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BOO-TIFUL HALLOWEEN

CRAFT IDEAS

H alloween is a
highlight of fall, as
children and even
adults anxious-
ly await October
31. Similar to the holiday season,
people often decorate their homes
for Halloween, and even do so well
in advance of late October to maxi-
mize the amount of time they get to
enjoy the trinkets and other items.

Many people enjoy getting hands-
on for Halloween. It’s possible
to craft decorations, personal-
ized treats and festive costumes.
Consider these ideas for Halloween
craft projects.
black chalkboard paint. Add your years, and they keep turning up in
3D Pumpkins own message with chalk or chalk different iterations. You can craft
paint. “Keep Away” or “Enter at your own gnomes for Halloween
Carving pumpkins is a popular Your Own Risk” are great Halloween
Halloween tradition. But there are phrases to consider. Attach the sign with a few supplies. Start with a
many people who feel the job is too 9-inch-tall foam cone. Cut the bot-
messy. Instead, a fun way to add in the middle of the wreath. You tom off the toe part of a solid color-
personality to pumpkins comes by also can add some embellishments ed ankle sock just past the heel, and
way of some hot glue and paint. Use to the wreath, including black pull it up so it covers the lower few
a hot glue gun to create a pattern moss and floral stems and leaves. inches of the cone. Add some hot
on the outside of the pumpkin. It A glittery black and green ribbon or glue to secure, draw a beard shape
can be designs, a jack-o’-lantern bow is the finishing touch before on the back of the faux fur and cut
face or just about anything. Once hanging. it out. Attach the beard to the lower
dry and hardened, use craft paint part of the cone over the sock. Use
to go over the entire pumpkin. The Boo Treasure Box a crew length patterned sock to
raised design will be evident and create a hat for the gnome, and glue
add dimension. Purchase a wooden treasure chest to the top part of the cone. Glue
or box from the hobby store. Paint it
Spooktacular Wreath all black or your favorite Halloween on a large wood bead for the nose.
colors. Then add additional designs Decorate the gnome any way you’d
Adorn the front door with some- like spider webs, bats or pumpkins. like, such as adding felt patches to
thing creative. It can be utterly Fill the box with treats or small toys. the sock hat.
frightening or something more Kids can have fun picking out their
festive. Start with a premade spring treasures. Halloween can be even more fun
greenery wreath or a wreath frame with some creative crafts the entire
that you cover with your own green- Halloween Gnomes family can enjoy.
ery. Purchase a round, unfinished
wooden sign panel, and paint with Gnomes have been popular for