31 Days of Halloween - Boo Stew

 

You'll never guess what I rediscovered in my Halloween bin of leftovers...that's right, a few of those little plastic cauldrons from Dollar Tree! Usually I would use them in a scene while creating a shadow box, but today I decided to let the cauldron stand as its own decor.

After stuffing the bottom of the cauldron with paper from my shredder, I added a piece of spider webbing, also from Dollar Tree (as well as a skull from a small skeleton, a leg from same and a glittery spider. Years (maybe a decade) ago, my closest Michael's closed. The clearance prices were too good to pass up, and I bought a bagful of tiny buttons (think grocery bag) - hence, the added curly-cue in the back and the word BOO on the cauldron's front. 

I colored small sticker letters orange to match the BOO button and now I have a small Halloween decoration that fits perfectly with the others. I adhered everything with my glue gun. This was a super quick project, and if an adult handles the glue gun, the kids can join in. They can put some candy in the bottom of each cauldron before putting the spider webbing and use it for gift-giving. A suggestion for a tag is "You've Been Boo'd from the ______ Family if you want to treat the neighbors...

Challenges I am Entering:

Crafters' Castle - Anything Goes

Crafty Calendar - Halloween

Just Us Girls - Word Week "Halloween"

Art*Journal*Journey - My favorite color is October

Mixed Media Lovers - Anything Goes

Two Old Bats Halloween - Anything Halloween Goes

Now for your daily gruesome giggle...