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Halloween Crafts
TABLE OF CONTENTS Batty Framed Decorating .....................................................3 Spooky Spider Adornments ..................................................3 Brick-a-Boo!-Brac .................................................................... 4 Welcome Autumn Wreath.....................................................5 Howlin CatnCandies ........................................................... 7 Spiderweb Balloon ................................................................. 8 Spooky Silhouettes ................................................................ 9 Mummy Head Centerpieces ...............................................10 Fall Mini Pumpkin Wreath.................................................. 11 Ghost Wreath .........................................................................12 Tin Can Luminarias .............................................................. 13 Pretty Pumpkins Tablecloth............................................... 15 Long-Legged Spider Craft.................................................... 17 Watchful Eye Wreath ...........................................................18 Beaded Candle Cups .............................................................18

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Batty Framed Decorating

This colorful specimen board is sure to draw attention when hung in your home for Halloween. To make, use a die-cutting tool or a bat punch to make 24 bat shapes from assorted scrapbookingpaper colors and patterns. Bend the wings slightly to create a multidimensional look. Cover a 12-inch cardboard or plywood square with even-weave fabric, taping excess fabric on the back. Stack two adhesive dots on the back of each bat, and press bats onto the fabriccovered square. Remove the backing from the frame, and attach specimen board to the backing with hook-and-loop squares.

Spooky Spider Adornments

T h i s c l a s s i c b l a c k- a n d - w h i t e Halloween decor is accented with some creepy-crawly critters. Cover 4and 6-inch plastic foam balls with pieces of embossed ivory velvet and ivory burlap, alternating the two fabrics. Embellish the faux gourds by pinning on ribbon or paper trims. For the stems, cut 2-inch lengths of raw cording; slightly unravel one end. Pin the stems to the ball tops, and tie a ribbon into a bow at the base of each stem. Pin spider trims onto the balls to finish the decoration

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Brick-a-Boo!-Brac
What You Need:
_ Vintage or new plate: white _ Stencil plastic and crafts knife (optional; see Note, below) _ Adhesive tape _ Paintbrush with angle-tip bristles _ Glass paint, black
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Instructions:

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2. To stencil the design, enlarge pattern onto stencil plastic. Carefully cut out letters using a crafts knife. Securely tape stencil to plate. Dip angle-tip paint brush into glass paint. Lightly dab paintbrush onto a paper towel, then dab paint onto the plate inside the letters. Let dry, then reapply paint until you are satisfied with the result. 3. To freehand-paint the design, trace pattern onto tracing paper and cut out the letters. Use a pencil to trace around letters onto plate. Paint the letters with glass paint. 4. After the paint dries, use the sharp flat end of a paintbrush or razor blade to push or scrape away any rough edges back into the letters. 5. Referring to the photo, left, draw a tree branch on the plate using a pencil. Paint penciled lines with glass paint. Let dry 24 hours. 6. Bake plate in a 325 degree oven for 20 to 25 minutes. Allow to cool slowly. *Note: You can stencil or freehand-paint the design on the plate.

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Welcome Autumn Wreath

What You Need:
_ Hot-glue gun and glue sticks _ Straw wreath _ Rolls of 2-inch-wide plaid ribbon _ Wool felt: rust, burgundy, pumpkin, orange, apple green, light yellow-gold, and dark green _ Assorted -inch-diameter centers removed from silk flowers

Instructions:

1. Wreath: Hot glue a ribbon end to the back of the wreath. Wrap ribbon around wreath, gluing the end of the ribbon to the back. Use other rolls as necessary, until the wreath is covered with ribbon. 2. Flowers and Leaves: Trace patterns in onto tracing paper and cut out. 3. For a flower center, cut a 1x6-inch strip from rust felt. Cut strip every 1/8 inch from one long edge nearly to the other long edge. Start at one short end, roll up strip, dabbing hot glue along bottom edge. Make three rust flower centers total. 4. Use patterns for small Flower Petals 1 and 2 to cut out several petals from burgundy felt. Glue one short end of the smaller petals to a flower center. Wrap and glue Flower Petals 1 and 2 around flower center until flower is desired size. Make two more small flowers, one from pumpkin and another from orange felt. Note: The pumpkin and orange flowers will become medium and large flowers. 5. In the same manner, make three more small flowers, except glue the petal pieces around the silk-flower centers. Make one flower each from rust, apple green, and light yellow-gold felt. Set aside these three flowers for the wreath.

