Saturday, October 3, 2009

The Start of my Halloween Decorating


My Halloween Garland!
So I have been saving toilet paper rolls for a while now (I'm surprised my husband hasn't questioned it though) and have been waiting to think of a really cool project to do with them. I found one!

So I cut it in half, then covered it in orange scrapbook paper. Once it was dry, I poked a hole in each side and stuck wire through it.


Then I drew on a pumpkin face with a sharpie (none are the same!) and tied a green ribbon around the wire.

After finishing the pumpkins, I cut out ghost shapes, glued on googly eyes, and white glitter, (because who doesn't love sparkle?!) and stuck a wire through the top
Then I hung both the pumpkins and the ghosts on my garland over the fireplace (yes it's been there since Christmas, but I decorate it for each season!)

I'm also doing the Fall Festival at DIY Show Off. Check it out!

The DIY Show Off

13 comments:

  1. Goodness! How cute! I have so many toilet paper rolls saved up...not sure why, but as DIY and craft lover, I just can't part with things that MIGHT come in handy. This is such a cute idea! I hope you'll add it to the Fall Festival on Monday! :)

    Nice to "meet" you! Have a great weekend!

    Roeshel

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  2. That is adorable! I love that you came up with this idea from scratch. It certainly would have NEVER occurred to me! Very cute. Have a good week!
    pk @ room remix

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  3. ok, i'm DEFINATELY going to have to copy this...better start saving my tp rolls! this is FABULOUS!!! especially love the sparkely ghosts!

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  4. This is unique and SUPER cute!! What a great project this would be for my kids, they love crafting as much as I do!!

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  5. So cute and it would be fun to do with the kids. Thanks for sharing your idea. I save rolls too, for some reason there always seems to be a need for them sooner or later. I'm having a giveaway this week. Stop by to visit and enter to win if you get a chance.

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  6. This is such a cute, clever idea.

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  7. How clever. This is such a cute idea!
    -Crystal@ Crystal's Craft Spot

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  9. So cute! I love that you gave each pumpkin a different face!

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  10. This is such an awesome idea! I am going to do this with my kids! I am featuring this at somedaycrafts.blogspot.com

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  12. I hope you'll post this to the Celebrate the Holidays party on Wed.

    Very cute, very thrifty.
    Cheri

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