Spider Hat - Another Fun and Easy Kids Craft...NICE!

Oh yeah, She's BAD!!!  But in such a super cute way, right?  This was the easiest and most fun craft yet.  Well, for me anyway.  Look at that cute little thing - just makes me smile.  Continuing the Halloween Kids Craft theme I've had going on, I give you the Spider Hat.

You could probably make this with stuff you already have at home.  This is about a 30 minute craft that kids could totally do all on their own unless they needed scissor assistance. 

Materials

Black Construction Paper
Orange Construction Paper
Glue
Scissors

I recommend using a glue stick as it sticks the best in the shortest amount of time.  You could use Elmer's regular glue but that tends to take a little more time to set up and these puppies need to be worn right away...you'll see!

1.  You will need to cut your black construction paper into strips.  One strip that is 2" wide by 22" long which will be the main head band.  You could also make this happen with 2 strips that are 2" wide by 11" long - just overlap and glue the ends together.  That's how I did the one you see.  You will also need 8 strips that are 1-1/2" wide by 9" long, these will be the legs.

2.  For the eyes you are going to cut 2 large black circles, 2 medium orange circles and 2 small black circles out of your construction paper.  I just used things we had around the house to trace, just eyeball it, you've got stuff, you know you do. ;)



Large Black Circles

 

 Small Black Circles

Medium Orange Circles

Why is there a box around all of this...I cannot for the life of me figure it out!!!  Ugh!  Sorry

3.  Glue 1 medium orange circle onto 1 large black circle like so...

 

I know I got mad photographic skillz!  (Sorry about the blur, my bad)

... and then glue 1 small black circle onto the orange circle.  Repeat for the second eye.

4.  Next, fold the 8 (leg) strips in half.

This is what you should have now (pic below).  One long 2" wide strip (main head band), 2 eyeballs and 8 strips (legs) folded in half.




5.  Now fold back about 1/2'' of the end of one side of the folded strips.  I hope the picture below explains this better. :/  

Also, take the long strip, main head band, and wrap it around the head it's going on and mark or hold the spot where the strip overlaps itself.  Glue that in place so that long strip is now a circle and then glue your eyes onto it.  It looks best to glue the eyes right next to each other, basically so that the small black circles are close to touching. 

6.  Glue the side of the strip that you didn't fold to the inside of the main head band piece.  Arrange them with 4 on 1 side and 4 on the other.

It should look something like this when you are finished.

7.  Finagle the legs so that it looks more like a spider. 

This is what I came up with.

Of course I felt that Buggie's needed a little something else...so she got purple glitter nail polish and a purple bow in her, hmmhmm, hair.

I am so lucky to have gotten these pictures.  She does not do head gear, the occasional beanie her Dad puts on her but other than that no way.  There's nothing a little banana won't cure - at least long enough to get 2 pictures!

These are super fun for the groms to make and they look adorable in them.  Who wouldn't want a spider hat, seriously?  Big Daddy D was even wearing this one earlier...I promised I wouldn't show the pics but I don't know how long I can hold out. =D

Thanks for checking out the post.  I hope you get a chance to make a spider hat and have so much fun with your little one while you do.  This is a great project to add to the last minute Halloweenie fun list.  Quick, easy, entertaining and very rewarding!!!  Thanks Auntie Vy, we love you!

Oh please let me see your spider hats.  I would love to know what other fun things you did to dress them up!  Have a great day!!!

PEACE

   LOVE &

      Spider Hats

A

Spooky (but cute) Easy Halloween Luminaries

Seriously cute!  I cannot even tell you how much fun we had making these ridiculously cute and seriously easy Halloween luminaries.  Thanks to Auntie Vy we have yet another fantastic, simple, kid friendly Halloween craft.  Are you still looking for some fun Halloweenie ideas that you can manage to get done in a day???  Well here it is!  Grab the kiddos and let's get to it.

Materials:

Glass Jar (small vase, mason jar, candle bowl, etc.)

Assorted Water-based Paint (acrylic) - make sure you have black

Small Paint Brushes or Paint Sponges

Sharpie

Tea Lights or Votives

This is pretty easy to figure out as you go.  Hopefully with the pictures and some descriptions you will be all set to just do it to it.  Remember to have fun and be creative...you can make whatever faces you want!  Can you find the Harajuku girl amongst our luminaries? =)

Start out by painting your glass jar.  (The jars we used are from the 'dollar store' so they were literally a buck a piece.)  Use 1 color on each jar and try to paint in one direction.  This will give an even coat and leave you with some cool striations in the paint.



