Halloween Spooky Swirl Vase Revisited

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Here’s a project I made last year for my 24 Crafts in 24 Hours blog celebration. I thought you might like to see it again…it’s so pretty and super easy to make!

Make a sophisticated and spooky vase on the cheap! It will be the perfect accent for your Halloween dinner table. Here’s how I did it!

Halloween Spooky Swirl Vase

What you need:
– tall cylinder vase
– orange 12×12 cardstock
– black diecut swirl cardstock (I purchased mine at Joann)
– Aleene’s Tacky Spray
– paper cutter
– ruler
– double-sided tape

What you do:
1. Spray the back of your diecut cardstock and place on top of orange cardstock.
2. Measure the height of your cylinder vase. Cut paper to that height using paper cutter.
3. Wrap around cylinder vase and secure in place with double-sided tape.

Fill with your favorite floral arrangement. I chose flowers in fuchsias and orange; however you may want to use faux flowers or black roses.

In honor of my 24 Halloween crafts in 24 hours, I’m giving away a Swell & Spooktastic Halloween prize pack. Click here to check it out and enter!

Check back next hour for another spooktastic Halloween idea!

Alexa

Over 35 Swell Halloween Projects Compiled!

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Over the past few years, I’ve created a lot of crafts, especially Halloween crafts! There’s something about Halloween and the fact that it’s a bit funky/silly/spooky and subversive that I connect with. I love that it is a time that people get to express themselves in a different way and just have fun!

I wanted to compile all these projects for you to enjoy over the Halloween season. I know I’m already starting to think about my Halloween craft projects and I’m betting you are too, so enjoy these ideas and check back to my blog for more inspiration and ideas in the next couple of months leading up to Halloween!

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Dollar Store Candle Charger

Snooki Halloween Pumpkin

Twilight Cupcake Stand

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Candy Corn Cupcake Stand

Cupcake Wrapper Wreath

Upcycled Starbucks Vase


Simple Halloween Button Earrings

Decopauged Halloween Tissue Ornaments

Deviled Egg Halloween Costume

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Green Slime Lantern

Easy Halloween Ribbon/Button Bracelet

Spooktastic Halloween Pennants


Simple Halloween Button Earrings

Decopauged Halloween Tissue Ornaments

Deviled Egg Halloween Costume

Glitter Boo Banner

Mini Grim Reaper Glitter Trinket Box

Bewitching Plaque

Halloween Pennant Cupcake Picks

The Easiest Halloween T-shirt you’ll ever make

A Halloween Costume Masterpiece

Easy Stripe and Polka Dot Pumpkins

Dark Shadows Photo Frame

Vintage Halloween Character Ornaments

Halloween Sticker Crafts

Frightfully Funky Feather Wreath

Polaroid Pumpkins

Breast Cancer Awareness Pumpkins

Halloween Swirly Doily Purse

Halloween Spooky Swirl Vase

Fun and Funky Halloween Doodle/Star Earrings

Veggie Head Halloween Party Idea

Halloween Composition Notebook

Diva Witch Canvas

Ribbon Fascinators

Glow in the Dork Wall Hanging

Pumpkin Dip

Black Cat Pendant

Doodle Pumpkin

Polka Dot Treat Cups

My Octomom Costume

Halloween Cup Labels

Bloody Pumpkins

Cute CD Cupcake Stand

Halloween Cupcake Picks

More projects coming soon!

My 24 Halloween Crafts in 24 Hours Compiled!

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All the 24 Halloween crafts I created

Well, I’m gonna pimp these 24 Halloween Crafts in 24 Hours for all they are worth, so I’m sharing them again…this time in compiled version for anyone who might have missed some 🙂 Enjoy!

Hour 1 – Green Slime Lantern

Hour 2 – Easy Halloween Ribbon/Button Bracelet

Hour 3 – Spooktastic Halloween Pennants

Hour 4 – Simple Halloween Button Earrings

Hour 5 – Decopauged Halloween Tissue Ornaments

Hour 6 – Deviled Egg Halloween Costume

Hour 7 – Glitter Boo Banner

Hour 8 – Mini Grim Reaper Glitter Trinket Box

Hour 9 – Bewitching Plaque

Hour 10 – Halloween Pennant Cupcake Picks

Hour 11 – The Easiest Halloween T-shirt you’ll ever make

Hour 12 – A Halloween Costume Masterpiece

Hour 13 – Easy Stripe and Polka Dot Pumpkins

Hour 14 – Dark Shadows Photo Frame

Hour 15 – Vintage Halloween Character Ornaments

Hour 16 – Halloween Sticker Crafts

Hour 17 – Frightfully Funky Feather Wreath

Hour 18 – Polaroid Pumpkins

Hour 19 – Breast Cancer Awareness Pumpkins

Hour 20 – Halloween Swirly Doily Purse

Hour 21 – Halloween Spooky Swirl Vase

Hour 22 – Fun and Funky Halloween Doodle/Star Earrings

Hour 23 – Veggie Head Halloween Party Idea

Hour 24 – Halloween Composition Notebook

Halloween Composition Notebook

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boo notebook

If you a Halloween nerd like me, then you’ll love having a custom notebook to jot down ideas down in just for the Halloween season. Making it is a cinch. Here’s how I did it…

