Pumpkin Carols

Back when I was in 5th or 6th grade we were given some mimeographed copies of Pumpkin Carols... I thought that was the coolest thing ever! I have saved those copies all of these years (all 45-ish years).  I taught the songs to my son when he was younger and I can't wait to teach them to my grandbabies!  A few years ago we had some family and friends over and we sang these and had a blast.  This year we are going Pumpkin Caroling to an Assisted Living home where my Mother-in-law is living.  It's brought lots of fun over the years and I thought maybe you all would like to have some Halloween fun too!

Cowboy and Halloween Pretzels...

 The cute bag filled with treats...

 Halloween Pretzels...

 Dallas Cowboy Pretzels...

My dad and the cool Cowboy Pretzels...

In keeping with holiday tradition we made our super tasty pretzels. One of the girls at work found these cute football pretzels and thought that I should have them. Mom and I dipped with dad and Kendra were the decorators... Josh even joined in on the fun after he got home from work.  We put the pretzels in these cute bags and I made a cute pumpkin tag by cutting two of the pumpkins and sticking them together (the eyes and mouth would have fallen out... by putting tape over the back of the eyes and mouth and putting the two together you couldn't see the tape... OCD I know... but it looked cuter!) a little chalking to add some depth and they were ready to go.

Welcome Post...

 Halloween Welcome...

 Thanksgiving Welcome...

 The post with sign...

Some people have asked about the post that my mom and dad built.  The main post is a 4x4 cedar post... a fence cap on top and a plate that the 4x4 sits in at the bottom... a 1.4 inch maple square base that should hold up to the cold Utah weather (made by Bob Morrow - the wood man as we like to call him). The wrought iron arm post was from Home Depot and it included the little black sign holders. My dad drilled a hole in the bottom of the base and the 4x4 ... countersink the lag screw to keep it from wobbling. A coat of outdoor paint and voila... a Porch sign holder.

The signs are 2 pieces of cedar glued together... sanded and painted.  Bob (The wood man who made them for us) also drilled a small hole in the top of each one so that we could screw an I hook into the top for the sign to hang from. I then used vinyl for the sayings and some older wood cut outs from The Wood Connection.  The Halloween side has glitter on the pumpkin ~ ghost and star along with cute faces made from vinyl using my Silhouette.  The Thanksgiving side is also an older cut out along with some wire and ribbon for the embellishments.

This year the pumpkins don't have the cute vinyl faces like last year See them here... September and part of October have been filled with lots of fun on the inside my house before painting... and finally seeing the beautiful completed project...  Yeah!  Finally on the 11th of October the house was Halloween/Fall ready (only a month later than normal... but there's always next year... right?)

 

Halloween Wood Letters..

My mom is doing great at getting her Halloween and fall projects completed (I'm struggling... still!).  She was kind enough to send me her pics (sorry... the picture is a little dark).  My mom is not a fan of the bright colors for Halloween... so she changed to the the more "pastel" colors (can you use pastel and Halloween in the same sentence?) The pumpkin does have a cute face cut out of vinyl (I love my Silhouette) as well as the inking around the edges and the cute ribbons for the final touch.  The stackers are the same as the one I posted previously... but I hated how I put the vinyl on the "apples" log... it slanted some.  I like how this one turned out much better... I like having 3 different fonts!

Come In For A Spell...

 My moms cute front porch...

 Fall flowers...

 Autumn wood letters...

I thought I would post some of my moms newest and cutest fall decor. The top picture is of my mom and dads front porch and their awesome welcome post the designed and made. Last Saturday afternoon my mom came down and we designed  the "Come In For A Spell" sign and on the back is the Thanksgiving side (I love two-fers). I will post pictures when she turns it around.... I love how she used the cute scarecrows and hay bales to complete her porch. Thanks mom for sharing your talents!

Candy Cauldron...

I had this old cauldron from several years ago and it was so plain... so what does a crafter do... out came my Silhouette and I decided how big I wanted the words... cut it out... attached the vinyl and added some polka dot ribbon... I wrapped it so that you could still see the black plastic coming through... and then tied a plaid ribbon on the ends - it helped to keep the handle up (it's the cutest part) and from falling down... and filled with Josh and I's favorite mini candy bars... I'm now ready for those cute trick or treaters..

Trick or Treat...

This is the "witch" corner of the kitchen

This is a $1.00 vase from the dollar store... I used my silhouette to cut out the Boo... attached and then added a ribbon with lots of bright colors with a knot in the back and added Lifesavers... all great colors for Halloween!

Halloween Subway Art...

Update picture... I think it shows the colors better

 Close up of the spider with the Stickles

The pumpkin up close

... WHAT FUN ...

Ever since the "craze" has been happening I have wanted to jump on "board".  I did do a Family Name Subway Art but didn't have that the colors in vinyl that I wanted to use so I used Bazzill instead and I did it on canvass.  This time I made sure to have the colors in vinyl and I bought a piece of plywood from Micheal's (since I was not sure I would do more of these).  I decided on the 12 x 24 inch piece.  I painted the background in soft purple (purple is my very favorite color) so it worked out perfect...and began cutting with my Silhouette. After I applied all of the vinyl I got out my Stickles and put purple in the center of the eyes of the bat and the spider... black in the center of the ghost and yellow on the pumpkin to make it stand out just a little big more!  I am really happy with the end project.. I'm off to sand...I've got a few more Halloween projects to get completed!

Added... I had a request to add what files and fonts I used... so here they are...

bat_1 C00024
boo_  C00032
candy_corn C00033
ghost_0798
halloween_garland_s
october_31 C00597
phrase_spooky_2206
pumpkin_patch_phrase
trick_or_treat_C2009
pumpkin - Quickutz die
Eek - LD Free Spirit
HALLOWEEN - LD Rock Biter
Witch - SNF Felicity
 

 

Ghost Family...

Updated pic... you can see the colors on the outside

of their cute bodies much better in this one!

The Ghost Family

More wood from the Wood Connection. After sanding, I painted them all white and then sanded off some of the edges.  I decided to add some chalking around the edges and did each ghost with a different Halloween color. I cut out cute ghost faces with my Silhouette and a light coat of varnish to protect their cute faces! I decided to add a few purple "blings" to the mom... for a finishing touch!

 

Which... Witch Cauldron...

Purple "brew" cauldron

Green "brew" cauldron

The crystals I used to make the "bubbles"

These are some of the projects I started last year and I am finally finishing up this year! The wood cauldron is from The Wood Connection painted black. I added a vinyl spider web made with my Quickutz.  I used Sparkle Shred for the "brew" coming out of the pot and glued these sweet half round acrylic crystals to make it appear like there were "bubbles" in the brew... I put E-6000 glue on the end of a toothpick and placed it on the flat part of the crystal...then used the end of my craft knife to place it on the shred. 

Pumpkin... Changed!

 I like the Dallas Cowboy pumpkin much better his "stars" filled in