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It’s a Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown Trunk or Treat

Happy Halloween! This year we chose to do It’s a Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown for our Trunk or Treat theme.  It was super easy and cheap! 😁

I was able to get two large pieces of cardboard from a bathroom renovation project at work to spray paint for the sky and grass areas.  I hand drew cardboard cutouts made on a large sheet of craft board from the dollar store and painted them with acrylic paint that I had on hand.

The Snoopy pumpkin was made by spray painting a tall skinny pumpkin and a butternut squash white.  The scarf was made by cutting up an old red sweatshirt and his nose was fashioned out of black modeling clay.  I used real and fake pumpkins purchased at the dollar store.  

The trick or treating ghost kids were made from round plastic table cloths purchased at the dollar store with eye holes drawn on with a Sharpie.  I made the witch mask from green, white, and black felt.  I used cotton batting and rolled the nose, securing it with hot glue.  The witch hat was also purchased at the dollar store.

We stood the ghosts up by using 5 gallon water jugs with wooden dowels in the middle with duct tape.  For the heads I used some paper mache balloons and a styrofoam craft head I had left over from other projects.  I put white modeling clay at the bottom of the table cloths to prevent them from blowing off in the wind.

It was qiuck, easy, and lots of fun to make! 

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Nightmare Before Christmas Trunk or Treat 

After frantically working to finish this project at last the big day has come and gone .   For those of you interested in learning how to make all of these crafts, check out the series for instructions  on how to create each of these characters for yourself . These range in size from 6 inches to 12 and could easily make a great centerpiece for any Nightmare Before Christmas themed party . 

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Nightmare Before Christmas Trunk or Treat Lock, Shock and Barrel Figurines:  Instructions for Shock

I love the Nightmare Before Christmas and I feel like Lock, Shock and Barrel embody the spirit of ‘trick’ in trick or treat so I decided that for my Trunk or Treat display I needed all three.  In this installment I will teach you how to make your very own Shock. Continue reading “Nightmare Before Christmas Trunk or Treat Lock, Shock and Barrel Figurines:  Instructions for Shock”

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Nightmare Before Christmas Trunk or Treat:  DIY Lock, Shock, and Barrel Figurines

Since everyone is trunk or treating, it’s just not possible to exclude these mischievous beloved characters to the scene!  In this installmentI will teach you how to make your very own 6 inch figurines to add a little trick to your trunk or treat. Continue reading “Nightmare Before Christmas Trunk or Treat:  DIY Lock, Shock, and Barrel Figurines”

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Nightmare Before Christmas Trunk or Treat Part 6: In This Town We Call Home, Everyone Hail to the Pumpkin Song

So the time has come for me to teach you how to make your own 12″ Jack Skellington for either a really cool window decoration, table decoration or Trunk or Treat display. Continue reading “Nightmare Before Christmas Trunk or Treat Part 6: In This Town We Call Home, Everyone Hail to the Pumpkin Song”