First of all, thanks so much for the birthday wishes!! I had a great, relaxing birthday weekend with family and friends. I am so blessed and really can't ask for more. I feel like I have gained a couple thousand (or so) new friends in the past year because of this blog, so it was extra special with all your sweet comments.I got the idea for this fun craft from one of my Halloween crafty mags. For the first one, I changed up their instructions just a bit to save my sanity. I started out with black card stock and used my $1.99 wavy scissors to cut out strips long enough to go around a votive holder once:.JPG)
The mag said to tear out little. itty. bitty. sections of paper by hand....uhhhh. Nah. This works much easier!
Then, grab a hole punch and make "eyes" all down the strip:
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The mag said to tear out little. itty. bitty. sections of paper by hand....uhhhh. Nah. This works much easier!Then, grab a hole punch and make "eyes" all down the strip:
Hot glue the start and end of the strip to the back:
Keep going with the strips till you get to the top. I think I had about five strips per candle, but you could do less if you made them thicker.
Then, use a black Sharpie to complete the eyes:
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I made them go every which way -- and some crossed-eyed. Those are my favorites! ;)The mag said to use a small brush to paint the eyes on. Again...uhhhh, NAH.
For the second candle, I kind of just winged this little creation on my own. I took some googly eyes and hot glued them all over the votive holder:
It's OK if glue smudges out, you won't see it later.
I took some leftover cheesecloth, cut it into strips and wrapped it like a mummy!:
UM, I know! Cuteness!! I just hot glued one end, then wrapped it and hot glued the other end. I used one long, skinny piece of the cloth for each votive.Drop in some LED votives (they are all I use for decor like this anymore -- love them!), and this is what you get:
At night, the cauuuteness really shines through:
Oh my goodness gracious, they are adorable. I heart them very, very much.
What a fun project to do with the kids! My guy is still a little too small to do this one, but with some supervision, and an adult handling the hot glue, they could definitely join in.
I made eight of them for ten bucks -- but I bought new votive holders and googly eyes because what I had were too small. Cheap!
Do you love my little ghouls??
P.S. I hope to open my Etsy shop tomorrow! I will do a post when it is up. :)
At night, the cauuuteness really shines through:
Oh my goodness gracious, they are adorable. I heart them very, very much. 
What a fun project to do with the kids! My guy is still a little too small to do this one, but with some supervision, and an adult handling the hot glue, they could definitely join in. I made eight of them for ten bucks -- but I bought new votive holders and googly eyes because what I had were too small. Cheap!
Do you love my little ghouls??
P.S. I hope to open my Etsy shop tomorrow! I will do a post when it is up. :)
