House O Lantern 2011

Several years ago, I found this cool, inexpensive Halloween craft and this is my third year doing it.  I have thought about making it where each year, I just stick the four squares into the window.  Then store it in the attic when Halloween is over.  But.. I kinda of like making a different face each year.  Doing the same ole thing is not what I want to do.  I never want my Christmas tree to look the same. I never want to eat at the same place twice, when so many restaurants are here.  So..I want my pumpkin face to be different as well.

 This year I used black poster board, in the past I have used regular cardboard.  You can see where I had to piece it in the middle.  I used chalk to draw the face.

 I used a box cutter to cut out the face.

 I used regular orange tissue paper and taped it over the cutouts.

I love it. 

House O Lantern 2009

House O Lantern 2010

Milk Jug Pumpkins

I like to look at Family Fun magazine for easy crafts/projects to do with my granddaughter.  Awhile back I saw this milk jug project and have been saving milk jugs to give it a try.

Rinsed and saved gallon milk jugs.  Cut a large opening in the backside.  Drew pumpkin faces on each carton with a black marker.  Wish I had of had some black paint, as it would  have been darker. 

I had several strands of clear Christmas lights, stuck a handful into the back of each carton and viola instant Milk Jug Pumpkins.  I want to line the front porch with them.

Easy peasy and fun to do.