Halloween Party 2013

Halloween has come and gone and was a spooktacular time. My Halloween Party turned out great and I am happy how everything turned out.

Showing Off My Display

For my drink table I decorated it with diy spiders, fake spider webs, wire pumpkins, and tin can candle holders.

Drink Table Decorations

Witches Brew Anyone? 

For the "Witches Brew" I used:

• Equal parts Sprite and Orange Juice
• Pineapple Juice (I used can pineapple and even put the chunks of pineapple in it for a little more flavor)
• Green food coloring

Mix it and then you have a very simple and delicious Halloween Drink

Wire Pumpkins

For these very cute simple wire pumpkins, I followed the tutorial from Hello Lidy. You can find the tutorial HERE.

DIY Spiders

In my previous post, I talked about these fun little diy spiders. You can check out how to make them HERE.

Tin Can Candle Holders

I decided to make these very simple candle holders with a tuna can. I measured out orange paper to fit the tin can. I decorated it with a fun print and glued it onto the can. Very simple to make and a very cute little addition to my table.

Food Table Decorations

Bat Silhouettes

To take my wall decorations from everyday decoration to Halloween, I added bat silhouettes to give that spooky feel.

You can find the bat template from HERE from Martha Stewart.

Table Ghosts

For the cute little table ghosts I used Styrofoam balls, white cloth, ribbon, and an empty coffee bottle (Starbucks bottled drinks from any convenient store.)

1. Take your empty bottle and put the Styrofoam ball on the top of the bottle. 
2. Next, put the square piece of cloth on top of the Styrofoam and bottle. (To add a little bit of texture rip the cloth and fringe the ends.
3. Tire a ribbon around the neck of the bottle. 
4. Add some eyes and you are finished!

Halloween Bouquet 

I already had cute jar candle holders so I decided to revamp it a little bit and add a Halloween Bouquet to them for a nice Halloween touch. I found these cute flowers from Saved by Love Creations. You can find the tutorial HERE.

For the food, I made Hershey Kisses Cookies, Banana Pudding Dirt Cake, and Gummy Worm Jello. It was a great hit, my guests loved it.

Happy Halloween Banner

Paper Spider Webs

To add a little bit of a Halloween feel of this wall I made paper spider webs out of black paper. I found the tutorial for them HERE from Omiyage Blogs.

Hanging Ghosts

For the hanging ghosts assemble it the same way as the table ghosts except do not add the bottle. Attach fishing wire to it and hang it on a tree branch or around the house.

Party Booth Props

No party is a party without a Photo Booth!

Photo Booth Backdrop

 

Photo Booth Backdrop

For the Party Booth Backdrop, I used the same template for the Paper Spider Webs and added different color spider webs.

We had lots of fun with the photo booth!

For Halloween I decided to be Minnie Mouse. I already had the dress and bow so it was very easy for me to create the look.

Minnie Mouse Ears

I made the ears out of felt and attached it to my bow headband. Here is the tutorial for it from One Creative Housewife.

 

Minnie Mouse Makeup

For the makeup I found a great tutorial from Youtube HERE.

I hope you all had a wonderful Halloween. Happy Crafting!

DIY Halloween Spiders

This year I am hosting a Halloween Party at my place. I have been busy crafting trying to turn my place into a "Spooky" Haunted House for the party. During my many hours of searching for the perfect decorations to craft up, I found this inspiration that was made from black hot glue and wire. You can find the tutorial and inspiration from HERE from the Sweetest Occasion. I decided to make mine a little different so here is my design.

Materials:

* Styrofoam balls
* Black paint or Black markers
* Wire
* Hot glue gun (optional)

Instructions:

1. Color the Styrofoam black. If you want to have glamorous little spiders go ahead and use black glitter to give it a little pizzazz.
2. Cut the wire into little strips. The size of it depends on how long you want your legs to be. I used 6 for each spider.
3. Stick the wire into the sides of the Styrofoam and bend it to look like spiders legs.
4. This step is optional. I wanted to give it a little more security so I hot glued the legs to the Styrofoam.
5. Place your spiders on a fake spiderweb and you have an easy and quick Halloween decoration!

Happy Halloween and Happy Crafting!

A "Spooky" Halloween Classroom

It's officially October now...which means Halloween is just around the corner! I love holidays, especially Halloween. I am currently teaching in South Korea as an English teacher so I wanted to teach my bring Halloween to their classroom. Halloween is not celebrated in Korea. The kids are slowly learning about what Halloween is and what it is about but they will never truly understand what it is like to dress up on Halloween day as a kid and go trick-or-treating. That is why I have decided to bring a bit of Halloween to them. This is my second year decorating my classroom and this time I added a few more things. I love seeing my student's reactions when they come into my classroom and see all the decorations. They run around screaming asking what everything is. It is absolutely adorable and exactly the reason why I do what I do.

Here is how I decorated my classroom. I don't have many resources to buy a lot of Halloween themed decorations so I used what I got. It is kind of simple but it turned out cute and the kids loved it. I hope you can get inspired and use a few of these ideas for your own classroom or home.

My Classroom:

Halloween Garland: 

I found this super cute Halloween Spook Banner from HERE and decided to create one to put on my desks. My student's love looking at them and naming each item. The only item they all get stuck on is the candy corn. They don't have that over here so they have no idea what it is.

