Halloween Witch Crafts: Witch’s Brew and Funky Punch Bowl

Day 3 of 31...

Kid-Friendly Witch’s Brew and Funky Punch Bowl

Display Supplies:
Extra-large plastic bowl
Large glass bowl
Hot glue gun
Ball fringe trim
Rhinestones
Jewel glue
Ladle
Polymer clay
Baking sheet
Parchment paper
Oven
E6000 glue
Dry ice
Leather gloves
Water

Punch Ingredients:
6 oz. packet of lime gelatin mix
1 qt. hot water
5 scoops lime sherbet
64 fl. oz. pineapple juice
4 liters ginger ale
Canned lychee
Blueberries
Cherries
Knife

Steps:
1. Hot glue ball fringe trim around the outer rim of the plastic bowl. Glue rhinestones to the trim with jewel glue. Allow to dry.

2. Make a witch’s head out of polymer clay. Carve out a hole in the bottom of the head to accommodate the tip of the ladle’s handle. Bake the head according to the clay package instructions. Allow to cool. Glue the head to the ladle handle with E6000 glue. Allow to dry.

3. Place the large glass bowl inside of the extra-large plastic bowl.

Making the punch: Dissolve 6 ounces of lime gelatin mix in 1 quart of hot water. Allow this mixture to cool. Place five scoops of lime sherbet in a bowl and allow to melt. In the glass bowl, combine the gelatin mixture with 64 fluid ounces of pineapple juice. Slowly add 4 liters of ginger ale. (You can adjust the amount of ginger ale or pineapple juice depending on how much liquid your glass bowl can accommodate.) Just before serving, pour the melted lime sherbet into the punch to form a frothy green layer on top.

Dry Ice: Wearing leather gloves, place chunks of dry ice in the extra-large plastic bowl. Pour hot water over the dry ice to make it smoke and bubble. Add water periodically to keep the dry ice effect going.

Tear the edges of paper cups and then layer them for a funky look!


For an “eyeball” garnish, place a blueberry or cherry in the cavity of each of your canned lychees. Cut a slit in the bottom of the eyeball and place on the rim of each drinking cup.

Halloween Witch Crafts: Mummy Wrapped Candle

Day 3 of 31...

This Mummified Candle Holder was designed for Plaid!

Transform a plain candle holder into a fright night delight! All you need is a little mesh fabric, Mod Podge and some paints.

Materials:
Mod Podge - Gloss
Mesh fabric ¼ yard
Candle holder
Loose bristle paintbrush
FolkArt ® Extreme Glitter™ - Black
FolkArt ® Metallics - Gunmetal Gray
FolkArt ® Acrylic Colors - Buttercup
Black plastic spider
Hot glue

Steps:
1. Cut the mesh fabric into small strips. Wrap the strips around the candleholder. As you wrap, add Mod Podge to the fabric. Use lots of Mod Podge. It is ok to saturate the fabric. Allow to dry.

2. Dry brush the Gunmetal Gray and Buttercup paint over the mesh fabric.

3. Apply 2 coats of Black Extreme Glitter to the spider. Once dry, hot glue to the candleholder.

Halloween Witch Crafts: extreme glitter skull

Day 2 of 31...

Halloween: extreme glitter skull
Designed for Plaid!

materials:
FolkArt ® Extreme Glitter™ - Peridot
FolkArt ® Extreme Glitter™ - Black
FolkArt ® Artists Pigments™ - Pure Black
Halloween skull candle holder
Foam Paintbrush

steps:
1. Using a foam paintbrush, paint the entire skull with 2 coats of black paint. Allow to dry. Paint the skull with 3 coats of black Extreme Glitter. Allow for drying in between coats.

2. Paint the teeth, eyes and nose area with 3 coats of peridot extreme glitter. Allow to dry.

Halloween Witch Crafts: Paper Mache Candy Bowl

Day 2 of 31...

Paper Mache Candy Bowl w/ Mod Podge

What’s Halloween without the candy? Keep this crafty bowl filled and the little monsters will come running!

Supplies:
Paper grocery bags or kraft paper
Large glass bowl
Aluminum foil
Small bowl
Mod Podge
Water
Stir stick
FolkArt paint - red and black
Black craft foam
Tombstone and tree templates
Light transfer paper
Blue painter’s tape
Pencil
Craft knife
Foam glue
Clothespins
Small black pompom
Black embroidery floss
Sewing needle
White thread
Scissors
Small bird figurine
Black craft paint
Bamboo skewer (optional)

Steps:
1. Turn the bowl that will serve as the mold upside down and cover the outside with aluminum foil. Fold excess foil into the interior of the bowl.

