10 minute Halloween Drip Vase

Short on time, but needing a cool centerpiece for you table or accent for your mantle dรฉcor?  Then this drip vase project is for you!  I’ve been dripping a lot of things lately (Dripped crayon pumpkin, anyone?), but this one by far is the simplest and easiest one to do!

I’m not going to include formal step by steps for this one, cause it goes like this… 1) wash and clean a glass 20 oz. tea bottle or bottle of your choice. 2) Spray paint the bottle black and let dry. 3) Mix acrylic paint with some water (2 parts paint to 1 part water). I actually used some leftover Tulip Paint Cannon paint I had left over in my paint stash that was this consistency. 4) Pour slowly over top of jar letting the drips create stripes on the side of the bottle. Let dry. 5) Find some coordinating floral sprays from your local craft store and insert into jar for a funky look.  I picked my glittery floral sprays up at Michaels.

Here’s how it looked right after I poured the paint.  My other two projects…the pink drip bottle and dripped neon pumpkin are what I consider to be Craft Fails. The orange and pink paints I used was too runny (too much water in it) and dried very dull.  The green on the other hand wasn’t liquidy enough and dried globby. They looked awesome though right after I poured them. Too bad they couldn’t stay that way! ๐Ÿ™

Now that I’ve ruined the pumpkin, I think I’m going to cover it with fabric or paper. I have a few ideas up my sleeve to make it come back to life and not be a totally miserable fail!

Until next time Swellions!

Alexa

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Candy Corn Bottle Vases

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Today I bring to you a super sweet Candy Corn Bottle Vases project that you can create in a handful of minutes! It’s super simple and will look great for the Halloween season. As of late, I haven’t been able to resist candy corn crafts. I have ALL KINDS of ideas!

Candy Corn Bottle Vases

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You’ll need spray paint in white, orange, and yellow. Also gather old vases and glass bottles in various shapes. Mine were a vase from ikea (the dotted one above), an Izze soda bottle, and a fancy Blood orange drink bottle. Clean and scrub off any labels off with Goo-Gone or dishwashing liquid. Let dry completely before painting.

Paint a basecoat of white on the jars following can directions and let dry completely. Admission: I did a terrible job at painting the basecoat and didn’t get a photo. I pulled the white pin from the spray paint. Please don’t do this. MAJOR FAIL! Haha!

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My boyfriend William stepped in to save the day and tried to cover up my mistakes.He then sprayed orange on the middle part leaving a faint mist at top and bottom. He did a first coat, let it dry, then went back in and did another coat. Trust me, it works better to add the orange first! Let dry completely.

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Now mist the yellow on the bottom until you get a solid coverage. This will take one or two coats. Let dry.

That’s it! You’re done! Display your jars with fall flowers in side or in a little grouping. It would be fun to creat an entire vignette on a table or mantle with candy corn sprinkled all around!

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Check out my other Halloween Craft & Pumpkin ideas!

Until next time Swellions!

Alexa

 

Simple Starbucks Upcycled Halloween Vase

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Here’s a fun and festive vase that jazzes up a plain ol’ Starbucks bottle. Admittedly, I swiped this one sitting in a parking lot. Yikes. Anyway, I think the little vase turned out pretty darn swell. And it’s super easy to make too (my kinda craft!!!)

Simple Starbucks Upcycled Halloween Vase

Materials
โ€“ Frappucinno bottle from Starbucks
โ€“ Aleene’s Tacky Glue
โ€“ Various crystals and Rhinestones
โ€“ย Diecut paper strips in colors of your choice (mine are by Bazzill Paper Basics)
โ€“ Martha Stewartยฎ Halloween Stickers
โ€“ Fine tip Sharpie
โ€“ Scissors

Instructions:
1. Cut strips to fit around bottle. Glue into place using Aleene’s Tacky Glue. Let dry.
2. Adhere goblin sticker and rhinestones.
3. Doodle on strips using Sharpie.
4. Fill with flowers (I chose marigolds) and enjoy!

Starbucks Halloween Vase

Until next time Swellions!

Alexa

P.S. I entered this project into the following linky groups!

Halloween Spooky Swirl Vase Revisited

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:
โ€“ tall cylinder vase
โ€“ orange 12×12 cardstock
โ€“ black diecut swirl cardstock (I purchased mine at Joann)
โ€“ Aleene’s Tacky Spray
โ€“ paper cutter
โ€“ ruler
โ€“ 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

Halloween Spooky Swirl Vase

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:
โ€“ tall cylinder vase
โ€“ orange 12×12 cardstock
โ€“ black diecut swirl cardstock (I purchased mine at Joann)
โ€“ Aleene’s Tacky Spray
โ€“ paper cutter
โ€“ ruler
โ€“ 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