6. For the three larger flowers, wrap medium-size Flower Petals 3 and 4 cut from burgundy, pumpkin, and orange felt around the matching color small flowers with rust felt centers. Set the burgundy and pumpkin flowers aside for the wreath. 7. For the largest flower, add large Flower Petals 5 and 6 cut from orange felt to the medium-size orange flower until the flower is the desired size. 8. Cut two of each leaf pattern from the dark green felt. 9. Assemble the Wreath: Referring to the photo, overlap and glue two large leaves to a large flower, two medium leaves to a medium flower, and two small leaves to a small flower. Arrange and hot-glue flowers to the wreath.

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Howlin CatnCandies
What You Need:
(for three or four of each design)

_ yard of 44-inch-wide muslin _ Polyester fiberfill _ Acrylic paints: black, orange, off-white, gold and brown _ Paintbrushes and small sponge brush _ Embroidery floss: brown _ Fabric stiffener (such as Stiffy) _ Ground cinnamon

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1. Prepare the Patterns: Trace outlines of patterns onto tracing paper and cut out. On doubled muslin, trace patterns once each for desired number of candy corns and cat faces, leaving inch between shapes. 2. Sew the Shapes: Sew around each shape through doubled muslin, leaving openings as indicated on patterns. Cut CAT out shapes a scant inch from stitching. Clip curves and corners, turn shapes right side out and stuff with fiberfill. Slip-stitch openings closed. 3. Paint the Cat Face: Paint front and back of cat face with black; let dry. Referring to the pattern, draw features on front. Vary mouth shapes on cats, tilting some mouths to one side. Paint eyes, nose, and mouth with orange; let dry. Paint teeth and whiskers with off-white. Dot eyes with black.

4. Paint and Embroider Candy Corn: Using a pencil, draw a line around a candy corn 1 inch from the wide (bottom) end. Draw another line around the candy corn 1 inch from the first line. Paint bottom section gold, middle section orange, and top section off-white, allowing paint to dry between sections. 5. Using two strands of brown floss, work running stitches between candy corn sections, starting and finishing the floss inside the candy corn. 6. Finish the Shapes: Mix fabric stiffener with brown paint until the mixture is the color of light chocolate. Using the sponge brush, paint each shape with the mixture. Let shapes dry. To finish the shapes, rub ground cinnamon on the fronts and backs. Wipe off excess cinnamon.

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Spiderweb Balloon
What You Need:
_ _ _ _ Newspaper 9-inch balloon Thin black yarn Paper crafts glue (make sure the glue dries clear we used Elmers) Water String Tweezers Hot-glue gun and hotmelt adhesive Orange plastic spiders

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Instructions:

1. Cover work surface with newspaper. Blow up 9-inch balloon and tie off in a knot. 2. Cut twenty 6-foot pieces of black yarn. 3. Mix together equal portions of glue and water; mix well. 4. Dip a piece of yarn into mixture and soak thoroughly, making sure not to tangle the yarn. Pull out and gently squeeze off excess glue by running yarn between index finger and thumb. 5. Wrap the yarn around the balloon in an irregular pattern. 6. Continue with remaining yarn pieces, tucking in the end of each piece beneath the yarn layers. 7. Tie a length of string around the balloon knot. Hang up balloon and let dry completely. (Put newspaper under the balloon to catch any drips.) 8. Once the glue is completely dry, pop the balloon and use tweezers to pull out the deflated balloon and any glue residue between yarn pieces. 9. Hot-glue plastic spiders to the web, and tie a piece of string to the top to use as a hanger.

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Spooky Silhouettes

Framed as portraits, these spooky silhouettes add Halloween flair. To create the characters, download our free patterns, enlarge to desired size, and trace onto black cardstock. Cut out the silhouettes using small, sharp scissors, glue to off-white cardstock, and frame.