(I know, turn the flash off, duh!)



Once your paint is dry, take a small brush and your black paint and just trim all around the top of the jars.

Now take your sharpie and draw an outline of a face.  Any face, however you want to do it.  We have a ghostie, Frankenstein's monster, mean, jolly and stitched ghouls and even a Harajuku girl.  So much fun! 

After you have drawn the outline of your face, use your black paint and fill it in.  You might not even need to draw the outline first.  If you like to throw caution to the wind you could just skip the marker part and paint your face right on the jar.  I would never trust myself for that but I know it is an option. ;)

Look at these fantastic faces!!!

Now all you have to do is throw your candles in the jar and light em' up!  I apparently stink at photography (not a new revelation btw) and did not get great shots of these bad boys all lit up at night.  I hope you can tell what you are looking at and please take my word that they are so cute all a glow!!!

Halloween is just around the corner...does everyone have their scabs and pimples ready???  Gross, right?  Muahahahaha

I hope you enjoyed this project and that some of you have time to give it a whirl.  I would love to see some of the awesome luminaries that you come up with!  Enjoy your day, it is a gift.

PEACE

   LOVE &

      Pumpkins

TooT! Creepy Spider Webbed Door Frame

This is such a cute and creepy Halloweenie craft that you and your kids can do.  Bubby is 10 and helped make this fantastic specimen and also thinks it is super cool!  So easy and fun to make, let's get started!!!

Materials:

Black Poster Board
Scissors
Glitter Glue or Glitter Markers/Crayons/Colored Pencils, etc.
Funky Spider
Fishing Line (or other clear line/rope)
Heavy Duty Tape
Ruler
Chalk
Crafty Headgear...don't forget! 

First, make sure you're working with the poster board in the landscape position.  Using your chalk and ruler, draw straight lines on the outside edges of the board, just the top edge and the left and right sides.  Now, from each corner, draw 2 more lines in toward the middle, see pic below.



Next, take your scissors and starting at the bottom of the board, the point where your left line ends, cut a curved line to the end of the next point.  Continue doing this with each point until you have made it back around the ending point of the line on the right edge of the board. 

Now you're ready to glitter-fy it.  You can see in the picture just above that we started by outlining the outside edges with black glitter.  You can do this however you desire and in whatever medium you choose, as long as it can be seen against the black.  The glitter just really stands out and catches the light so great and looks super cool!  We did all of the inside lines in silver glitter.

Next, make glittery curved lines that mimic those you cut out of the poster board.  These don't have to be perfect.  Just go with the flow of the curves and have fun with it.  You will do a couple of rows of the glitter curves to get the look of a spider web.

Also notice that we added a center line to give us an anchor point for the center curves.

Ok, get your cutie creepy spider guy...

Poke a little hole in his bottom and slide your fishing line, cut at your desired length, through the hole and tie a knot that is big enough so the line doesn't slip back out of the spider butt.  We wanted the spider to hang down a good bit but not too much to be a nuisance when trying to get in and out of the room.  Set spidey aside.



Here's the tricky part.  Not for you, for me!  How do I explain how we adhered this whole thing to the door???

Here goes...my husband held the poster board from the front letting the top edge slightly overlap the front of the door frame.  While he was holding it there I took our packing tape and pulled off a strip about a foot long & put the tape on the back of both the poster board and the top of the door frame.  The tape literally stradles both pieces.  I did this with enough tape to cover the entire back edge of the poster board.

Here you can see it from the front with this pathetic close up. ;)  That super small, bright green text in the picture says: "See here, from the outside, the board is just on the outside of the top of the door frame"

Now for the final step.  This is where you hang your cutie creepy spider guy.  I don't have a picture for this because it didn't really come out.  I think it was a combo of the clear fishing line and clear tape against the ultra white door frame...not a good close up picture taking combo.  But seriously, all you do is get your spider where you want him (doesn't have to be in the middle if you want to change it up), holding the line with it under your thumb up against the under side of the top of the door frame (just behind your poster board) keep your thumb tight on the line & take a small piece of packing tape and tape the line in place where your thumb was.  Viola'!  Done!

Did that make any sense at all?  Whoa!  I've read it a few times and I feel like it might be doable with that explanation.  Please let me know if you need some more confusing details, I am more than happy to oblige. =)



This decoration was so much fun to make and a huge hit with the boys.  This is that perfect craft to get the boys interested, syked and spooked all at the same time.  Thanks again Auntie Vy for our fabulous crafty days and these awesome ideas!!!  

