Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Halloween is creeping up on us....
Hello Bloggers!
Well Halloween is creeping up on us and I thought I would try the Trick and the Treat part of Halloween! I had recently seen some Laughing Cow Cheese containers used (I forgot to save the links for these projects) for some cool things, the containers look like this with a little paint:
I started with a few layers of paint inside and out, then chose my paper, embellishments and I was off and running! The idea was to create a Trick and a Treat using two containers. The Treat was easy, I went with Candy Corn because it doesn't melt but also toyed with home-made chocolates shaped like spiders, anything will work! The Trick was harder but I made it work. I wanted a spider to jump out of the box as it was opened. I still to this day remember my Mom bringing home an envelope of rattlesnake eggs, that when opened, unwound a paperclip and rubber band against the envelope and sounded like a rattlesnake, ha ha I know, my Mom loved to laugh :) Anyhow, here it is...
My husband was help with this one, he pulled a spring out of his bags of tricks as I traced a spider and cut it out of mat board and covered it in black embossed spider web paper. The inside was painted black, I used my glue gun to glue the spring (about 1" tall) to the center bottom of the container and to the center underside of the spider. I added some filler to hide the spring and Voila! Tricky spider jumping out of a container! Not quite the rattlesnake eggs but I will keep trying :)
Thanks for stopping by!
Kristin
*Products used: My Back Porch Memories Halloween kit and a few misc. pieces from last year (Pink Paislee papers and clear stickers, Jenni Bowlin tags, American Craft ribbons & Thickers)
I love these! That's such a great idea for candy! tfs
ReplyDeleteThis is really cute, Kristin!!!! Great project!!
ReplyDeleteI SO love these! Love the colours and the style you chose, and the trick or treat surprises are just lovely :)
ReplyDeleteThese are so cute! It's a great idea to use the Laughing Cow containers! I love your spider as well!
ReplyDeleteVery Cute and a great idea for candy gifts :)
ReplyDeleteThis is so cute! Love the style and embellishments. Now I have more "trash" to save!
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