fanged pumpkins.
Walmart had these bags of mini pumpkins - 3 for $3, so I snapped a few of those up. The pumpkins were a pretty decent size - about 7 inches or so in diameter and about 4 inches tall. All you have to do is use the template from Martha Stewart to cut out a mouth and then use that opening to thoroughly scrape out the pumpkin. (The better you can get it scraped out, the longer it will last. I think I had mine sitting on my computer til at least Thanksgiving.) Pop in a set of plastic vampire teeth, use some pins for eyes and voila! A really cute pumpkin that's super-easy. The ones I did lasted on my desk for quite awhile too. If I can find it, I'll post the after picture. It's pretty funny.
The other craft I did was inspired by Martha Stewart, but not taken directly from there. The website had instructions on making a ghost necklace by allowing a blob of glue to dry and then punching a hole in it. At a horror con awhile back, I had seen someone selling latex jewelry and I thought - why not merge the two? So using food coloring, I mixed up a bottle of dark purple and red dye apiece. Using wax paper, I drew out my design for a bracelet. (An easy way to fasten it is to
From what I remember the teens liked this, but maybe had a little trouble with the bracelets. Understandable. Maybe try it with Tacky glue? The food coloring will thin it some, and you can thin it with a little water if you need to, but maybe if it doesn't run as much, they'll have an easier time.
Walmart had these bags of mini pumpkins - 3 for $3, so I snapped a few of those up. The pumpkins were a pretty decent size - about 7 inches or so in diameter and about 4 inches tall. All you have to do is use the template from Martha Stewart to cut out a mouth and then use that opening to thoroughly scrape out the pumpkin. (The better you can get it scraped out, the longer it will last. I think I had mine sitting on my computer til at least Thanksgiving.) Pop in a set of plastic vampire teeth, use some pins for eyes and voila! A really cute pumpkin that's super-easy. The ones I did lasted on my desk for quite awhile too. If I can find it, I'll post the after picture. It's pretty funny.
The other craft I did was inspired by Martha Stewart, but not taken directly from there. The website had instructions on making a ghost necklace by allowing a blob of glue to dry and then punching a hole in it. At a horror con awhile back, I had seen someone selling latex jewelry and I thought - why not merge the two? So using food coloring, I mixed up a bottle of dark purple and red dye apiece. Using wax paper, I drew out my design for a bracelet. (An easy way to fasten it is to
draw a loop on one end and an arrow on the other. Pull the arrow through the hole, and the wings of the arrows catch, holding it closed)
From what I remember the teens liked this, but maybe had a little trouble with the bracelets. Understandable. Maybe try it with Tacky glue? The food coloring will thin it some, and you can thin it with a little water if you need to, but maybe if it doesn't run as much, they'll have an easier time.
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