31 Days of All Hallow's Eve - Day 3 - Spooky Door Decor

 Hello, witches! My project today is a welcome wreath, Halloween-style. I unearthed a wire wreath form I had bought from Dollar Store last year and tried to weave black tulle around it. That lasted 20 minutes! So then I pulled out some leftover orange canvas and wound it around most of the form. 

Continuing to pull from my Halloween craft supplies gather over the years, I found a bare wooden haunted house sign that I just painted black...

and a wood and wire fence I painted grey...

and some foam flowers...

and foam ghosts that used to be part of a banner...

and a few miscellaneous pumpkins/jack o' lanterns.

My hot glue gun saw some serious action. I want to be able to show this off for the next several years.

Do you decorate for Halloween? Is it just outside, or do you do the inside of your house, too? My neighborhood goes crazy at Halloween. There are some neighbors' houses that my kids (when they were younger) would not go up to their doors for candy! Coffins and gigantic spiders and zombies, etc. I just like to put my artwork in the windows and on the doors, and a large vase or two of altered flowers/plants.  

Challenges I am Entering:

Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes, no cards

Crafting Happiness - Halloween

Get Creative - #126 Purple, Black, Green and Orange!!!

 Mirtillamente Challenge #25 - All about Halloween

 Two Old Bats - Halloween Mood Board

The Four Seasons - Anything Fall Goes Mood Board

31 Days of Halloween - Shadow Boxing Halloween Decor

 

I created this shadow box for a craft workshop I was facilitating, and can't remember if I posted it before now. When I go to thrift stores (and I do so often), I'm always on the lookout for shadow boxes, or things like wood silverware organizers and other pieces I can upcycle into shadowboxes. My favorite theme is Halloween (Christmas comes in 2nd, with Beach theme #3).

I lucked out and found a house-shaped box to use for this project and painted it black. Using supplies and material from the Dollar Tree, I first printed out a spooky Halloween scene and cut it out in the shape of the house. There are many sites that offer free vintage digis and scenery, like Graphics Fairy. One company, Luna Girl offers many scenes and items in its store. I'm always ready to pop in i=on each of them for inspiration and materials. This image was one I bought from Ricola Designs, which can be found at Mischief Circus.

As you can see, I tried to make my shadow box haunted house as welcoming as possible, with a skeleton sitting outside the door to permit visitors to enter. Beware, though, he's sitting on a skull, so that should clue anyone into the nefarious goings-on inside. Would you dare to enter?

Let's turn that frown into a smile with a gruesome giggle...