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Showing posts with label halloween. Show all posts
Showing posts with label halloween. Show all posts

Monday, September 15, 2014

My Spooktacualr Contribution


I have the honor of guest posting on Eighteen25 Girls blog today, making it my third year during their Spooktacular September.

Like I mentioned in that post, I am finding it harder and harder to original in this social media day and age.  So I hope these circle weave spiders I made fit the bill, trendy, original, and "pin worthy".



Enjoy!

Saturday, October 26, 2013

Wreck It Ralph Family Costume


So its that time of the year again, Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween.
Which means Fam Bam Halloween costume time, here is last years.
After a family vote, Wreck It Ralph won out.
And since it is one of Disney's lowest grossing movies of all time, there pretty much isn't anything out there for costumes, which meant A LOT of homemade.

Felix was the easiest.
After a friends suggestion, I snagged these patches on this Etsy shop.
Amazon came through with some cheap leather gloves and blue hat.
And he was done.


It was kinda up in the air which character I was going to be.
But for some reason EVERYONE agreed Momma should be the "mean girl" Taffyta Muttonfudge.
Not sure if I should be insulted by this or happy since she wears all pink.

But I set to work on Taffyta.
I got a pink ball cap at Michael's.
Cut the brim to shape it more like a helmet.
Attached some felt for the green brim and stem with leaf.


Lastly, since she has a sparkle to it, I glue beads around.
As for the rest, I took some white leggings from Target painted strips on them with fabric paint.
Got a hot pink satin jacket off American Apparel and took a men xl Hanes tank top and dyed it pink.


For Ralph, I grabbed a clearance orange vneck shirt, added a little green fabric at the neck and a few buttons.


Then with painters tape, I taped off sections for plaid and used a red fabric marker.


As I mention before Wreck It stuff is hard to come by.  When I went to find Ralph hands, it was looking like they would set us back an easy $60!!! So since that was not about to happen, I got Hulk hands for $13 and a can of spray paint. This idea was brilliant in my head, but lets just say by the end of the night Ralph had SLOWING turned into the hulk with chucks of spray paint being left in a travel behind us.
OOPS.


Vanellope took a bit of work just to find the things needed.
But I was able to get a hoodie at Target in just the right color.
And then added some pink rope I found at Joannes.
The leggings, I just taped off the strips and painted with fabric paint.
The skirt was just brown fabric ironed into pleats and then sewn onto an existing skirt.


After all that work we were all set for Mickeys Not So Scary Halloween.



I loved seeing the kids faces when someone would see us and say "They are Wreck It Ralph!!" It was worth all the work to go into it.




It was the perfectly magical family night we needed.
Talks have already started for next years.
I love this tradition.

And on a funny side note:
I thought I would get a white bob for my costume.
After a trip to Walmart {I hadn't been in 9 years when I witnessed a fist fight in the cat food/toy/toilet paper aisle}
Lets just say the packaging did not match the product,
HAHAHAHA

Monday, October 7, 2013

Skull Cake Stand

Hello.
Been a minute since I have blogged.
Sorry.
But did a little Halloween craft on the cheap the other day and thought I would share.

What you need:
Plastic plate from Target for $1.99
Glitter skulls from Michael's $1.99 for a package {I used my 40% off coupon to make them even cheaper} X2
A candle holder, I had one on hand.
Some gorilla glue
Hot glue gun



First thing first, gorilla glue the plate and stand together, add something heavy to the top and let sit till dry.


Then with a hot glue gun get to adding some skulls around the edge.


And thats it.  
Doesn't get easier then that I say.




Enjoy!

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

DIY Frankenstein Pinata

I had the honor of hangin with the eighteen25 girls for the second year in a row during their
Spooktacluar September.

Last year I made this.
This year I made this.


He is perfect as a decoration and/or to beat with a stick.

No worries no Frankies were harmed during the creation of this blog post.


Thank for having me again ladies!

And make sure to check out their blog for more amazing halloween creations!

Friday, October 26, 2012

Halloween came a few days early...

Howdy Y'all!
We gathered up the Toy Story gang and headed out to Disney for some "Not so Scary" fun.
I have to say dressing up for Halloween is super fun, but doing it as a group takes it to the next level.
The kids got such a kick out of people referring to us as "the Toy Story Family" {and maybe Momma got a little kick out of it too}.



The best part was walking over and seeing that the new Fantasyland was open for a dress rehearsal, this is HUGE people.  I mean to walk on a ride that when it opens will have no doubt an 1hr+ wait and it took us 5 mins to wait, WAS AWESOME!  Sorry I am still a little geeked out by this...




Needless to say for anyone thinking if it worth the extra money for a "special" event at Disney, I vote YES! 
 XOXO

Monday, October 1, 2012

BOOing, snail mail style.

We are HUGE fans in this house of Booing our neighbors.
Its turned into such a fun tradition, that we are have been the family to start it each year.
The other day I was making some fun tissue tassels, and thought I knew a few friends that would find them a fun little halloween treat.  So why not BOO! through snail mail?!  
I put together this little card to include in my package...


For the tassels I used this tutorial, I bought tissue paper at Party City for .99 a package, and with only using a sheet per tassel it was a SUPER cost effect project.  Then I wrapped it up with enough yarn for them to be hung and included some stars for added bling.




Here is what I did with mine...



I excited to see the snail mail BOOing take off and other join in the fun.  Please share if you do send something off, I would love to see it!
Happy Halloween Month.




Monday, September 10, 2012

DIY Skull Tees {and guest post}


Today I have the honor of guest hosting on the eighteen 25 girls blog!
They have a spooktacular September, and everyday posting great Halloween projects and giveaways.
After making my project for them, my mind started turning and thought it would be cool to make some tees.

But instead of using freezer paper, cause the thought of recutting the stencil over and over made my head hurt.  So I came up with another approach.

I took a plastic divider and cut a reusable stencil out of it.
For my details on cutting out the stencils check out my guest post.




Then to stick it on I used a little double sided tape. Just cutting around the stencil so it fit the back.



And for this project I made two different versions, a bleached one {which again check out my guest post for details} and a black dye version. Which is pretty straight up, stick the stencil down and spray.




I cut the neck off mine and the bottom 3 inches off.  And then took some gold paint and gave mine a gold chompers.  


                            

{photo credit to my sweet husband who walked away from the TV on the first football Sunday of the season to take these for me}

They rock the casbah!

Again to see how this skull madness started head over to eighteen 25 to see how this "cool guy" was made... 


Here are a few projects of Halloween past:

http://eighteen25.blogspot.com/2012/09/please-welcome-amy-from-buggie-and.html