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Mummy Head Centerpieces

What You Need:
_ Balloon _ Nonstick cooking spray _ Plaster cloth (we used rigid wrap) _ Battery-operated votive candle

Instructions:

1. Blow up the balloon to the desired size. 2. Spray nonstick cooking spray on balloon and wipe off the excess. 3. Cut the plaster cloth into 1-inch-wide strips. 4. Dip a strip in a bowl of warm water and smooth the surface with your fingers until it feels creamy and the plaster is activated. 5. Apply the strips to the balloon in a crisscross pattern, overlapping them but leaving areas of the balloon uncovered. Let dry. 6. Pop the balloon and remove it from inside the mummy head. 7. Cut an opening in the bottom of the head to accommodate a battery-operated votive candle.

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Fall Mini Pumpkin Wreath

What You Need:
_ Twig wreath form _ Mini-pumpkins to cover the form _ Hot-glue gun _ Floral wire _ Black Pipe Cleaner _ Black ribbon (grosgrain, satin, or raffia) _ Plastic Spiders

Instructions:

1. Start with an 18-inch twig wreath. Youll want to find one that has a fairly flat top section, so theres enough surface for the glue to secure the pumpkins. This size wreath took 13 pumpkins, but when you buy your materials at a craft store, be sure to lay out pumpkins around the wreath to see how many will fit. 2. Once your arrangement is set, start gluing each pumpkin in place and let it dry. Were gluing ours on so each one touches the next, but at the top we left about a 6-inch space for our bow. 3. Little plastic spiders are a fun addition as well. Just dot the legs with a bit of hot glue and set down on one of the pumpkins for a spooky Halloween touch. 4. Finally, youll need a bow and Ive got a great simple technique for that. Youll need to find wired ribbon in a 2 or 3 inch width. The wire helps you arrange the bow and the streamers easily and will help too, if you keep the bow from year to year -- you can just fluff it out as needed. 5. Lay a 24 strip of ribbon down on the table. Now, take about a 36 piece and leave a 15 inch streamer. Begin to loop

the ribbon from side to side, beginning with smaller loops, gradually making the loops wider. End up with another 15 inch streamer. Lay down a black pipe cleaner or a 12 length of floral wire. Now you can pick up the ends of the 24 strip and knot it securely around all of the loops and the wire. Theres your bow! 6. Use the wire to attach the bow to the wreath, or if you wish you can hot glue it onto the front. I know you -- and your guests -- will enjoy seeing this wreath.

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Ghost Wreath

Hang this apparition-adorned wreath on your front door to greet Halloween guests and scare away mischievous tricksters. In a well-ventilated area, spray-paint a grapevine wreath white; let dry. Place a sheet of waxed paper on a cutting board and roll out white oven-bake clay (such as Sculpey) to 1/8-inch thick. Using the photo as a guide (or our free patterns), cut out two ghost shapes from the clay with a crafts knife. Bake the shapes in the oven according to the manufacturers instructions. Once cool, glue the ghosts to the wreath with strong glue. Tie a gauzy ribbon in a bow and attach it to the wreath with wire.

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Tin Can Luminarias

What You Need:
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ Tracing paper Permanent marker Clean empty tin cans Hammer and large nail Spray paint: orange and black Wire Tea-light candles

Instructions:

1. Using tracing paper, trace the pumpkin face or bat patterns (download below), or make your own design. Transfer the pattern of your choice to a clean tin can; go over the transferred pattern with a permanent marker. Fill the tin can with water; place it in the freezer. When the water in the can is frozen, remove the can from the freezer. 2. Use a hammer and nail to puncture the design in the can. Punch two holes in the rim of the can on opposite sides, centering the design between the two holes. Let the ice melt; allow the can to dry completely. 3. Cut a 16-inch length of wire. Insert one end of the wire into a hole in the rim; twist the end of the wire around the wire length. Insert the other wire end through the other hole in the rim, securing the wire in the same manner. 4. Spray paint the pumpkin can orange and the bat can black. Let the paint dry. Place a tea-light candle inside the can and hang securely from a branch or garden hook.

