Fun with Miniature Things

Hallowe'en is creeping up, folks! It's scary to think there's less than two weeks left to prepare before the big night. I still have costumes to finish, ghoulish food to bake, monster movies to watch, and projects to do! Eeeek!

This project, which was frightfully difficult to photograph, is a weird one. I had bits and bobs all over the craft table and I decided to take a sec to throw something together. 

It started with a 3" Tall Apothecary Jar with Lid from Alpha Stamps, ceramic She Devil and Large Skeleton beads, and a snippet of a Creepy Tree.

These two are tying the knot in a spooky cemetery, so they had to dress their best. 

The fence is the bottom half of the one found in the Small Haunted House Windows and Trims set. I used thin wisps of wool roving for cobwebs as well as "invisible" thread to hang those ridiculously tiny bats from the tree. I'm legally blind now.

Hope you enjoyed this weird wedding project! Happy Hallowe'en!

Supply List can be found HERE.

Kid Friendly Monster Row Houses

Here are a few not-too-scary Monster Houses that can be done in an afternoon and not take up much space. My kind of craft!

 I used a set of Chunky Coffins - Small plus a handful of chipboard windows and doors to create three goofy houses. Alpha Stamps has many, many different styles and sizes of doors, windows, and houses, so creating your own would be easy!

This guy was covered in green scrapbook paper that I dabbed some paint on, and then gave it wiggly tentacles. The teeth are actually Little Crowns (I chopped off the ends of some and used pieces of others for fangs). The doorknob is a brad with the bendy-bits cut off, and the eyes are from the Eyeballs collage sheet. All of the doors and windows were painted black and backed with black cardstock or part of a collage sheet image.

This monster house was given bat wings (Victorian Bats collage sheet that has been colored) to match its unibrow. The shingles are rectangles of cardstock glued in a haphazard way. Both of the tombstones are laser cut wood pieces, which make them very sturdy and they take paint very well. The skull received two googly-eyes because where there could be googly-eyes, there should be googly-eyes.

Monster Houses require only a few pieces, some glue, and paint. It would be a perfect kid project for Hallowe'en! Don't forget the spider webs!

Supply List can be found HERE.