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Boo Cuteness

October 18, 2012 by Holly Gagnon 14 Comments

The kids and I were decorating our front porch this past weekend and I just thought it needed something else…like ghosts.  Not scary ghosts, cute ghosts and definitely not those blow up ghosts that look like the marshmallow man even though my kids would of loved that idea. Since I’ve been into wood projects lately, I decided at that moment to make some wood ghosts to add to our Halloween collection.  So, the kids and I headed over to the garage and hubby saw us  busting out his tools, and was like again?  Yep- I’m making ghosts.  Ghosts- Out of wood?  Yep-a boy and girl ghost, ya know, to look like the kids.  So that’s just what we made last Sunday afternoon.

Wood Board Ghost

The ghosts are cut at 5 1/2  wide and  12 and 16 inches high, sanded, distress with a hammer and spray painted white.  I inked the edges with black distressing ink and cut smiley faces out of vinyl using the Mini Monster cartridge. They still weren’t cute enough so we added googly eyes for cuteness.

Wood Board Ghosts

My son wanted his ghost to have a bow tie and of course my darling daughter needed a spooky bow on her head tied with a button and curled wire.  This whole project seriously took maybe an hour to make and totally full of cuteness.

 

Boo Wreath

To continue with our ghost theme this year, here’s our Halloween wreath.   Pretty simple wreath, unlike most of the wreaths I tend make.

I’ve actually reuse this grapevine wreath many times.  I’ve become sort of a “crafting cheap skate” ’cause I rather up-cycle or dig through the dumpster before I go out to buy another overpriced craft item.   Since everything is hot glued together, I just use my heat gun to melt the glue and then remove the embellishments.   Works great, I don’t need to store another holiday themed wreath and hubby can’t say…”you made another wreath?”

 

Halloween Boo Wreath
I wrapped a whole roll of ribbon around the wreath, spray painted wood letters black (No, I didn’t make the letters, I’m not that good with power tools yet) and added crepe paper flowers.

These crepe paper flowers are so easy to make.  Basically, you just put a big blob of hot glue on a circle and just keep wrapping and pleating the crepe paper around into a flower.  Crepe paper outside you say?  Well, I do live in the dry desert climate so I probably wouldn’t recommend using crepe paper outside with rain and humidity.

Wood Boo Letters

For the wood letters, I embellished them with curled orange wire and added some googly eyes to keep up with our fun ghost theme this year.    Don’t ya think it’s total “Boo-Cuteness”?

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Filed Under: Altered Item, Halloween, Wood, Wreaths Tagged With: Halloween, Home Decor, Vinyl, Wreaths

Comments

  1. apieceoflifespie.com says

    October 18, 2012 at 6:34 pm

    Can I say AWESOME! I love the wreath and your happy boo day ghosts!

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  2. Lisa says

    October 18, 2012 at 7:59 pm

    These are so fabulous, Holly!! Wow, I just love the adorable ghosts!! The googly eyes were a great touch!! And the wreath is gorgeous!! What fun Halloween projects!! I hope you are doing well and thanks so much for playing along at Decorate to Celebrate!!

    Lisa
    A Mermaid’s Crafts
    Decorate to Celebrate DT

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  3. Beckie says

    October 18, 2012 at 8:01 pm

    Hubby should’ve said…There you go again, rockin’ out some AWESOME stuff!!! Love your stuff.

    Be blessed, Beckie
    Stampin’ Up Ind Demo
    http://justbcreativecrazy.blogspot.com

    Reply
  4. Josie0602 says

    October 18, 2012 at 10:54 pm

    Super cute wreath and love those ghosts!!

    Tracy

    Reply
  5. Karon says

    October 18, 2012 at 11:36 pm

    Holly these decorations are just awesome and I love those ghosts. TFS

    http://karonskraftykorner.blogspot.ca/

    Reply
  6. Pat N. says

    October 19, 2012 at 12:58 am

    Your decorations are adorable! Love that beautiful wreath!

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  7. Craftin Desert Divas says

    October 19, 2012 at 2:24 am

    Love all your decorations. Those ghosts are great.

    Tara

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  8. Amy says

    October 19, 2012 at 5:19 am

    Okay, okay, okay… You had to have known that I’d make a big deal about your trip to use the power tools again, RIGHT??? These are adorable — I especially love the little bow tie and hair bow (and of course googly eyes!!)… LOVE them!!

    Thanks so much for decorating your celebrations at the Decorate To Celebrate! Challenge Blog!

    BIG HUGS,
    Amy 🙂 at http://www.lovetocrop.com
    and Decorate To Celebrate!

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  9. Missy says

    October 23, 2012 at 2:58 am

    Your projects are great! I like the flowers on the wreath and the shading on the ghosts!

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  10. Rhonda Emery says

    October 25, 2012 at 12:15 am

    super cute thank you for joining us at dtc. hugs

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  11. L.B. says

    September 13, 2013 at 11:40 am

    Thanks for sharing this cute decor item with FCCB’s vinyl challenge

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  12. Connie says

    September 15, 2013 at 5:58 am

    These ghosts are super cute! Love them! Thanks for bringing them on by to show us at FCCB!! Scrappy hugs, Connie

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  13. Missy says

    September 15, 2013 at 6:00 pm

    Your projects are lovely Holly. I love the inking on the ghosts and their super cute wiggle eyes! Thanks for joining FCCB’s Vinyl Cricut Crawl this week!!

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  14. Heather says

    September 15, 2013 at 11:19 pm

    These projects are terrific!! I love the ghosts with their google eyes and the inking on them looks great! Thanks for joining the vinyl challenge at FCCB this week!

    Reply

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