Make a Jack O’ Lantern from a Gourd

Good afternoon! Today I’m going to show you something you can do with a plain, old gourd. I’ll admit I didn’t make this one; I bought it last year at the Scarecrow Festival. But these little guys are easily Bride’s and my favorite of our Halloween decorations, even of the ones I’ve made, so I thought I’d show them off!

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Awesome Wheelchair Costumes!

Do y’all want to see something awesome that will also warm your heart?

Check out these super-creative wheelchair costumes! I just pulled a couple pictures off the site to show off. There are a lot more RIGHT HERE!

This one is my favorite.

 Go check them out!

Scarydad Project: Skeleton Jack

Skeleton Jack

Good afternoon faithful Minions. Today I show you how to make your own Skeleton Jack o’ Lantern. Please let me know what you think by adding a comment or sending a message to me at scarydad@scarydad.com

Happy Haunting!

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Pinterest Project: Pumpkin Muffins

Hello there my faithful Fallen. Today we launch the Pinterest Project we discussed last week. This project also falls under the Fun for Under $5 projects that began with some googly eyes. I will be adding some tags and category headings a little later on and hopefully this will be a regular thing. The spirit of DIY is not to have to shell out a bunch of cash to realize an idea. I hope to help with that.

So, here was the project, copied directly from Pinterest, description and all:

Pumpkin Muffins
“Um yum……. I may never eat anything else for breakfast again. Pumpkin Muffins – only 2 ingredients. That’s right, just the cake mix and the pumpkin. No oil, no eggs, no water, nothing else. Bake at 350, this is a Weight Watchers treat, very low cal.”

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Fun for less than $5: Googly Eyes!

Hello minions! As I was lying around the house recovering from the zombie virus I got a little bored and decided to create some friends. You don’t need corpses and lightning to create life in inanimate objects. All you need is a few pair of googly eyes.

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Project: Jack O’ Lantern in the Box

Today’s project is the little Jack O’ Lantern-in-the-box from The Nightmare Before Christmas. This guy shows up about 3/4 of the way through the film when Halloweentown’s Christmas gifts come alive and start terrorizing the children. Above is a screenshot from the film and below is my finished guy:

Continue reading for a tutorial on how to create your own!

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