Studio 27 - By Jennifer Adams: October 2024

Friday, October 25, 2024

Halloween Sweet Shop

When I found a tiny, spooky looking, house I knew I needed to make a miniature Halloween sweet shop. Read on to see how you can create one yourself:

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Here is the little cardboard house as I found it at the thrift store for $1.99. It looked as though it had been painted orange at first and then brown on top. Since I was using it for Halloween and I liked the layered coloring I decided to leave the paint as it was.

Here is a set of 6 similar cardboard houses that you can decorate however you would like.

The first thing that I did was to add some faux chocolate bars to the front. These are sections of clay that I cut into rectangular shapes, scored to create the break apart lines and then painted in acrylic once dry. I attached them to the house with hot glue.

Using plastic sprinkles and craft glue I added a textured roof. Just paint on a reasonable thick layer of glue and then press your sprinkles into place. My 'sprinkles' are the tiny plastic bits from inside of a Find It toy, but here are some similar. Unless you snag a Find It toy for a dollar at a yard sale (like I did) it's way cheaper to buy faux sprinkles. Just mix and match the colors of your choice.

I finished up the house with a few more details; the Sweet Shop sign label is two layers of puffy paint, The pumpkin and ice cream candies are clay that I pressed into a candy mold and then painted in acrylic, the dollops of whipped cream are light weight spackle and the tiny chocolate bits were made just as I made the larger bars.

And that's my Halloween sweet shop! I like to display it with the rest of my Halloween fake bakes.

Interested in more fake bake crafts?

Check out these posts:

Faux Cupcakes

Faux Cupcakes: Candy Series

Chocolate Bunnies & Eggs

Crib Sheets Turned Ice Cream Tray

Jello Mold Recycle : Strawberry Chocolate

Strawberry Shortcake Fake Bake

Hostess Cupcakes

Fake Bake Ice Cream

Fake Bakes - Jellies & Jams

Pumpkin Soup Decor

Faux Pumpkin Pies

Snow White's Poison Apple

Dollhouse Turned Gingerbread House

Fake Bake Breakfast Cereal

Fake Bake Faux Lollipops

Checkers Turned Faux Cookies

Faux Food From Dollar Tree Pet Toys

Popsicle Decor From Pool Noodles & Sponges

How I Made My Faux Bread

Cupcake Tree Ornaments

Fake Bakes Using Miniature Molds

Faux Decor Ice Cream Container

Faux Stick Of Butter

Cake Pan Upcycle - Strawberry Layer

Fake Bake Pineapple Upside Down Cake

Salt Dough Fun

Fake Bake Canned Fruits And Vegetables

Fall Fake Bake Decor

Halloween Fake Bakes

Fake Bake Birthday Decor

DIY Giant Faux Cookie

Easter Bunny Faux Chocolate Box

Jar of Faux Chocolate Bunnies

Spring Fake Bakes

Beach Themed Fake Bakes

Fake Bake Decor: Strawberries & Lemonade

Giant Faux Cookie Decor

Salt Dough Pizzas

4th of July Fake Bakes

Fake Bake Decor: Summer Citrus

Halloween Salt Dough Cookies

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I hope you enjoyed this fake bake post, thanks for stopping by!

-Jennifer

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Friday, October 18, 2024

DIY Framed Skeletons

I wanted to add some framed skeletons to my Halloween decor and made up a couple myself. Read on to see how easy you can make some up as well:

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I started my project with a few thrifted frames and some Dollar Tree skeletons. You can pick up your frames at Dollar Tree as well, you will just need to remove the glass for this project.

I sprayed my frames in gold because that's my favorite, but these would look great in any color you choose!

I decided to go with a 5X7 size for the little human skeletons. While the paint was drying on the frames I cut some cream colored cardstock and glued it to the frame backing. This made a simple and clean backdrop for the skeleton that goes with my home decor.

Using hot glue I fixed the little guy in place.

Here is how the pair turned out. I like the gold and cream for my house, but there are soooo many options here. You can customize them to fit your decor or make them Halloween traditional with orange and black.

My larger frame was too big for the cardstock that I had on hand and I didn't want any seams on the surface. I decided to pull out some leftover contact paper with complimentary colors and covered the frame's previous artwork with it.

