Jack O’ Lantern Curtain

My inspiration for this curtain came from my Hubby.  He put together a fun romantic evening a couple of weeks ago, including decorations and dessert.  He made candle lanterns out of cardboard boxes and a curtain out of shredded paper.  His curtain gave me the idea to make one that wouldn’t get torn up by the kids and was festive for Halloween.

How To:

Materials

1 orange twin size flat sheet $4 at Walmart (or orange fabric)

Black paint

Green scrap fabric (optional)

Pumpkin face ideas (I found mine here)

Pole or string (whatever you want to use to hang the curtain with)

Directions

Measure the width of the entryway you want your curtain to hang in and round up to the nearest inch.  Then measure out your sheet to that same size (I unstitched the seams in my sheet first).  I just put a little snip in my sheet and then ripped the fabric straight down. 

Now find your design for your face.  You can draw it right on your fabric or cut it out of paper first.  I cut it out of paper first so I could see how well I would like it and position it where I wanted.

If you did the paper then trace around the paper onto your fabric.  I used a black marker.

Now paint the face in.

Now if you are going to use the green trim at the top you need a piece that is as wide as your orange fabric and double the width you would like the trim to end up being.  My piece would up being 38” x 12”. 

Once your paint has dried sew one edge of your green trim to the top edge of your orange fabric with right sides together.  Then fold the other edge of your green fabric with at least a 1/4” fold and then fold the green fabric in half over the seam you just made.  Now stitch the folded edge to the orange fabric meeting up the edge with the seam you made earlier.  I did two stitches along this edge.

If you are not doing the green trim you just need to create a casing that will fit your pole or string.  As you can see in the first picture I used a scrap piece of wood (the same one that my hubby used for his curtain).

Now at the bottom edge of your orange fabric make small cuts every 1”.  Then tear the fabric into strips all the way up to the green trim or the casing you made. 

Now your Jack O’ Lantern is ready to hang!!!

My two munchkins are loving the new look!!!

(I wish I had taken more pictures of the sewing portion, but I’ll probably be making  another one [not a pumpkin though] and I’ll be sure to take more detailed pictures.)

Happy Halloween

Here are my Kiddo’s costumes…

My Princess (made her dress from one of my Prom Dresses)

and My Pirate (all of his outfit was made with t-shirts except for the flashy red flames)

Halloween Costume Sneak Peek

I spent my weekend making my kids' Halloween costumes. Here's a little sneak peek:

Ari:

Christian:

Are Cute Spiders possible?

YES they are and your kids can help to!!!

Here they are:

What I used:

Plastic cups for the body

Pipe cleaners for the feet(chenille stems)

Buttons for the eyes

Fabric Flowers

Colored Foam for the neckties

Red Yarn for the mouth (for the spider above I used a red paper clip)

Black Paint (for the spider above I used a sharpie)

Hot Glue

Tutorial:

Paint the cup

I only painted the bottom portion. Cut the cup down in size keeping the bottom portion.

Cut the Pipe cleaners in half and the fold them in half. Hole punch 4 holes on each side of the cup for a total of 8 holes. Feed the Pipe cleaners through two hole at the same time.

Put a little hot glue around the Pipe cleaners on the inside of the cup to give the legs more stability.

Bend the legs to your liking.

Add the eyes, mouth, and flower or bowtie.

Here’s where they have invaded for right now!!! Just an FYI I think I like the way the spider that I used the sharpie on the best (the spider in the very first picture). I like how it’s shiny.

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