitch around the legs and boots on our sewing machines.  

 The purple bows were tied and hand stitched onto the top of the witch boots.  We added ribbon to the bottom of the towel for extra decoration on some and pom pom ribbon on some.  We used a zig zag stitch to attach the ribbon.

These towels turned out super cute!!  Keep an eye out for our Christmas version of this towel!

Halloween Party...

With Halloween right around the corner, I wanted to share a fun and easy party that I created for my 7 year old's birthday party.  With the help of some "pinspiration" and my Silhouette Cameo, I was able to create this fun and festive party.

I went to Hobby Lobby to find some cute scrapbook paper to use for the invitation and the birthday banner. Then using my Silhouette Cameo I came up with this invitation.

The birthday banner was also made with cute scrapbook paper and my Cameo! 

 

I had a hard time deciding on a cake for her party. I finally decided and convinced the daughter how fun it would be to have a jack 'o lantern cake! I took two bunt pans to make the cake. (You can also see the cake balls I made!) I stacked them, then made a basic buttercream frosting, tinted it orange, and frosted the cake. I then took a green ice cream cone, turned upside down, and put in the center for the stem. I used gel icing to make the face and add some vines to the stem.

I went to Target to find the plates, cups, napkins, and table cloth. While looking around, my 3 year old spotted some "bones" aka a skeleton and convinced me they would be perfect for the party!

 I found this idea and knew I had to use it! I loved the guacamole vomiting pumpkin!

Mummy dogs were also a needed for the spooky party! I cut the hotdogs in half and using pre-made biscuits, wrapped them up and popped them in the oven!

 

The birthday girl still talks about her birthday party. And it has been a year!

{Happy Haunting}