I wanted to make a ghost garland so I looked at my baskets of craft supplies to see what I had and I found bubble wrap, plastic rain poncho, sting, and fishing wire. So I decided that I was going to make little ghost garlands. I love how it turned out! Here is how I made mine.

Take your ghost material (it could be anything: fabric, plastic table cover, rain poncho...) and cut it into a square. The size of the square depends on how big you want your ghosts to be. Now take your bubble wrap (you could also use a Styrofoam ball) and create a smaller square. You will roll it up to form a ball for the head. Now wrap the ghost material over the head and secure with a ribbon. You can now either keep it like that and have a center piece of ghosts or do what I did and attach it to string to make a cute little ghost garland.

Bats Galore!

It's not Halloween without bats! String up some bats on a mantel or put them on the wall. It will transform it to a spooky Halloween setting. HERE is a great stencil and idea from Martha Stewart.

Spooky Silhouettes! 

I also got this idea and stencil from Martha Stewart. You can find it from HERE.

HERE are some more great silhouettes for you to use for your Halloween decor.

Friendly Ghosts

I found this cute and creative way to create paper ghosts from HERE.

I found this idea from HERE. They used party streamers to wrap there door but because I had to work with what I got I decided to create my own mummy out of white paper and crayons. It turned out great, I love it!

So that was my Halloween inspired classroom. I can't wait till Halloween gets here and I can celebrate with my students. 

I hope you have a wonderful and safe Halloween! Have fun crafting!

DIY Group Halloween Costumes

I love any excuse for dressing up, from getting dressed up for a girls night out or for a holiday. That's what makes Halloween one of my favorite holidays, cause it is acceptable to dress up, be creative/ crafty, and have lots of fun. 

In university my friends and I did a group costume for Halloween. Here is what we did. It was lot's of fun and they all turned out so cute. I hope these can help inspire you to create an awesome Halloween costume. So grab a few friends and start crafting! 

Power Puff Girls

For this costume all you need is blue, pink, and green dresses, black belts (we used black ribbon for this part), white tights, and black flats. For blossom (the middle girl) you will need a big red bow. So simple and fun. Sure to be the cutest girls at the party. 

The Chipettes 

Eleanor, Brittany, Jeannette

This costume was fun! We went as Alvin and the Chipettes. We even got our friend to join us to be Alvin for this costume. For this costume we went to goodwill and found outfits that were similar to the cartoon. I think we did a pretty good job with it. This one is also a pretty great group costume and will for sure to win at a costume contest. 

The Wizard of Oz

The Lion, Scarecrow, and Tin Man

"Lions, Tigers, and Bears Oh My!" The Wizard of Oz is a perfect group costume. We did our own rendition of this costume. My friend created her tin man costume our of cardboard and a kitchen funnel. So creative. 

So if you need a group costume for this Halloween... here are three really great ideas for you and your friends.

 Have a fun Crafty and Happy Halloween!

DIY Christmas Candy Bar Holders

I celebrated Christmas in July with some friends this past month. As a little party favor/ Christmas gift, I created these cute Christmas Candy Bar Holders. They were so easy to make and a big hit at the party. It's great for stocking stuffers, party favors, or gift cards, or gift tags. Endless possibilities with this project.

Have Fun Crafting!

DIY Bow & Pearl Bracelet

Here is another simple and cute bracelet that I made as a gift for a friend. I saw this on Pinterest and decided to try it out. Here is what it looked like.

This project is so simple to make. I used a pearl necklace and a scrap of fabric that I had in my craft drawer. So if you have an old necklace that you do not wear or see a cheap one in an accessory store go ahead and pick it up and re-craft it to this cute and simple bracelet!

You can find the tutorial for it here: DIY Pearl and Bow Bracelet

Have fun crafting!

DIY Leather Hex Nut Bracelet

I love giving gifts and I especially love making them. I love being able to use my craftyness into something special and make things for friends that are special to me. I had some Hex Nuts in my drawer of crafts, so I thought I would find a cute project that I could use them.

I found this great tutorial that created a braided hex nut bracelet here: DIY Braided Hex Nut Bracelet 

Here is my version of the bracelet. I used leather instead of twine and got a different outcome. I like how it turned out. (Makes it more unique and a Justine original ^^)

Have fun Crafting!

DIY Wall Decor/ Photo Booth Backdrop

While I was watching 'HGTV: Design Star' I got inspired/ motivated to do a little decorating in my own home and started looking on Pinterest to see what I could do. I really like how cute photo booth backdrops are and decided why not have it as my wall decor also. I found some really great ideas but here are the ones I decided to recreate.

For the first wall I used this idea: DIY Geometric Photobooth Party Backdrop

The best part is that you can also use it for a photo booth wall. So next time you have a party you don't have to worry about that part.

For my second wall I used a mixture of paper fans and tissue paper flowers. 

To create the paper fans you can look at this tutorial here: DIY Paper Fans

To create the tissue paper flowers you can get the tutorial from here: DIY Tissue Paper Flowers

For my third wall I wanted to use some of my pictures so I came up with this.

To create this look, I used double sided tape and cut out pieces of colored paper to the exact size of the tape to make a cute and fun border for my pictures. You could also do this with Washi tape. This look is great cause you can use a variety of material from newspapers, fabric, glitter, to anything for a very inexpensive project. 

So the next time you get bored with your decor, look in your craft drawer and see what you got. You can pretty much do anything with paper and creativity.

Have fun crafting!