Halloween Crafting: Nightmare Before Christmas Ornaments

 

I finally did something I've been meaning to do for a few years, which is to add some "The Nightmare Before Christmas" elements to my Halloween Tree. I promised myself after our Disneyween-a-Versary trip that I wouldn't let another year go by!

Supplies:

• Flat Acrylic Ornaments
• Acrylic Paints
• SVG Files
• Vinyl
• Cutting Machine

Every so often, I have a "TEMU moment," which is how I ended up with way too many of these acrylic ornaments. I found the SVGs online and imported them into my Cricut Design Space Software and sized to fit my ornaments. Since my tree is mostly black, white, and purple, I decided to cut the images out using black vinyl and applied to one side. 

I grabbed acrylic paints in the colors that match the characters and painted the backs of the ornaments. For Sally, I just did the face/body. For the others, I covered the whole back. 

I painted using a sponge spouncer which is why the wet paint looks, well, spongey, but it dries flat. I used two coats for opacity. 

To secure them to my tree, I used some black glitter pipe cleaners. Easy Peasy! 

TIP: If you don't have a cutting machine, you could easily trace these onto the ornaments using a paint pen, then paint the backs. I think that would give the same effect.

But wait, there's more! The Haunted Mansion also has a really cute wreath made out of bones for Zero the Dog from the movie. I knew I had some "bags o bones" from Dollar Tree in my stash, so that gave me an idea for another addition to my tree.

Each package comes in three different sizes which worked great for my idea. I laid out a basic shape, and glued a base together with hot glue. Then I just kinda added to it and built up.

They naturally formed a kind of dog-house shape! 

After it was assembled, I hit it with some white spray paint. I wanted a banner like the one in The Haunted Mansion has, so I cut two shapes from scrap paper and then wrote ZERO on by hand. 

These were super easy to make, and I love how they look on my tree! 

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Halloween Crafting: DIY Witch Broom Wreath

 

I previously shared the Witch Broom I made using a Dollar Tree plunger. Today I'm sharing what I did with it!

Supplies:

• Completed Witch Broom
• Wreath Form
• Decorative Mesh
• Pipe Cleaners
• Tulle
• Florals
• Skulls

I used a large wire wreath form (Dollar Tree) as my base, along with Decorative Mesh (also DT) and florals from DT and Michaels. 

Since I knew I was going to attach the broom and wanted to ensure other things were really secure on the wreath form, I added some pipe cleaners as shown so that I could use the ends to attach other elements. 

I covered the form with the decorative mesh, wrapping it so the pipe cleaner ends were still accessible. 

I used a combination of the pipe cleaner ends and some tulle to tie on the broom. Glue didn't feel like it was going to be strong enough!

I took my florals apart, then combined them how I liked in bunches, which I also used the pipe cleaner ends to attach. Once you know you're done with the pipe cleaners, trim closely, and they just blend in. 

I found this bag of Oil Skulls at Michaels, and the iridescent colors worked perfectly with my color palette. 

Then I used hot glue to add these randomly around my wreath. 

A little Goth. A little Glamour. Gothmour?

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Summerween: Plunger Witch Broom

 

I saw a similar one on Pinterest late last season after I was done with Halloween crafting, and actually remembered to get the supplies on a recent Dollar Tree trip! The ones I saw were more rustic and therefore probably more realistic, but I've had enough reality, thank you very much! 

Supplies

• Plunger (Dollar Tree)
• Masking Tape (Dollar Tree)
• Black Rope (Dollar Tree)
• Tulle (Stash)
• Glue Gun and Glue Sticks

These are the main supplies I used. Didn't even bother showing these to Mr. Chocolate before I made my broom because how many "If you say so" comments can one person hear?! 🤣

I keep saying I'm going to refinish my work desk, but then I ask myself: what's the point, except for pictures, since it's a working desk...I digress. Wrap the handle of the plunger in masking tape, the messier the better. Squeeze and crinkle along the way.

Keep going until the handle is completely covered. You could also use the tape to create some knots and bumps along the way. Grab some paint in the color of your choice and paint the handle. I used Craft Smart Espresso Bean and a sponge spouncer. 

The crinkles and bumps from the masking tape, combined with the paint, give you a very cool effect, I think! 

Cut lengths of your rope and glue around your handle. 

NOTE: This is where you can get REALLY creative. You can use sisal rope or twine or yarn or ribbon or whatever comes to mind. You can see that this rope is made of smaller twists. We'll get to that.

Oh look, we're here at the point where you un-twist all those twists! I wanted different textures so I grabbed some tulle to add to my broom. You could however, do only rope and I woudl suggest starting closer to the plunger part if you do so you get better coverage. 

I tied up my rope strands to keep them out of the way because you know how glue strings get EVERYWHERE, and then cut lengths of tulle, knotted and doubled them over, and glued around the plunger. This gave my broom some depth. 

Then I untied my rope strands and added a few more pieces of tulle to cover any gaps. To finish, I wrapped the top of the bristles with a metallic pipe cleaner. 

Et, voila!

Back to Mr. Chocolate: "VERY Cool!"

Summerween: Dollar Tree Vintage Ghost Makeover

 

Starting my Halloween crafting during "Augtober/Summerween", whatever! Vintage is having a moment this season. Popped into a Dollar Tree last week and found these adorable little vintage-inspired Ghost Pumpkins. Being contrary like I am, I didn't love the colors as-is, so I did what we makers do and made it my own style! 

Supplies: 

• Vintage Ceramic Ghost Pumpkins (Dollar Tree)
• Acrylic Multi-Surface Paints 
• Fine Line Paint Pen (Apple Barrel)
• Rhinestones
• Baker's Twine

I grabbed black, white, and metallic paints from my stash. Ultimately, went with black, white, and gold as my color palette. 

I painted the pumpkin base with Craft Smart multi-surface paint in black. Two coats. 

I used a sponge paint spouncer (Dollar Tree) to coat the white ghost head with multi-surface white paint. 

To finish painting, I did the ruffled collar in gold (two coats), and outlined the ghost eyes with an acrylic paint pen. 

I grabbed some clear rhinestones and used different sizes for the eyes and collar. It didn't matter of some of the original paint peeked through because the next steps will take care of that! 

I went around the collar and glued rhinestones in the ruffles using a dimensional adhesive. 

Once that was done, I used coordinating baker's twine to wrap around the top of the collar (this took care of any more paint bleed-through). 

And done! 

And now they fit in with my more goth/glam style! Easy Peasy, and you could do these to match any color combination you prefer. 

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The House on Silverado