halloween

Share a Little Scare with Free Printable Halloween Tags

11 · Oct 10, 2016 · Leave a Comment

I’ve partnered with NESTLE® PURE LIFE® to create this post! Enjoy!

You guys… Halloween is right around the corner!

Have you started making plans for the family? Have all the kiddos figured out what costume they want to wear? Have you figured out what treats you’ll handout? Classroom goodies… The list goes on and on!

I was at the store the other day and happened to wander into the Halloween section. As I walked up and down the isles I started to have a bit of a sugar overload and I hadn’t even had a piece of candy. So much candy sitting right there and the worst thing… It was on SALE!!!

There’s a minefield for ya!

It got me thinking though… Now don’t get me wrong, I’m not a candy hater, I just know that there are other options that might come in quite handy on Halloween. Like, how about little bottles of water? Now before you label me as the lame Mom who hands out year-old pretzels to the trick-or-treaters, hear me out.

I can’t even tell you how many times we have been out on our trick-or-treating trek around the neighborhood when one or ALL of the kiddos start to complain of being thirsty. I know you’ve been there. You’re at the furthest point of the neighborhood and all of a sudden, the kiddos are in total meltdown because they are parched!

Cue the Heavenly angel music… No worries, you’ve been to MY house and this is what we were giving out this year.

The cutest little water bottles EVER! They are from Nestlé and they are super cute for Halloween!

They are NESTLE® PURE LIFE® “Share-A-Scare™” Halloween Bottles and we LOVE them around here!

With these cute water bottles, that dreaded crisis will be a thing of the past. Plus, I don’t know about you guys, but my kiddos are drawn to water bottles like moths to a flame.

I don’t know what it is but they love their bottles of water and when they are fun and geared towards kids, they love them even more. Now these NESTLE® PURE LIFE® “Share-A-Scare™” Halloween Bottles are cute on their own, but I thought they could be extra cute if I created a fun little Halloween tag to go along with them to make them extra cute!

I had a little fun with the first one, Crystal Blood. How many of you remember Crystal Pepsi? If you don’t remember, it was clear Pepsi. Looked like 7-up, but tasted like Pepsi. Crazy huh?! I had this cute little vampire graphic and I wanted to make a label for the water bottle and the first thing I thought of was Crystal Pepsi (because it’s a bottle of water) Therefore, Crystal Blood was born. I may be the only one to get it, but it tickles my funny bone!

Now every good Halloween always has a cute little devil, right? I thought this one looked super cute holding a straw…

We can’t forget everyone’s favorite Jack ‘o Lantern. For this one, I thought it would be perfect to have a label for “Jack ‘o Lantern Tears… Drink them & Weep!” That there is PERFECT for a bottle of water!

These label are easy to download and print on card stock paper and then cut out with either scissors or a paper cutter.

Punch a whole in the top left corner and then tie them onto the bottle with some ribbon or twine and you’re in business!

They look so cute with the fancy bottles. Visit the NESTLE® PURE LIFE® “Share-A-Scare™” HERE to see where you can find these cute little water bottles in your area.

Then click HERE to download the printable Halloween tags and you’re in business! All those cute little trick-or-treaters will thank you as they hike around the neighborhood this Halloween!

Boo to You Free Halloween Printable

8 · Oct 5, 2016 · Leave a Comment

Eeeek! It’s that time of year again!

HALLOWEEN TIME!!!

We love all the fun stuff that comes with Halloween (not so much the scary stuff.) Getting to dress-up, decorate the house & all kinds of tasty treats!

Today, I’ve teamed up with my favorite friends at Jane.com for a fun Trick-or-Treat with Jane event.

I’ve been paired-up with a good bloggy friend of mine, Over the Big Moon to share some fun tricks and treats. I’ve been assigned the trick… I guess a fun way to “trick” out your house. I thought I would share a fun free printable that you could use to add to your Halloween decor…

It’s simple, but can look great on a mantel or gallery wall.

You can download it here

Make sure you’re following Jane on Instagram for all the other Tricks & Treats from other creative friends!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Rosie the Riveter Costume

28 · Oct 1, 2015 · 6 Comments

+ This Rosie the Riveter Costume Post brought to you my Michaels Craft Stores +

You guys, I’m so excited… Halloween is right around the corner!!

I have a love/hate relationship with Halloween. I’m not a fan of the macabre scene, full of blood and gore, but I do love all of the fun creative ways to dress-up for the holiday. I love coming up with fun ideas for costumes with the family. I like to keep things simple, I don’t want to spend a ton of time or money on costumes for sure.

This months Michaels Maker’s Challenge was to create a simple DIY Halloween Costume.

