Halloweening at My Place

Okay, is this not the cutest "pumpkin tree" you've ever seen? I don't know what it really is--I'm guessing some variety of tomato, but isn't it darling? I found it with the cut flowers in my local grocery store.

Here's a Halloween countdown calendar that I made with my friend, Chelsea. It was inexpensive and fun, but extremely time consuming. It's a great project that you could start for next year! To start you out, I included a couple shots of some of my sketches for the pocket designs below. You could also use the designs to do a billion other crafty things. If you can't get the pictures big enough to be useful, let me know and I'll email you a scanned copy of them along with some detailed directions. A supply list is below.

We use the calendar, and each day I put a slip of paper in the appropriate pocket of a place to look for that day's Halloween activity or treat. The kids love it. You could also use the designs to make a single pocket or Halloween scene where you hide something every day.

Supplies you'll need to make a calendar:

Black canvas, 30"x37"

Felt--orange, white, black, green, purple, yellow, brown, sparkly black, tan.

White and black stiff felt with adhesive on the back (got mine at Michaels), 1 sheet each

Eyes--very small ones, 2 very big ones

Metallic stars

Orange ric rac, 11 feet

Black bias tape and white ribbon for hanging loops

4 medium purple buttons

1 big black button for spider body

Color coordinating thread and embroidery floss

Pinking shears