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Tin Can Luminarias

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Pretty Pumpkins Tablecloth

What You Need:
_ 2/3-yard of 36-inch-wide black wool felt _ 1 yard of 24-inch-wide, ironon fusible web (such as Light Stream-A-Seam) _ Freezer paper _ Pencil and scissors _ Iron _ 1-1/2 yards of 42-inch-wide ivory cotton print _ 3 yards (2 packages) of black jumbo rickrack _ Sewing machine and thread _ Embroidery needle _ Embroidery floss: ivory _ 1 yard of 20-inch-wide, lightweight, tear-away fabric stabilizer (such as Sulky TearEasy Stablizer) _ Teflon appliqu pressing sheet _ Fabric marker

Instructions:

1. Following the manufac turer s instructions, apply fusible web to the back of the black wool felt. Do not remove the paper backing. 2. Trace the shaded areas of the pattern (corner details and pumpkins) onto freezer paper and cut out. (The freezer paper shapes will serve as a template.) 3. Using an iron, press each freezer paper shape, shiny side down, onto the felt. Cut out the shapes along the pattern edges. Peel off the freezer paper. 4. To make the tablecloth, cut two 34-1/2inch squares from the ivory cotton print. Cut four 26-inch lengths of rickrack. 5. Place one print square, right side up, on a flat work surface. Pin a length of rickrack along one edge of the print square, making sure to slope the rickrack off the fabric at each end so the rickrack wont overlap at the corners. Note: The corners of the tablecloth will not lie flat if the rickrack overlaps.

6. Repeat for the remaining sides. Baste the rickrack in place. 7. Using a 1/4-inch seam allowance, sew the print squares together with the right sides facing, leaving a 7-inch opening on one side for turning. Turn right side out and press. Whipstitch the opening closed. 8. Position a piece of stabilizer over the pumpkin pattern and trace the pumpkin pattern, including the stitch-line guides. Repeat to make a total of four stem-andvine stitching templates. 9. Applique the tablecloth. Place a pumpkin-stitching template onto the right side of a pumpkin felt cutout, aligning all edges. Using the templates as a guide, outline the pumpkins and stems with running stitches. Note: Use three strands of floss for all stitching. Carefully remove the stabilizer by placing your thumb on the stitches and pulling the stabilizer away from your thumb. Repeat for each pumpkin.

10. Outline the ornate corners with running stitches 1/4 inch from all edges. 11. Arrange the cutouts on the tablecloth, removing the paper backing as you work; hand-press the cutouts into place. To avoid scorching, place a Teflon applique pressing sheet over each cutout. Fuse all cutouts into place with an iron. 12. Arrange the stem-and-vine stitching template over a pumpkin stem. Use a fabric marker to trace the vines onto the fabric. Note: When tracing, apply mild pressure with the fabric marker so that the ink will slightly seep through the stabilizer onto the fabric. Repeat for all vines. 13. Lay the tablecloth on a flat surface and position a piece of stabilizer under a vine area to be stitched. Use a small zigzag stitch or satin stitch to machine-sew the vine outline. Repeat for all vines and then remove the stabilizer.

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Pretty Pumpkins Tablecloth Pumpkin Tablecloth Pattern

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Long-Legged Spider Craft

What You Need:
_ Plastic foam balls: four 1-1/2inch, one 2-1/2-inch (We used Styrofoam.) _ Crafts knife _ Eight 16-inch-long pieces of wire (Choose black wire if available to prevent need for painting.) _ Black acrylic crafts paint _ Paintbrush _ Glue gun and hotmelt adhesive _ 3/8-inch googly eyes _ Crafts glue _ Scissors _ Scrap of orange felt

Instructions:

1. Cut the 1-1/2-inch foam balls in half with a crafts knife. Paint all the ball pieces and wires black. 2. Bend the wires about 4 inches from the end to form the knee. Using hot glue, adhere the shorter ends of the wires into the sides of the 2-1/2-inch foam ball, four to each side. 3. Glue a half ball onto the other end of each wire, making sure the ball sits flat on the tabletop. 4. Attach googly eyes to the 2-1/2-inch ball with crafts glue. Cut eyebrows and mouth from felt; attach to spider face with crafts glue.

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Watchful Eye Wreath

Googly eyes eerily peer at guests as they enter your Halloween lair. Hot-glue green pom-poms to an 8-inch-diameter plastic-foam wreath. Then adhere various-size googly eyes onto the pom-poms using hot glue. Fold a length of ribbon in half. Loop the folded ribbon around the wreath and pass the ribbon ends through the loop. Tie the ends together to make a hanging loop.

Beaded Candle Cups

Seed beads and glitter team up to blanket votive candleholders with ghoulish glitz. Use a paintbrush to apply thick decoupage medium to glass votive cups, working in small sections at a time. Sprinkle the wet medium with beads or glitter as desired. Allow medium to dry in one section before moving to the next.

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