I, like many, have fallen victim to the endless inspiration that is Pinterest. Also, like many, I often find myself pinning tons of stuff but not actually doing any of it. I decided Halloween was the perfect time to challenge myself to do at least 5 things that I had pinned to Pinterest.
#1
I always like to make the front steps look festive, so I went on a hunt for some fall wreath ideas for the front door to go along with my usual sprinkling of chrysanthemum pots and waiting-to-be-carved pumpkins. This wreath caught my eye, and I knew I had PLENTY of fabric to make one.
I completed the fabric cutting and tying part in an evening, then the next day decided to add some glittery bats to give it that little something extra. The Pinterest link for this just takes you to an old Etsy listing, so I used the picture for inspiration and bought a metal wreath base at Michael's and started tying on strips. I don't know what the original wreath sells for since Etsy doesn't show prices after an item has sold, but the seller's shipping is 12 dollars and I don't think I even spent that much making this (but I did already have all the supplies except the wreath base and black glitter for the bats). I think it turned out cute and the bats can come off easily so that something Thanksgiving-ish can be added. Here is my finished version:
#2
I loved this simple looking Halloween garland.
It looked like theirs was made out of felt, but I knew I already had plenty of fall colored papers, round hole punches, and I found a bat template online. I went with large bats and then two garlands of different colored orange circles, which I just sewed into a long garland with my sewing machine. However, I was so excited about the bats that I took pictures of them and forgot about the orange garland. Oh well, take my word for it, all of them together was perfectly festive. Here are the bats:
#3 & #4
My neighbor became obsessed with the Halloween trees at Hobby Lobby that they had this year and kidnapped me one day to go buy one with her. I had to admit it was really cute once she got it up, who knew a black fake tree could be cute? It needed ornaments though and I told her I would make some. We always do Halloween together so I had lots of photos from previous years, and this Christmas ornament how-to pin was perfect inspiration for what I wanted to do.
I gathered the lids from some old frozen drink mixes in my freezer and spray painted them black with chalkbaord paint. Round photos and festive ribbon had these looking adorable! Here is my Halloween version, I highly recommend this tutorial for Christmas ornaments!
I also was inspired by this pin:
to take some old Christmas ball ornaments that I don't use on my tree any more and spray paint them with chalkboard paint as well. Then I wrote little messages like "Spooky" and "Boo" with chalk. These turned out so well that I will definitely be making myself some for next year:
#5
I frequently pin free printables to my holiday boards, there are so many cute ones and I loved these ones to go around candles. Easiest craft ever and the effect was awesome and enjoyed for several evenings at dinner:
Bonus #6
The middle child wanted to be a dark angel for Halloween and she likes us to make her costumes together. A dark angel needs a fancy tutu and of course there are plenty of tutorials out there. This is the one we used, but in black of course, and it was exactly what she wanted.
Here is our version!
Pinterest challenge definitely met! I still have tons of stuff pinned that I want to do next year. I really wanted to do this prank to the girls this year, but didn't get around to it, there would be lots of squeals on that one! Oh well, Halloween comes around every year. I have pinned a lot of cute Thanksgiving stuff as well but haven't gotten around to doing any of it because I have been too busy planning a certain baby's first birthday party! Eek, one already!
