Easy DIY Werewolf Costume

So the youngest, a tween, gave up Halloween last year. Too babyish for him, he said.
We ended up staying home and enjoying treats.

We thought it would be the same again this year.

That was until he decided to go with a friend.

The decision was made this week.

"Really? This late in the Halloween shopping season? The supplies have been in all of the stores since August and NOW you decide to go? When everything is sold out? "

"Thanks."

Luckily there was a werewolf mask he liked. (He had one in his closet already. But this one was way more scarier and cooler.)

Of course we needed to put the rest of the costume together. So we went to a thrift shop for a men's size flannel shirt to shred up.

For furry hands, we snagged a pair of my old knit gloves.

Then sacrificed his old werewolf mask just to use the furry hair.
It was a bit smaller, but there was enough material to use.

Fortunately, the fur color matched up to the new hairy mask.

I shredded up the shirt in various places.

Then glued and sewed pieces of the fur from the old mask into the shredded areas. 

And onto the tops of the gloves. 

It was done in a couple of hours. 

And he loved it.

I like the back bulges.

He liked all of it.

So much, that he howled and danced around the front yard.

"Poser."

"Dude... get a grip!"

"You're hairy and scary! We get it!"

Saving Halloween?

I think I pulled it off. 

I know I'm not the only one who goes through this.

"Zombied" the photo by using PicMonkey.

What was your last minute costume?

Halloween and Fall Tin Can Upcycles for Kids and Adults

It's time for "Make it Monday"!

I put together an upcycled crafting collaboration of easy tin can recycling for Halloween and Fall inspiration.

My "scarecrow stuffings" is actually a tin can with a label and twine made for holding treats for the trick or treat visitors. You can see my full post here. 

Check out the other ideas I gathered up for you:

Halloween Tin Can Luminaries 

by Jolly Mom

Frankie the Friendly Frankenstein Monster

at Craftideas.info

Mummy Candy Cans

from HGTV

Junkin' Pumpkins

by twelveOeight

Rustic Fall Centerpiece

by The Shady Porch

More Evolved Candle Making

by Haunted Reverb

Witch Coffee Can Treat Container

by Phyllis Spaw Designs

Frankie Halloween Decor

by Stacy Bakri

and bats, spiders and ghosts and ...

a few more "Frankies"

3 Tin Altered Cans

by Big Red Barn

Spooky Bats and Boo Buckets 

by DIY Village

Coffee Can Scarecrow

by Crafts By Amanda

Tin Can Ghost

by Leanne Guenther at DLTK' Crafts for Kids

From Crate & Barrel

Love the gold interior. 

A little more intricate, but you can design the leaves on paper first and punch through it and the can. 

A great knock off project! 

Bootleg Vase

by Camilla of Family Chic

I hope you found some great ideas with these great recycled can projects! If you have any, I'd love to see them. Feel free to share a photo with your comment!

Happy Fall!

Denyse's Team with a Halloween Roundup

Can you believe nearly half of September is gone already?  Denyse was getting ready for Fall and decided to put a few of us together to share some Halloween ideas over at Glitter, Glue & Paint. I'm sharing her post with you so you can check out the eye candy!

Mary Beth from Cupcakes & Crinoline made this wicked awesome door mat for her front door. Wait until you see how she did it. Hint: Years later it still GLOWS!!

Michele from Shelstring, made these glitter spring bats. They are too cute and she had me at GLITTER!

Who does not love a good wine bottle project? Robin from Re-do it Yourself Inspirations shows you how to decorate after you drank that yummy wine.

Kirsten from Sweet Tea & Saving Grace takes her Halloween memories of her daughter and turns it into Halloween decor. So easy, cute and creative!

A Trick-or-Treat jar!!!!! Mindi from My Love 2 Create is passing out more than candy and doing it Apothecary Style.

PIN THIS IMAGE FOR LATER!

I hope you will stop over and visit each of the blogs to be inspired!

Have a "boo-tiful" day!

Spooky Halloween Party Table Decor

Halloween is just around the corner and if you're planning a party... I've got some recycling ideas to make your serving table funny and spooky!

By using bottles, jars and cans, with glued on labels and other embellishments, you can make Halloween table decor much more fun!

Check this out:

Print labels
Trim them off
Glue them onto...

bottles, cans, jars, actually any kind of containers... even wooden fruit crates! Then decoupage over the labels.

... and embellish with beads, jewelry and other trimmings.

The results are dressed up Halloween servers!

These recycled bottles can used for punch, juice, cider, water or whatever your choice beverage is.

I used an old button and twine on the neck of this bottle.

An amethyst and leather bracelet along with a broken pendent decorated this one.

I used an outdated necklace and strung some beads on this bottle.

Here are my other spooky containers.

A can wrapped with the "Scarecrow Stuffings" label and twine glued on is awesome for pretzel rods, lolly pops, twizzlers, etc.

A painted peanut butter jar decorated with rope and an old clip on earring can hold m&ms, candy corn or other treats.

And a spice jar with a satin ribbon tied on can hold tiny candies... like cinnamon buttons.

This cut bottle has "Bat Wings" for a label. It could hold tortilla chips or jerky.
The olive jar is labeled with "Eye of Newt" and would be fun with chocolate chips in it.
And the salsa jar is recycled into a "Dried Rat Tails" container... maybe some small pretzel sticks would be funny!

There are so many different types of containers to use for decor too. You can try salad dressing bottles to make "potions"; ketchup and mustard containers, jam and jelly jars, coffee creamer bottles, and even wicker baskets to hold popcorn, etc.
The ideas are endless.

These bottles would look awesome with grape juice or red fruit punch in them.

This is so easy and fun that the whole family can get in on the crafting to decorate for your party. 

Beads, chains, strings, yarn, leather and much more can be used to decorate around the labels just by simply gluing them on.

I found my labels on Pinterest and I made a board of about 45 of them. If you want to grab these for yourself, here's the link --->  Halloween Labels.

I posted this early enough to get started before October in hopes to give you some ideas for decorating in plenty of time.

Have fun!!!!

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