Super Boy and I had some Halloween fun the other day. He asked, “Halloween? Gigi, why are you making stuff for Halloween?”
“Why are you painting so many Frankenstein glasses?”
“Why are the witches upside down?”
Tough questions.
Bottoms Up! How do you explain metaphor to a 5 year old?
How do I explain that things happen MUCH sooner in blogland than they do in real time?
“I want to show people how to make some cute ghosts for decorations and they might need lots of time to make them.” “Oh, Okay.”
He helped me “design them,” he told me what hairdos they should have and choose the eyeballs.
I like to make him little surprise vignettes at his place in the kitchen… He was fighting allergies so I left him this ghost to chase his sniffles. He insisted on this ghost wearing his skeleton necklace that he got from a recent birthday party.
We laughed a lot
I said, “I like cute Halloween stuff much better than scary….” “Not me!” he said, “I like scary...!”
The ghost gang is hanging out in my dining room patiently waiting for a tablescape~
Every time I walk in here I crack up, they are hilarious.
I said, “Isn’t it funny how even though we made them basically all the same way, they all look a little different and have their own personalities?” He looked at me quizzically and said, “I guess…” “Kind of like people, right?” He nodded. I thought this was quite the deep heavy lesson. I don’t think he got it.
After all, if your grandmother paints witches upside down and bakes glasses in her oven, she is just not to be trusted!
“I think you should make a witch Gigi!” Uh oh! “Well, I have to think about that,…..maybe next weekend~”
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Method: {all supplies from Hobby Lobby}
bottles
Black netting or tulle
rubber bands
twine, jute or sisal
white burlap
black felt
plastic eyes
I used the painted wine bottles from the Fiesta party because I thought some color peaking out might be cute. You can obviously use any bottle, and different heights would be effective.
I cut squares of white burlap, and varied the sizes, experimenting with the lengths, some long and some shorter so you can see the painted bottle.
I used black netting for a base layer, to make the head and give the burlap a little more body. I made a wad of the netting to form a head at the top of the bottle and secured it with a rubber band
Make a fringe on all sides of the burlap squares by pulling out some threads. Save threads for “hair”
Place burlap square over netting and head shape and tie around the neck with a piece of sisal, jute, ribbon or twine
Glue eyes on with glue gun
Cut round or ovals from black felt for the mouths and apply with glue gun
add hair with glue gun
That’s it!! Takes no time at all!
I love Halloween! There will be much more to come!!
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The painted wine glasses are available over at my gallery, JMdesigns. Pop over for more designs and ordering info~
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I will be joining these fabulous parties!