Halloween Decor, Reusing Dancing Ghost

31 Thursday Oct 2013

Posted by Tiffany Brooks in Decorating, Halloween

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dancing ghost tutorial, Halloween decor, Halloween decorating, Halloween ghost

This year I wanted to reuse my dancing ghost but my daughter suggested I separate them and place the ghost in different areas throughout the garden. Apparently not to a seventeen year old. This was a great idea considering I do not like to do the same thing every year. I thought moving them from the back yard to the front yard was different enough.

To my surprise the ghost look amazing this year! I might just be able to reuse these again next year just one last time. They are rather cheap and easy to make but I want to get as much use out of them as I can.

If you would like to make these ghost you can view my dancing ghost blog that will show you how.

Dancing Ghost, Halloween Decorating

21 Monday Oct 2013

Posted by Tiffany Brooks in Decorating, Halloween, Tutorials

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dancing ghost, DIY ghost, DIY Halloween ghost, Halloween decorating, Halloween decorating ideas, Halloween ghost, trash bag ghost

Last year (2012) I found some wonderful ideas for Halloween decorating on Pinterest. Fortunately, I was able to try one of the ideas I saw. I have since deleted that pin from my Halloween board, but I did notice others have pinned similar ghost although many are dead end links.

To make my dancing ghost/ floating ghost I used several things I already had laying around the house.

Supplies Needed:

White trash bags, one for each ghost
Clear plastic painters drop cloth
Stakes
Newspaper
Black sharpie
Scissors
String
Sticks from around yard (for bonfire)
Candy corn lights (or whatever you like, I already had these on hand)

Directions

Cut away the top of your trash bag (side with the draw string)
Cut your painters drop cloth into enough pieces for each ghost. I laid mine out without unfolding it all the way, and cut into 5 pieces/ strips, then trimmed as needed.
Ball your newspaper up into your desired head size.
Take your newspaper head and cover with your plastic painter’s drop cloth.
Now place this inside your trash bag bottom corner.
Place your stake into the ghost. (I used bamboo type stakes I bought from the dollar store for my vegetable garden and taped two together for my desired height)
Tie a string around the base of the head to make neck.
Take your black sharpie and draw your faces on your ghost.
Now take your ghost to your desired location in your yard.
Place ghost in desired position.
Cut a 3″ strip on each side of your ghost for their arms.
Now tie their arms together to make them looks as if they are dancing.
Now you’re ready to build your bonfire from the sticks you collected.
Place your candy corn lights throughout the stick pile for a bonfire look.
I used a small hook from my garden with a green colored solar light to add to the look of my bonfire.

I cut strips on one of my ghost all the way around as suggested in the tutorial I read but I did not like this look so I did not do it to all the ghost. When the wind blew these ghost were amazing.

After Halloween I placed ghost together in my storage area for this year. They were a little weathered but that was okay. The weathered look gave them a great spooky look. Will do another blog on how I reused these ghost this year.

Here is my daughter’s sick pumpkin. I thought I was going to die when I saw this. My only thoughts were who was going to clean that up after Halloween, and would it attract bugs. Fortunately, there was no bugs and the cleanup was fast and easy.

Halloween Tree Decorating

13 Friday Sep 2013

Posted by Tiffany Brooks in Decorating, Halloween, Tutorials

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Halloween decorating, halloween door hanger, halloween tree, halloween wreath

Normally I do not put up a tree for Halloween but this year as I was making my wreath and door hanger I started thinking of adding a matching tree to the front porch.

The colors I wanted in my door hanger and wreath/ witches broom were purple and orange. From there the wheels in my head began to spin with ideas for decorating a tree.

Supplies

Tree
Lights
Mesh Curly-Q’s
Decorations

Fist, add lights of your choice to the tree. I prefer purple lights on my Halloween tree but have seen many different types of Halloween lights. I am sure the candy corn lights would look amazing on a tree. Second, attach the mesh curly-Q’s throughout the tree. If you do not know how to roll mesh into curly-Q’s check out my How to Roll Mesh Blog. Finally, the fun part, decorating.

The tree topper is one of my favorite things about any tree. I originally was going to use a witch hat as the topper until I found this owl at Michael’s Craft Store. They add a little color around the owl and mesh I choose a few different colors and style of sprays.

I had no idea what I was going to put on the tree except for the felt witch hats I had added to my door hanger and witches broom. One of the first places I always look for decorations is the Dollar Store. I usually do not find actual tree decorations there but instead I find knickknacks that I turn into tree decorations. I found the cutest shelf sitters: pumpkin, mummy, and skeleton at the Dollar Store. I used my floral wire and wrapped it around their necks to get them to sit on the tree limbs. Another great find at the Dollar Store was the black birds and the fuzzy black owls.

At Michael’s Craft store I found the most amazing witches to hang on my tree. I have to say the witches are my favorite part of my Halloween tree.

Once I finished decorating I realized I needed a tree skirt to complete my tree. So I made a reversible tree skirt that I would be able to use on other holiday trees I do throughout the year.