This week it's all about easy crafts for Halloween decor - yesterday was the cute sharpie ghost on canvas, today it's this fun little owl. I made him out of a small fake pumpkin, you can certainly use real if you want. Depending on the size of the pumpkin you need 2 white cupcake liners and one brown one (I used a small pumpkin so did mini cupcake liners); then out of scrapbook paper (or construction paper, or whatever you have on hand) cut a beak triangle, 2 round circles that fit into the bottom of the liner, and 2 small black circles. Glue the black circles onto the larger round circles for eyes, then glue them into the white liners. Cut the brown liner in half, glue one to each outer edge of a white liner for eyelashes. Hot glue the whole thing to the pumpkin, then hot glue the beak triangle on. Done, and super cute :)
got the idea from a magazine years ago (it's been in my idea file), have no idea which one!
Here's a very easy way to decorate a pumpkin (and an artificial Dollar store one to boot, that means I'll be able to keep it for next year!) - paint it a color using basic craft paint and a sponge brush (I did black because I still had some leftover from painting the pumpkin pail and the flamingo, I like to put paint on a paper plate and then can store it and the wet brush in a big gallon bag until I'm done with it); after the paint dries spread on white glue using a small clean paintbrush - I did about a quarter of the pumpkin at a time - and dump sequins on the wet glue. Literally, I just took a handful and threw them into the glue! Using the end of the paintbrush I spread the sequins around if they were overlapping too much, but I didn't really "place" them - just pretty much let 'em go where they go. Then give it a good sprinkle with glitter to fill in the gaps. Let it dry. I love how this turned out - it's really pretty in person!
