October 3, 2018

Rustic Halloween Celebration with Cricut

Rustic Halloween Celebration

Rustic Halloween Celebration. It’s officially October, which means I can start sharing ALL THE HALLOWEEN things, including this fun rustic-ish celebration! It’s so easy to to have a handmade Halloween celebration with pro quality decor with the Cricut Maker.

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Yesterday, I shared the DIY for the oversized wooden sign I made, and I loved it so much I had to find a way to incorporate it in my Halloween party! It was the perfect backdrop, especially with the addition of black kraftboard bats fluttering around it.

Once I was finished with the backdrop, it was time to work on the tabletop. I am all about making store bought treats work whenever possible, and this was no exception. A ceramic cauldron was filled with cheddar popcorn, a rustic metal jack-o-lantern was filled to the brim with candies, smaller glass pumpkin lanterns were filled with mallow pumpkins and candy corns. I used my Cricut Maker to make a vinyl covered chipboard circle to use as a cake plate for caramel apples. Then, I added two pieces of color coordinated ribbon to the apple sticks to tie in the colors. Finally, I filled a double drink dispenser with orange flavored juice. Black and white striped cups got a little makeover with a little orange vinyl too.

The table was filled in with real and fake mini pumpkins, spooky black trees, and a black broom. I also added a few fun DIY chipboard photo props for guests. They looked darling stuck into a small pumpkin too!

This party was a labor of love for me, full of DIY Halloween crafts and I couldn’t be more thrilled with the results!

I used my Cricut Maker the Ultimate Smart Cutting Machine™ to make so much of the decor for this party. I love its versatile tools from the rotary blade to the Adaptive Tool System (including Knife Blade and Scoring Wheels) My Maker gives me the freedom to make virtually any DIY project with professional-level cutting results! The Maker can cut hundreds of materials, from the most delicate fabric and paper to matboard and leather. The Rotary Blade™ cuts through virtually any fabric with ease! {And the sewing pattern library with hundreds of patterns available to choose from} Like the Explore series, you can design in Design Space or create and upload your very own images! Find three of the simple party DIY’s below!

Can Cake Plate:

Empty tin cans

Orange paint and paint brush

Hot glue gun and glue

Paint three clean, empty tin cans. After the cans are dry, hot glue them together, and wrap with ribbon. Hot glue the ribbon to the cans.

Cover a piece of chipboard with orange vinyl, and cut a 7.5” circle. Don’t forget to use masking tape and a strong grip cutting mat. Open this cut file and send to the Maker to cut.

Cricut Design Space Screen Shot Orange Circle

Use a Xyron Sticker Maker to give a piece of ribbon an adhesive backing and trim the edge of the chipboard circle.

Next, place the chipboard on the cans, you can even hot glue it to the cans if you want more stability.

Now, top with candy apples or other delicious treats!

Fluttering bats:

This project literally could not be any easier to make! Open this Design Space cut file and size it to fit your needs. Add a piece of black Kraftboard onto a cutting mat and load into the Maker. Place the Double Scoring Wheel in the Maker and score the folds for the bats. Remove the Scoring Wheel, replace it with the fine point blade, and cut the bats. The bats will be a cinch to fold.

Finally, add a tiny bit of ticky tack to the backs of the bats, and stick to the wall.

Chipboard Photo Booth Props:

Hot Glue Gun and Glue

Ribbon {Two Colors}

Balloon Sticks or Dowel Rods

Xyron Sticker Maker

Cover a piece of Cricut chipboard with black vinyl and tape it to a {strong grip} mat. Open the Design Space cut file, and send it to cut. {Both the mask and the witches hat fit on one piece of chipboard.} Once the hat and mask have cut, cut the orange vinyl for the mask. Weed the excess vinyl and stick onto the mask.