Halloween Composition Notebook

What you need:
– composition notebook
– Scribbles paint in silver glitter
– Scrapbook paper
– paper cutter
– corner rounder
– scissors
– ruler
– ribbon and buttons of your choice
– silver sparkle scrapbook letters
– Aleene’s Tacky Glue
– Aleene’s Tacky Glue Stick

What you do:
1. Measure the square on the front of the notebook and cut a piece of scrapbook paper to fit it. Round the corners and apply paper to notebook with Tacky Glue stick.
2. Apply letters to the middle of the scrapbook paper area.
3. Measure, then cut and glue ribbons and buttons to frame scrapbook paper area. Measure and cut ribbon to go lengthwise down the side of the notebook and glue.
4. Decorate around edges of notebook with Scribbles paint. Let dry.

This would make a great little notebook for your Halloween party planning, lists, blog ideas, sketches, etc.! Or perhaps a sweet little gift for a Halloween party.

In honor of my 24 Halloween crafts in 24 hours, I’m giving away a Swell & Spooktastic Halloween prize pack. Click here to check it out and enter!

Thanks for stopping by today for my 24 crafts in 24 hours! I will be sharing more Halloween crafts on Terrorific Tuesdays, so look for those posts in the weeks to come!

Until next time Swellions!

Alexa

Veggie Head Halloween Party Idea

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Looking for a fun way to present your veggies, fruit, or dip this Halloween season? Look no further than your local wig shop or Halloween supply store!

A few years back, I purchased this Styrofoam head for $5 at my local Halloween Express and it sure has come in handy at Halloween time ever since!

All you need is the head form and some toothpicks! Oh, and veggies or fruit of course! I though about how I wanted to arrange the different veggie shapes on my head and then went to town. I simply stuck them in place with the toothpicks. I tried to adorn certain areas like the neck with a radish necklace and the top of the head with red pepper bangs. You could also put radishes for eyes or peppers for funky-looking lips.

For mine, I also decided to scoop out part of the top with a knife so that I could insert a bowl full of dip at top. Be careful when working with the knife when scooping!

In honor of my 24 Halloween crafts in 24 hours, I’m giving away a Swell & Spooktastic Halloween prize pack. Click here to check it out and enter!

Check back next hour for another spooktastic craft!

Alexa

Fun and Funky Halloween Doodle/Star Earrings

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halloween earrings

Looking for something a little bigger and bolder to wear this Halloween season? This super simple project is fun and easy to make and a project you might want to whip up for friends too! Here’s how I did it!

Fun and Funky Halloween Doodle/Star Earrings

What you need:
– school folders in Halloween colors (I got mine for only 19¢ at Walmart)
– permanent marker
– pencil
– Liquid Fusion Glue
– Scissors
– Round shapes to trace
– Rhinestone stars or other rhinestone shapes
– jump rings
– Earwires
– Pin or needle
– Round-nosed pliers

What you do:
1. Lay out onto your file folder 2 round shapes (I used a small lid and Woodsie shape to trace for mine). Use pencil to trace the shapes onto file folders in alternating colors. Cut out shapes with scissors. Optional idea: Use custom circle punches or a circle cutter to make your shapes.
2. Go around edges of both cutout shapes with permanent marker. Lay shapes on top of each other and determine what design you want to doodle on them. I chose to do stripes and dashes. Once my design was finished, I glued the shapes together with Liquid Fusion Glue.
3. Adorn with star rhinestone or rhinestone of your choice. Glue on with Liquid Fusion glue.
4. Poke hole at top of circles with pin. Open up jump ring and insert into hole. Hook earwire loop onto jump ring and close.

Since this is so fast and easy to do, you may want to make more for charms or to possibly make a long necklace or short choker design. Would make a super cute accessory for your Halloween outfit…esp. if you’d rather look Halloween-y than dress up in a costume!

In honor of my 24 Halloween crafts in 24 hours, I’m giving away a Swell & Spooktastic Halloween prize pack. Click here to check it out and enter!

Check back next hour for another spooktastic Halloween craft!

Alexa

Halloween Spooky Swirl Vase

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Make a sophisticated and spooky vase on the cheap! It will be the perfect accent for your Halloween dinner table. Here’s how I did it!

Halloween Spooky Swirl Vase

What you need:
– tall cylinder vase
– orange 12×12 cardstock
– black diecut swirl cardstock (I purchased mine at Joann)
– Aleene’s Tacky Spray
– paper cutter
– ruler
– double-sided tape

What you do:<
1. Spray the back of your diecut cardstock and place on top of orange cardstock.
2. Measure the height of your cylinder vase. Cut paper to that height using paper cutter.
3. Wrap around cylinder vase and secure in place with double-sided tape.

