I love decorating for Halloween!
After making my own set of Harry Potter inspired Halloween potions, I thought I should probably have some spell books to go along with them. I mean, how can you create anything worthwhile without instructions, am I right? 😁
Here is how easy it is to create your own:
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Cardboard Book Boxes
I started my project by purchasing blank cardboard books, ready to customize.
I want to say these were $1.99, $2.49 and $2.99 (depending upon size) and I found them at Hobby Lobby. I like them because they are lightweight and easy to store, plus you can tuck some of your breakables away inside if you want 😎
Apple Barrel & Folk Art Paints
I chose to paint my books using a collection of acrylic paint colors that would blend nicely, were fall inspired and went with my overall household decor.
Here are the shades I chose:
Antique White (for the pages)
Metallic Pure Gold
Metallic Rose Gold
Metallic Antique Copper
Territorial Beige
Melted Chocolate
Jet Black
Pages
I first used the antique white to paint out the 'pages' of the books. Instead of aiming for a complete, solid coat, allow the brush strokes to show. If you do it right, it helps give the illusion of sheets of stacked paper.
Prettily Painted
With my pages dry, I painted my covers in two sets; a stack of flat and a stack of metallic. I like to think of how I'm going to display my items when choosing what colors to put where, and had already decided to have them scattered piles.
Using Microsoft Word I created and printed the labels you see above. I separated them into two groups, putting the general potion books on the metallic painted books and the spookier titles on the darker colored books.
(Here is a post from Just A Girl And Here Blog where you can learn to make your own labels)
In case you can't read the labels well, here are my titles:
Confronting the Faceless
The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self Protection
Death Omens - What to do When the Worst is Coming
Potions & Brews
Magical Drafts & Potions
Advanced Potion Making
*All of these titles are from the Harry Potter book series*
Using Mod Podge, I painted the books, stuck the cut out labels in place and then painted over them again. Once dry they made an adorable spooky addition to my Halloween decor!
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I hope you enjoyed this holiday how-to post, thanks for stopping by!
-Jennifer
© Studio 27 by Jennifer Adams 2020
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