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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 459637" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Lisa, remember that while pumpkins are normally orange, nothing says you cannot do a bright green or yellow or purple jack o lantern!</p><p></p><p>If you watch the thrift stores and find a formal dress or wedding dress for almost nothing, you can make an amazing scarecrow/zombie. I did this for husband's office one year, using some pvc pipe to make it stand up. Stuffed the sleeves with newspaper wrapped in walmart bags (to give them the look of white skin, attached gloves stuffed with kleenex, and made a sort of neck with the newspaper and walmart bags. Then I took a very old soccer ball and covered it with an old white tshirt. I used fabri-tac glue to attach different lengths of different colors of yarn, painted a face on it, and sent it to work with husband. The dress was the most expensive part and it was about three bucks on sale at a thrift store here - was on the mark down mark down rack.</p><p></p><p>They would not let husband bring it home - and it was a hit for quite a few years!</p><p></p><p>If you don't know what fabri-tac glue is, it is basically hot glue in a bottle. Takes a little longer than hot glue to set, but is more flexible so it works a bit better if parts might move or get really cold or hot. Watch the Michaels ads and website to find one of their 40% off coupons and get a bottle. It is awesome! And much safer to use iwth kids around. </p><p></p><p>If you or the kids have shirts that would be fun to decorate but you also want to wear after the holiday, you can get a craft glue that will wash out totally from most fabrics. That way you can do both.</p><p></p><p>An EASY door/window/ tree decoration is to cut BIG shapes for the face of a pumpkin or frankenstein or whatever from felt or fun foam. Either put a dark colored tablecloth or piece of fabric over the door and pino r glue the features on. When you are done, take the shapes down and then put them back into the craft box to use for projects that don't need an entire sheet of foam or whatever.</p><p></p><p>Consider putting shirts over the back of the chairs at your table. Then stuff the sleeves with newspaper and attach a balloon or paper plate head. the hands can come up around the person - either by showing them or by having someone behind them use the sleeves to reach out and grab the person in the chair.</p><p></p><p>Along the lines of the outside pumpikin garbage bags, you can also use black bags to shape a big spider in the yard. Just don't fill the head and legs as full. WHen you take the decoration down you can fill the rest of the bag so it doesn't go to waste.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 459637, member: 1233"] Lisa, remember that while pumpkins are normally orange, nothing says you cannot do a bright green or yellow or purple jack o lantern! If you watch the thrift stores and find a formal dress or wedding dress for almost nothing, you can make an amazing scarecrow/zombie. I did this for husband's office one year, using some pvc pipe to make it stand up. Stuffed the sleeves with newspaper wrapped in walmart bags (to give them the look of white skin, attached gloves stuffed with kleenex, and made a sort of neck with the newspaper and walmart bags. Then I took a very old soccer ball and covered it with an old white tshirt. I used fabri-tac glue to attach different lengths of different colors of yarn, painted a face on it, and sent it to work with husband. The dress was the most expensive part and it was about three bucks on sale at a thrift store here - was on the mark down mark down rack. They would not let husband bring it home - and it was a hit for quite a few years! If you don't know what fabri-tac glue is, it is basically hot glue in a bottle. Takes a little longer than hot glue to set, but is more flexible so it works a bit better if parts might move or get really cold or hot. Watch the Michaels ads and website to find one of their 40% off coupons and get a bottle. It is awesome! And much safer to use iwth kids around. If you or the kids have shirts that would be fun to decorate but you also want to wear after the holiday, you can get a craft glue that will wash out totally from most fabrics. That way you can do both. An EASY door/window/ tree decoration is to cut BIG shapes for the face of a pumpkin or frankenstein or whatever from felt or fun foam. Either put a dark colored tablecloth or piece of fabric over the door and pino r glue the features on. When you are done, take the shapes down and then put them back into the craft box to use for projects that don't need an entire sheet of foam or whatever. Consider putting shirts over the back of the chairs at your table. Then stuff the sleeves with newspaper and attach a balloon or paper plate head. the hands can come up around the person - either by showing them or by having someone behind them use the sleeves to reach out and grab the person in the chair. Along the lines of the outside pumpikin garbage bags, you can also use black bags to shape a big spider in the yard. Just don't fill the head and legs as full. WHen you take the decoration down you can fill the rest of the bag so it doesn't go to waste. [/QUOTE]
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