Fall into fun and easy Halloween decorations
Witches Brooms
Materials:
Two brown paper bags
Five inches of brown yarn or twine
Handful of candy corns
Stick
Scissors
1. Place a handful of candy corns in one paper bag.
2. Cut the other bag into thin strips to the edge, so the bottom stays intact.
3. Place the cut up bag around the outside of the bag full of candy corn. Gather them halfway up the bags.
4. Place stick inside the bag. Tie off around the stick where you gathered. Trim down the excess paper bags.
No-sew Fabric Pumpkin
Materials:
One 20-inch square of orange fabric
Brown yarn
2 rubber bands
1 plastic sandwich bag
Small objects to weigh down the pumpkin such as dry beans or candy
1. Place weights inside plastic bag and tie off with a rubber band. You can use anything small that will give your pumpkin a little weight. I used the left over candy corn from our previous projects.
2. Use a rubber band to gather up a small point in the center of your square. This is the center that will go inside the pumpkin.
3. Put your plastic bags in with the rubber-band side on the inside and draw the sides up, arranging your pleats as you like. Close with a rubber band.
4. Trim off the top of the fabric to create your stem.
5. Wrap this stem in brown yarn and tie it off. You can also add leaves made out of brown and green felt. Cut them with long stems and wrap those stems under the yarn.
Table Decorations
Looking for a Halloween centerpiece for your dinner table?
Deseret Industries is full of unique glassware — pick up a few pieces and candles, then fill the glasses halfway with candy corn and place the candles in the center.
Want your drinks to be a bit more festive? Freeze plastic spiders in your ice cubes for a creative addition to your beverages.
Get creative with pumpkins
• Tired of just carving your jack-o-lanterns? Try one of these ideas instead!
• Stack them on top of each other like snowmen. Use leaves, seeds and acorns for the face.
• Paint them.
• Paper mache or Mod Podge them.
• Give them a layer spray paint — clear glitter or glow in the dark works best.
• Cover them in a pair of fishnet tights.
• Make facial features out of candy.
• Make faces out of other vegetables or seeds.
• Carve one letter on each pumpkin and spell a word.
• Carve a face and wrap it with gauze to make a mummy.
• Stick fake vampire teeth in the carved mouth.
• Carve holes and put fake spiders, snakes or mice in them.
• Make a man-eating pumpkin.