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 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.
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.
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!
