Dollar Store Craft Ideas

It is one of my favorite times of the year.....HALLOWEEN!!  When I was younger, my sister and I used to spend every Halloween decorating macabrely and devising our next wild costume.  Now that I am older I still enjoy decorating.  Just in a more toned down fashion.

Have you heard of the Dollar Store Craft Challenge?  O-M-GEEE  IT IS SO MUCH FUN!!  I went a little crazy and did multiple crafts.  I could not help myself.  Sometimes you can find the most amazing things at the Dollar Tree!!  Okay...moving on.  So, I started with a couple storage jars, candle sticks.  Broke out the E600 glue and made apothecary jars with chalkboard paint  labels.  I went with a basic ivory so I could change out the decor from holiday to holiday. Quickly added some scrapbooking Halloween labels and a couple cute little spiders.  Finished up with little electric tape to make the stitches. Voila!

Next up......the adorable little pumpkins!! Grabbed a few of these cuties from Dollar Tree.  They do have a hideous seam around the middle of the pumpkins, so I had to devise a way to hide that mess!  Quickly covered them with a paint of black latex paint.  When it dried I was disappointed that I did not notice I used the matte finish paint.  DRATS!  Found a bottle of black glitter paint and went over with a quick sloppy coating.  Once dried I applied some adorable googgly eyes to one pumpkin and some glittery spiderwebs with spiders on the two others.

Lastly, the large pumpkin.  Yes...YES...I know, that did not come from the Dollar Tree.  I did find the grosgrain black ribbon there.  Wrapped the pumpkin with a bow.  Added some scrapbook trim to make the pumpkin pop.

There you have it.  An adorable Halloween spread that your children would love for less than a Venti Frapaccino from Starbucks!!!

Hope this inspires you to head to your local Dollar Tree and take on the Craft Challenge.  BTW...I would love to see what you made.  Feel free to post it to my Facebook Page:  Fabulously Clever.  https://www.facebook.com/pages/Fabulously-Clever/317923044966148?hc_location=timeline

Fails FC FB Halloween Hooters! Do It Yourself! or Please Don't

October 25th, 2012

FAILS

REALLY?
Um No I'm Not upset or Jealous that I did not think of this first
Okay so you had someone paint your butt
WHY?
Are you going to go naked on Halloween?
I don't even want to know how far in the spackle had to be be applied
WTH?
Please Just do not turn around
I'm afraid of WHAT might be painted on the front side!

Okay, I had to giggle at this one.
In fact the longer I look at the picture and realize,
That Is their real hair
The eyes start to Look Funnier
I can imagine Myself in the room w/ them
Having to change my depends a few times

Um,
Not for Anyone who cares about their bloodsugar balance
Do you want a cookie with your icing?
But Hey You tried
Maybe next time instead of Bulging Eye Sugar overloads
You should give it a go w/a healthier topping
Raisins for bugs
Prunes for bigger bugs
You get the idea

Okay SORRY!
BUT I HAVE To BUY One of these for Kelley!
She Would Oh Yes, She Would wear this
With no shame either
She'd call it Her big cleff chin shirt

~Dawn