2. Tear the bags or kraft paper into roughly 2” to 3” pieces.

3. Mix four parts Mod Podge with one part water in a mixing bowl. Dip each paper piece in the solution and place on the outside of the foil-covered bowl, overlapping the paper to cover the bowl. Work with the bowl inverted over a can so that it is easy to spin. Continue adding paper until 3-4 layers of paper cover the outside of the bowl.

4. Allow the bowl to dry for 24 hours.

5. When the paper bowl is dry, gently peel the foil off the inside of the glass bowl, releasing the bowl from the paper shell. Gently peel foil from the paper shell.

6.Paint the paper bowl. We used black on the outside and red paint on the inside. Allow the paint to dry.

7. With a craft knife, cut a spooky tree and three tombstone shapes from black craft foam. If using templates, transfer the images onto the craft foam with light colored transfer paper, holding the paper in position with blue painter’s tape. Glue these shapes to the outside of the bowl with foam glue. Use clothespins to hold the foam pieces in place while the glue dries for 24 hours.

8. Create a spider by threading black embroidery floss through a small black pompom. Secure the embroidery floss “legs” by coating them with glue. String the spider on a piece of white thread and attach to the tree.

9. Paint a small bird figurine black with craft paint and glue it to the tree. If the tree begins to droop, brace it with a bamboo skewer that has been painted black and glued both to the back of the tree and the top of the bowl.

Click to download templates!

Halloween Witch Crafts: Poison Wine Bottles

Day 1 of 31...

Poison Wine Bottles

Pour yourself a cup of poison wine with this handcrafted bottle of vino. This Mod Podge project was designed for Plaid. Pop by my page at Plaid to see this project and tons more ideas!!!

Materials Needed:
FolkArt - Artists Pigments - Pure Black, 2 oz.
Mod Podge - Gloss, 8 oz.
Wine bottle
Halloween papers
Foam paintbrush
Fake spider webs
Raffia
Wood tag
Fake spider
Rhinestones
Hot glue and glue gun

Steps:
1. Cut a piece of Halloween paper to fit around a wine bottle. Coat both sides of the Halloween words with Mod Podge, position around the wine bottle and top coat with more Mod Podge. Use your fingers to press out any air bubbles. Smooth your brush strokes. Allow to dry.

2. Cut a piece of Halloween paper to fit a wood tag. Apply with Mod Podge in the same fashion as step one. Dry brush black paint around the edge of the tag. Once dry, hot glue rhinestones to the tag.

3. Add webs to the neck of the wine bottles. Add wraps of raffia around the neck of the bottle. Tie the tag to the bottle. Hot glue a spider to the tag.

Happy Halloween~
Cathie

Bow Wow WOW! Giveaway!

Bow Wow WOW!
(click the link to see inside the book at Barnes and Noble)

Here is a giveaway for
all you love to dress
your pups in
Halloween costumes!

Oct 31st will be here before we know it and the time to get stitching is soon. I'll be giving away a few copies during September and October so if you don't win the first time check back for future giveaways!

How do you enter?

Just leave a comment. Tell me about your dog. Tell me about a dog costume you have made or bought. Tell me your dogs name. Tell me anything about the last thing you made! Just leave a comment. Contest runs till Friday Sept. 3rd, 2010.


Bow Wow WOW! is loaded with ideas, step-by-step instructions and inspiration for making your own doggy fashions and costumes. This book features 36 different looks you can make from 2 basic patterns. You will also find tons of accessories and some no sew costumes.


This is the Pirate costume from the Bad to the Bone chapter. I love how his hat turned out!

Did you know that Bow Wow WOW! was featured in Rachael Ray?

Here is an Elvis version the editorial team at RR made. They followed the simple instructions found in the book.
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The business stuff....

All items are provided by me (Cathie Filian) and are in accordance with the Blogher Rules.

To enter: Simply leave a comment to THIS specific post by telling me about your dog or a project you have made.

Your comment MUST link to your particular blog or web site or include your e-mail address. Otherwise, I won't be able to get in touch with you if you win! Any entries that do not include some way of getting in touch will be disqualified.

Deadline: Comments must be received by midnight September 3, 2010. Odds of winning will depend on the number of eligible entries received.

Other rules:
1. You must have a mailing address in the United States of America (sorry international folks!).
2. Only one entry comment per person.

How it works: Each comment will be assigned a sequential number. The winning number will be selected from a random number generator, so there will be no favorites, simply a game of chance.

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Poison Potion Bottles

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