DIY: Halloween Sign

My one Halloween craft this year was this cute sign. I found some printouts that you can purchase online, but since I'm pretty capable in PhotoShop and free fonts, I just decided to whip it up myself and print from my printer. All items were in my stock piles; I only had to purchase a cheap frame from the local dollar store.

I first found some twining branches out in the yard and hot glued them onto the top and one side of the frame. I then just cut up a strip of burlap and tied it into a bow and hot glued it to the frame's corner. The next step was just taking a very small amount of Halloween spider web and spread it from branch to branch. Those spider web packs also come with little plastic spiders. So I glued one on the center of the bow to complete this $1 masterpiece.

Instant décor for  your spooky Halloween!

Until the next!
–TYG

Dear Lord, I'm THAT Mom!

Yay! Halloween! So, MonkeyBoy has started preschool. I cannot believe how fast three and a half years have flown.

Now, I move on to the next phase of motherhood; the snack toting, bento box stuffing, bake sale-ing phase.

My turn for snacks for his class this week, and since Halloween is here, I opted for the the Pinterest idea of the week: spiders,  witch brooms, and pumpkins.

The pumpkins were very easy. It took longer to peel rinds and membranes off the tangerines than assembling the other items. Stick a piece of celery in the middle. Done.

The broomsticks were easy, too.  Cut a cheese stick into thirds, slice bristles into half of the cut pieces, press a pretzel stick into the middle. I suggest room temperature cheese and allowing the brooms to stand-up with the bristles spread out to ensure a true broom-like look. Room temperature cheese will prevent splitting. And I suggest not pressing the pretzel in too far.

The spiders are an adorable idea, but after breaking the pretzel sticks in half to create the legs, I realized I made ticks, not spiders. Live and learn. Cream cheese ended up being my filling and raisin-eye-glue.

They taste good, and are relatively healthy. And if a bunch of three-year-olds didn't notice the faux pas, why should I?





Until the next!
–TYG