I made the Halloween pop-up-card in the photo above, for my nephew using a free template from the Canon Creative Park website. It uses quite a bit of printer ink, but luckily I had plenty.
The design is quite intricate with a lot of pieces to cut out, arrange and glue down. It took me a day and a half to make. I tested the pop-up-ability of the components after glueing each part together, and the card worked very well! There was also a template for a spooky envelope to put the card in.
I filled 3 little printed packages with Halloween sweets. I made the paper for the packages using templates from the same website as the pop-up-card. These were put in a box with the card and some origami bats that I also made, and then couriered them to my nephew. The package arrived the next day and was liked very much which made my day.
Our community Fright Night is going to be held on the Saturday after Halloween this year, rather than on the 31st of October which is a school night. This will give me plenty of time to set up the decorations in the morning.
These are the small paper Jack-o'-lanterns that I am going to hang on the plant by the front door.
I have filled a large basket with Halloween-themed sweets. The Fright Night organisers are also going to share out sweets to safe houses which have been donated by the Fright Night sponsors, so there will be plenty of goodies for the children.
I made more paper decorations to add to last years collection. All the templates were free to print from the internet, making crafting so much easier and cheaper. I made spiral paper ghosts, a Halloween banner and more 3D paper pumpkins.
These spiral paper ghosts are almost finished. I just need to add small weights to the ends of the tails to open up the spirals. Then I will add some string to hang the ghosts by. I printed them using photopaper to make them stronger.
This Shabby-chic Halloween banner was really easy to make. Just print, cut out and glue onto some string.
I will be putting plastic spiders around the front door mat like last year. Nothing too scary as I have registered our house as a safe house again this year. We could choose whether to be a safe house or a scare house so that the younger children don't get frightened. The teenagers prefer the scary houses, but still come to the safe houses for treats lol.
I have filled a large basket with Halloween-themed sweets. The Fright Night organisers are also going to share out sweets to safe houses which have been donated by the Fright Night sponsors, so there will be plenty of goodies for the children.
We are hoping for dry weather for the event in just a week. It was perfect last year 🎃🦇👻
Will you be doing anything for Halloween this year?
See you again soon.
Hugs, Rose x
