Monday, October 14, 2013

A Craft Project for Halloween

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info from CraftBits.com

It's been YEARS since I've made any type of Halloween decoration other than the cornstalks we put up outside this year.  I think I'll give this one a try.  If you are from Minnesota and familiar with "Fleet Farm" or "Home Depot" you may have some of these orange shopping bags available already.

 What you need

1/2 orange plastic party table cloth or similar plastic or material.
1 black plastic garbage bin liner or bag.
1 wire coat hanger
Scissors
Halloween trinket for center of wreath (optional)

Instructions

Start by taking you wire coat hanger and bending it into a circle.
Coat Hanger Bent
Next cut strips of plastic around 1 1/2 inch wide and 4 inch long (10 cm X 4 cm).
Tie the plastic strips around the wire by tying a single knot.
Tie knot on hanger
Keep doing this until the wire is full. It should be thick (around 1 hour). You can trim any long pieces when finished with the scissors.
Halloween Wreath 1
full Wreath
Finish off your wreath by adding a center piece. You can do this by tying a Halloween trinket (we used a giant rubber spider) into the center with fishing line.
Ghost in Wreath
Spider In Wreath
We used some orange raffia for a different effect.





Orange Raffia Wreath



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