My daughter and I thought it would be fun to put together a quick costume with the iconic Rosie the Riveter as our muse. I have always LOVED this graphic.

Rosie the Riveter Costume Materials

Here’s what you will need to make this simple costume.

Elmer’s foam core board
Red and white polka dot fabric – available in store at Michaels, not online
Blue vinyl
1 1/2 inch navy ribbon
Utility knife
Silhouette CAMEO – Not a deal breaker, but nice.
Blue button down shirt

Instructions

This is one of those costumes that really takes minutes if you have a Silhouette cutting machine. If not, NO WORRIES. It will take a little bit longer but you can still do it. With the silhouette all you need is to download this file that I created, and you can cut the image out of vinyl for your poster.

The poster board is 20×30 and this will fit perfect to the top of the board.

You will need to weed your vinyl, than place some transfer tape on top of it. I used the transfer tape to hinge the top of the vinyl transfer to the top of the board. Then I pulled the backing off the vinyl and with the hinge, laid the vinyl down right in the perfect spot.

Now, hindsight being 20/20… I would have either laid down some white vinyl or spray painted the top of the board white first. That would make the letters white, but I’m not too worried about that.

Next, I used a utility knife to cut some slits into the board right where I wanted to place the ribbon to create a kind of backpack effect. That way she could wear the board on her back with ease. I used navy ribbon so that it would blend in with the shirt and just tied it in cute bows on the back of the board.

It works perfect! Now all you have to do it tie-up your hair with the red & white polka dot fabric and you’re all set!!

It’s SUPER simple and so fun! What are your Halloween costume plans? Need some fun ideas? The rest of the 49 other Michaels Makers have been hard at work creating some fun ideas for you. You can check them out here!

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Disclaimer // I am a member of the Michaels Makers Crew and received store credit in order to create my project.

Pumpkin Halloween Decorations + The Jack O’ Lope

4 · Sep 1, 2015 · 5 Comments

Guys I’m so excited… We are heading into my favorite time of year!

AUTUMN!!

And with Autumn comes all kinds of fun decorating… Back-to-School, Fall, Apples, Pumpkins and Halloween to name a few. I am thrilled to be one of this year’s Michaels Makers and this months challenge is PUMPKINS.

I’ve always loved pumpkin Halloween decorations and I decided to take kind of a silly route with my challenge and make my version of the Jack O’ Lope…

I thought it turned out fun! It was so easy to put together, I just gathered a few supplies at Michaels Craft Stores. Did you know that Michaels is carrying HALF pumpkins?! No more will we need to pull out the heat knife to try and cut our craft pumpkins in half. We can buy them that way now! Well played Michaels, you always know what we need.

I found this great chalk board at Michaels (I couldn’t find it online, but it is in stores) and thought it would be fun to add some antlers to my half pumpkin for a fun wall piece for my Halloween display, to make a Jack O’ Lope of sorts.

First, I seasoned my chalk board to give it that worn in look.

I crushed a little chalk and then rubbed it all over the board with a cloth or paper towel.

That way it looks more like a used chalk board rather than a black sign.

Then I hot glued some antlers that I had hanging around onto the board…

Then, I glued the half pumpkin in place right on top of the antlers.

It fits perfect!

Next, I set-out to create a fun Halloween display to show-off my Jack O’Lope.

I grabbed some of Heidi Swapp Marquee Bats (sorry, they aren’t online but they are in-store) and spray painted them black with Krylon Chalkboard Spray Paint.

Then I added some paper wall bats that are also available in-store.

I added a Halloween printable that I created last year, I still LOVE it!

You can download it HERE.

To fill-out the scene, I added some more pumpkins to the drawer of my buffet…

I wrapped one with a pumpkin sleeve from the Martha Stewart Halloween collection at Michaels. They look really cool and are an easy way to dress-up any pumpkin.

Last but not least and made another set of large dice to use as decor this time. I just love how they fill-in the scene with a little more whimsy. These are super easy to make and are fun to have on hand for all kinds of things. I LOVE my new black set for Halloween!

All together, I think it makes a pretty fun scene for the season. My kiddos think it ‘s pretty cool anyway.

How do you like to decorate with pumpkins? Do you like to decorate for fall, or do you jump right into Halloween like we prefer to do?

Michaels is having a great sale on the crafting pumpkins this week, 40% off… Run and grab some quick before they disappear!

Disclaimer // I am a member of the Michaels Maker crew, this is not a paid position but I do receive store credit in order to create projects for the Michaels Makers program.

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You can download it here

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Rosie the Riveter Costume Materials

Instructions

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