October 12, 2016

Halloween Tricks

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Halloween Tricks. I am so excited to share this project! I am even more excited to be a part of Cupcake Wishes and Birthday Dreams’ annual 13 Days of Handmade Halloween!!! I have to tell you all, though, I had planned on sharing how I made these amazing cement tombstones…sadly, those were a big fat fail, and I scrambled to come up with a new project last minute…and I am pretty sure I love this project even more than I ever could have loved the tombstones.

Supplies:

Cricut

Iron On Vinyl (I used Cricut glitter iron on vinyl)

Muslin Bags (Mine were from Oriental Trading Company)

Spooky Halloween Rings or Candies (Caramel Creams were a hit)

Iron or Heat Press Machine

When I realized I would have to start a new project from scratch, I opened up Cricut Design Space. I can almost always find project inspiration there. I browsed and found a cute little skeleton…and my wheels started turning…I knew I had muslin bags and a drawer full of Cricut iron on vinyl, I also knew I had a doctor’s appointment with three of my ~~flying monkeys~~ sweet gentlemen, and I knew that appointment typically takes FOREVER…so, a quiet activity might be a sanity saver.

I took the skeleton and ungrouped and separated the body from the limbs…and set up a tic tac toe “hashtag”. (I saved the project, so you don’t have to slice and separate, etc) I sent it to the Cricut to cut, and spent forever weeding it. My old eyes cannot see the cut lines in glitter vinyl. Then, I ironed it onto the muslin bags.

Next, I added 5 of each ring/candy style in the bags. Finally, just before the boys ran amuck, amuck, amuck at their appointment, I pulled a few of those little bags of sanity savers out of my purse, and harmony was restored to the office again.

The doc LOVED them, so I gave her one for her son. I actually think I will make some as class treats or party favor bags too. They were pretty easy to make, and so cool!

Be sure to follow along on the 13 Days of Handmade Halloween [inlinkz_linkup id=669012 mode=1]

Tags : 13 Days of Handmade Halloween, Caramel Cream, Caramel Creams, Cow Tales Candy, Cricut, Cupcake Wishes and Birthday Dreams, DIY, Halloween, Oriental Trading Company

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Comments

Sandra Garth says
October 12, 2016 at 4:39 pm
My Cricut looks at me longingly everyday and I think It’s high time I blow the dust off and get started. This is so cute and simple and my granddaughter would love it.
- everydaypartymagazine says
  October 13, 2016 at 11:02 am
  Thank you! My kids loved it, I love that they aren’t glued to their phones/ipods…and it doesn’t matter if I don’t have paper or a pen, they can still play! I am going to have to make more!