Using hot glue again I made sure that this bat was held tightly in place.

And that's how I put together my framed skeletons!

I like how the different backgrounds give more interest to the grouping, I think it turned out better than if they had all been the same. What colors/ themes would you use?

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Want to see more of my Halloween crafts and decor?

Harry Potter Spell Books

Eyeball Plant

Snow White's Poison Apple

Spooky Blackbird Pie

Dollhouse Turned Halloween Decor

Halloween Specimens

Halloween Village From Christmas Houses

Halloween Tree From Easter Decor

Halloween Oddities

Halloween Decor

Witches Robes

Baking Pan Makeover - Halloween House

Halloween Fake Bakes

Halloween Salt Dough

Dragon's Egg Decor

Customize A Thrifted Painting For Halloween

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-Jennifer

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Friday, October 11, 2024

Customize A Thrifted Painting For Halloween Decor

I've been seeing examples of people taking old paintings and adding new details to make them completely different pictures. Sometimes they are funny (think dinosaurs and even aliens) but most of them have been Halloween inspired. I decided that my dining room mantel could use a Halloween painting and gave the trend a try myself, check it out:

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Here is the painting that I started with, only $5 from the thrift store. I chose this one for fall colors and because I could easily imagine a family of ghosts spending a day at the shore. What also made this painting suitable for me was the lack of a glass front. Not only did I not have to mess with taking the frame apart, but it made the painting a lot lighter and easier to move in and out of storage.

To create my ghost family I grabbed a silver Sharpie and drew the ghost shapes. A black Sharpie detailed the faces of those looking forward and made the swing. For the clouds I used a sponge brush and a bit of gray acrylic paint.

Note - If your paining doesn't have glass and you want to better protect it, give it a coating of clear sealant spray.

Here is the painting as a whole- a group of ghosts are now enjoying a misty day by the water.

This was such an easy project, just five dollars a couple of permanent markers and some acrylic paint! And that's my customized Halloween painting.

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Want to see more of my Halloween crafts and decor?

Harry Potter Spell Books

Eyeball Plant

Snow White's Poison Apple

Spooky Blackbird Pie

Dollhouse Turned Halloween Decor

Halloween Specimens

Halloween Village From Christmas Houses

Halloween Tree From Easter Decor

Halloween Oddities

Halloween Decor

Witches Robes

Baking Pan Makeover - Halloween House

Halloween Fake Bakes

Halloween Salt Dough

Dragon's Egg Decor

I hope you enjoyed this how-to post, thanks for stopping by!

-Jennifer

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Friday, October 4, 2024

Make Your Own Dragon's Egg

I was thrifting when I found a large egg shaped cake pan set for a couple of dollars and I thought it would make a great dragon egg for Halloween! Read on to see how I did it:

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The cake pan set came in two halves so that you can bake two half eggs separately .... I don't know if people somehow put the two pieces of cake together or if they display them as two separate halves, but that doesn't apply here anyway 😄 Since I was making a dragon's egg, I knew that I needed them to be glued together.

The two pans didn't meet perfectly so I made sure to add extra hot glue into the open cracks.

*Note - I made my dragon's egg from these pans because that's what I happened to find one day, but it isn't necessary. There are lots of giant foam eggs you can find around Easter time that you can easily redecorate in the same way!

I wanted my egg to have a leather-like texture so I covered the entire thing in strips of painter's tape. I happened to have green tape on hand, but any color of painter's or masking tape will work - you just might have to paint over it.

Using Appel Barrel English Ivy and Marsh Green I painted my egg starting with the darker shade of green first.

English Ivy First

Since I like the color of my painter's tape I didn't work to cover it up completely.

Marsh Green Second

I applied both colors with a sponge brush so that the egg had a mottled look.

Gold Glitter

When the paint was dry I sprayed the egg with a light coating of spray adhesive and sprinkled on gold glitter. I went back and sprayed another coat of the adhesive over the glitter as well to make sure that it stays in place.

I decided that the egg could use a little more interest and sponged on a little black as well.

The black I applied very sporadically without any real pattern.

And here is the finished dragon's egg. I now keep it in a cauldron nearby my potion station - you can see that and the rest of my Halloween decor in this post 😎

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I hope you enjoyed this how-to post, thanks for stopping by!

-Jennifer

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