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
Hallowe'en is not such a big event in UK, though it's gradually growing in popularity.
ReplyDeleteHalloween/Fright Night has grown a lot in popularity here in New Zealand. Some towns really go out of their way to decorate their houses and have the streets cordoned off to traffic, with busloads of children coming for the event. My village is quite small and there were about 80 safe houses/scary houses set up for the local children to visit this year. Such good fun! Hope you have a great week, Hugs, Rose x
DeleteThose decorations are absolutely amazing, what a talent you have! As well as patience! The card is unbelievable, pop-up cards are always such fun. Your nephew must’ve been thrilled! All I can say is wow! Halloween is always one of my favorites-nothing scary, just pumpkin carving, sweet treats, silly food like mummy dogs, some odds and ends that I’ve collected over the years to decorate with. In the country, we don’t get any trick-or-treaters, so when the kids were little, I took them to grandma’s house in town – always such a good time. Love seeing your creations!
ReplyDeleteDear Mary, thank you :) I really enjoyed myself making the card and decorations. Just wish I was there to see my nephew opening his parcel. Your Halloween decorations and food sound like such a lot of fun and your children will have great memories of Halloween at their grandma's house! Hugs, Rose x
DeleteWow, your decorations are amazing! No wonder that your nephew loved his card. Fright Night sounds like a lovely event and having safe and scary houses is a really good idea. My daughter dressed as Dracula once to scare the trick or treaters - the older children loved it, but we had one 3 year old who burst into tears and we had to hurriedly put all the lights on whilst a, now friendly, vampire handed out the sweets!
ReplyDeleteI haven't done anything special for Hallowe'en since Covid; it was banned at the time and I got out of the habit. I will use my 1 pumpkin (very poor harvest!) to make soup and we'll watch a scary film. Have a brilliant time on Fright Night and I'll cross my fingers that the weather stays fine for you. xx
Hi and thank you. We had a wonderful time on Fright Night yesterday. 167 children visited us in the evening doing trick or treat, all wearing their Halloween costumes. A lot of them commented on my decorations saying they liked them :o) Thanks for crossing your fingers for good weather. It was perfect, not too hot or cold, just a very light shower an hour before the event started. I hope that you had a lovely evening too. Enjoy your week. Hugs, Rose xxx
DeleteLooks like you had a fun filled and crafty time and made your nephew very happy as well.
ReplyDeleteHi Beverley, I had a great time making the Halloween decorations. It was totally absorbing and relaxing. I found that my nephew was off school poorly with a bad cold when his Halloween parcel arrived, the surprise really cheered him up :o) Have lovely week, Hugs, Rose xxx
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