Happy almost Halloween to everyone.  Keep up the great crafty work!  I look forward to seeing some of the other fantastic crafts at the killer linky party blogs over on my left sidebar.  You should go check them out.  There are so many wonderful ideas and talented chicks out there!!!

PEACE LOVE & CREEPINESS!!!

Mmmmmmm, Scabs! (Fun Halloween Party Treats)

If you're having any kind of Halloween party or get together, or if you are attending one and need something fun to bring along, you should try this.  It's a disgustingly fun party snack that will have the kids squirming in their costumes.  (and it's healthy, too)

Ok, here's what you need:

Are you ready???

Dried Cranberries (or cherries)
Bowl
Labeling Method

1. Purchase dried fruit (cranberries or cherries)
2. Clean bowl
3. Pour dried fruit into the bowl
4. Label as "Dried Scabs" - the kids can even make the label, be as fun or scary as you want!

Yep, that's it!  And look how yummy, I mean, how disgusting they look!

How about some pimples?  Every Halloweenie party needs some pimples ripe and ready for the popping!!! eeeewwww, I just grossed myself out typing that =)

These are just pomegranate kernels...seriously, that's it. 

I hope you get a chance to try these out.  They are usually a huge Halloween hit!!!

PEACE - LOVE & BOO

TooT! Super Cute, Easy Halloween Pumpkin Craft

So we all know Halloween is just around the corner and I think we're all agreed that it is so much fun to decorate, sew, craft and plan for.  Everything from creepy yard decor to costumes, candy dishes to classroom treats.  You name it, it's pretty much fun to do for Halloween.  

I had the greatest pleasure of having my very bestie, Auntie Vy, over to Halloween craft with me yesterday.  She has some of the greatest, tried and true ideas that you are going to love.  (Wait until you see the creepy, fun door frame decorations that the boys get excited about making!  They are too cool!!!)

The great thing about these crafts is that you might already have a lot of the supplies needed to make them on hand.  Don't forget to improvise.  If there is something you don't have just look around, you probably have something else that can be used in its place and look just as good.  Just have fun with these and do them with the kiddies...they will have a blast!   

To make these ridiculously cute pumpkins you will need:

Paper plates
Orange spray paint
Foam (some alternatives: construction or scrap book paper, markers, scrap fabric)
Glue

Scissors

Heavy duty tape (optional)

Most of this tutorial is going to be done with pictures.  I like pictures and, if you haven't heard this about me before, I am visual!!!  So what better way to do it than with pictures?!?

First, you'll need to cut the tops and bottoms of the paper plates.  (Everything we will be doing is on the back of the plate, utilizing the natural round shape.)

   

Now it's time to spray paint.  This is pretty much the only part that an adult will have to do - unless you have some budding grafiti artists in the house.  ;)

We used this awesome fluorescent orange.

Next, you will cut out and place pieces for the face.  Make it fun.  This doesn't have to be perfect and the more creative the better.  Once you have your face the way you want it go ahead and glue the pieces in place.



Now these little guys need a stem and some leaves.  Just cut out the basic shape of leaves and a rectangle for the stem.                                                                      Since we didn't have brown foam we improvised and painted an orange piece with brown acrylic paint.  It worked great and I think the brush strokes kind of makes it look like a real stem.  We glued the green leave shapes to the stem like so...                                         

  

Then glue the stem and leaves to the back of the plate, making sure it looks good from the front.  You can see that we added some packing tape to make sure they wouldn't go anywhere.  Can't have a nakey pumpkin! =D

Here you can see the front of the stem and leaves...as well as a super cutie pumpkin face.

We literally used scraps left over from cutting out 1 face to make another.  We mixed and matched and had so many laughs coming up with the faces.

Here's another close up of a cutie.

That's it!  All done.  Now go decorate.  Such a fun and easy Halloween craft with a big reward!!!

On another note...could you please check out my awesome head gear?!?!?  This is my crafting head band that Auntie Vy got me.  You have to wear a crafting head band when you are creating, don't you know???  I asked her if she made it, her response: "No!  But I saw it and said, did they make this for Angelene?  It looks like they made it for you!"  If you know ANYTHING about me then you are amazed right now.  This thing looks like they made it specifically with me in mind...stars, skull-n-bones, red, black, yellow...seriously, it's me...in a head band!  THANK YOU AUNTIE VY!!!  I love, love, love it!!! 

I hope you enjoyed this quick and easy toot!  Please let me know if there is something I can help you with or if you need a better explanation on anything.  Have lots of fun and enjoy your day - it is a GIFT!!!