Fill with your favorite floral arrangement. I chose flowers in fuchsias and orange; however you may want to use faux flowers or black roses.

In honor of my 24 Halloween crafts in 24 hours, I’m giving away a Swell & Spooktastic Halloween prize pack. Click here to check it out and enter!

Check back next hour for another spooktastic Halloween idea!

Alexa

Polaroid Pumpkins

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polaroid pumpkins

Just because Polaroids aren’t officially sold anymore, doesn’t mean you can’t still can’t relive their glory days! With the slew of downloadable faux Polaroid templates on the web, you can recreate the classic look of a Polaroid. Here’s how!

Polaroid Pumpkins

What you need:
– Polaroid template (I downloaded mine here)
– Photo editing program like Photoshop
– printer
– scissors or cutting tools
– white cardstock
– digital photos or scanned in photos
– Adhesive dots
– and of course…Pumpkins!

What you do:
1. Download the Polaroid template to your computer and open it up in your photo editing software.
2. Open up your digital or scanned photos. Select blank black area with selector tool and paste photo into that area (for Photoshop users select Edit>Paste into. Enlarge photo as needed.
3. Lay two up on piece of white cardstock and print out.
4. Cut out and adhere to pumpkin with adhesive dots.

Admittedly, the faux Polaroids look better on a large pumpkin. As you can see, my pumpkins were on the medium/small scale.

And of course, if you have actual Polaroid photos, totally go for it!

In honor of my 24 Halloween crafts in 24 hours, I’m giving away a Swell & Spooktastic Halloween prize pack. Click here to check it out and enter!

Check back next hour for another spooktastic Halloween project!

Alexa

Frightfully Funky Feather Wreath

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black wreath detail

I have always wanted to make a feather wreath and I wanted something that was going to make me smile as soon as I see my door. It’s light, airy, fun, funky and I think that’s more my approach to Halloween. I heart Glitterville and kinda took a page from that book in creating this. I think there are options out there for crafters to get that high end look, but for a reasonable price (this cost me about $16 bucks to make) rather than paying an arm and a leg for something storebought. It’s worth it…you just have to know what you are looking for and watch out for sales (oh, and 40% off coupons help too).

Frightfully Funky Feather Wreath

What you need:
Medium sized styrofoam wreath blank
2 long black feather boas
3 small silver glitter plastic ornaments
3 sm/medium purple glitter plastic ornaments
3 large round glass orange ornaments
25-30 small padded protectors (they keep lamp bases, frames, etc. from scuffing hardwood)
Black Tulip 3-D Fashion Paint
Black spray paint
1 permanent marker
Glue gun with glue sticks

What you do:
1. Glue gun end of feather boa to styrofoam wreath. Wrap around half of wreath and glue other end in place. Glue gun and wrap second boa around wreath blank until entire wreath is covered in feathers.

2. Spray paint sheet of padded protectors. Once dry, randomly stick on orange ornaments for “flocked” look.

3. Create large swirls on purple sparkle ornaments with black 3-D paint. Set upright in small container or on an ornament hanger and let dry.

4. Draw stripes on small silver balls with sharpie marker.

5. Once all ornaments are dry, adhere ornaments to styrofoam part of wreath with glue gun. Fluff feathers around each ornament after glue is applied to make styrofoam area unnoticeable. Let dry.

Helpful hint: Store wreath in an ornament wreath keeper to prevent loose feathers or damage to ornaments. Since the orange ornaments are glass, they should be handled with care and stored accordingly.

In honor of my 24 Halloween crafts in 24 hours, I’m giving away a Swell & Spooktastic Halloween prize pack. Click here to check it out and enter!

Check back next hour for another spooktastic Halloween craft!

Alexa

Halloween Sticker Crafts

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Everyone loves stickers! How can you not? I created a sheet of them above that you can download and use in your own crafts. Rather than do a specific craft with them, I wanted to share a variety of ways that you can use Halloween stickers to create your own cool crafts! Check them out:

– Add a sticker to the front of a gift bag and accompany it with a funny phrase. For example:

Witch sticker – “For my favorite Witchy Woman”
Ghost sticker – “You’re Boo-tiful, it’s true”
Eyeball – “I only have eye for you”
Candy – “Sweets for my sweet”

– Also use stickers plus a fun phrase for custom party invitations. Mix it up and send everyone a different sticker with a different phrase.

– Add a sticker to a little foldover card and write out a guests name for a custom placecard.

– Scan in stickers or Halloween images and print them out to make magnets, custom iron ons, or labels.

– Stickers can be applied to wooden discs for custom charm bracelets, pendants, and rings. Seal with decopauge medium!

– Also scan and print out stickers for custom shrinky dink designs

– Use stickers for cupcake toppers!

– Personalize mini pumpkins with letter or phrase stickers. Makes a cute little gift too!

Hope these were some inspiring sticker ideas!

In honor of my 24 Halloween crafts in 24 hours, I’m giving away a Swell & Spooktastic Halloween prize pack. Click here to check it out and enter!

Check back next hour for another spooktastic Halloween craft!

Alexa