Small Haunted Cemetery 13" tall on a 6" wood base.

First I was just going to do a little cemetery. Thought it would be cute for my Halloween display. But anyone who know's me, knows I can't just do anything simple. I always seem to have to over do it. Oh well it turned out cute as ever and I love it!

What I used:
1. a 6" wood circle from Hobby Lobby craft dept.
2. Black spray paint
3. Very small detailed branches from my yard. I cut mine at about 13"
4. Glue gun and glue sticks.
5. Black, Gray and Green craft paint and a  Paint brush.
6. Thin card board I used priority mail box that I had from a package I recieved.
7. Cricut machine to cut my House, Spooky gate, and the fince. You could not use these and draw out and cut your own items. Or just do the cemetery with the trees.

What I did:
1. Spray painted my branches black ( Follow directions on can) I used Walmart brand flat black. .99 cents a can.
2. Paint the 6" wood circle black with black craft paint. Let dry
3. Glue branches onto wood circle.

4. Draw and cut out your tomb stones. mine are all about 1" tall. I cut 2 of each from the thin cardboard and glued them together to create the thickness I wanted.

5. Paint them gray with craft paint. I used a green ink pad to enhance the edges but it can be dry brushed a little green around each one to make it look old.

6. Hot glue tomb stones onto wood circle. I did 3 on each side. I would have used more if I stayed with the cemetery only theme.

7. I added green flocking around my trees and then my tomb stones. If you can't find flocking ( I purchased mine at Michael's quite a while back I'm not sure they carry it anymore) you can use green paint or just cover your hot glue that is visible with black paint.

8.With my Cricut machine I cut my house at 12" and added some velum paper to the back to cover the windows.

9. My fince I cut at 1 1/2" the spooky gate was cut at 3"

10. I hot glued these items to the outside edges of  the circle.

11. I used my hot glue gun to create small miss shaped rocks for my walkway from the gate to the Haunted house. When they dried I painted a little craft glue on each one and covered them with the green flocking. Again you could paint them what ever color you want. or not make any at all. 

THATS IT!

I found this display so charming and cute. it really is so small. I hope you enjoyed the house tour. If you share this please link back to or share the information to my blog. 

Thanks for dropping by. Hope to see you soon.

Deanna

Glitter Acorns for Fall

What I used:

1. Acorns from my friend Val's house. She lives in acorn heaven.

2. Glue gun and glue sticks

3. Glitter what ever colors you want. I used Orange, Copper, Bronze, Brown, Green, and smoky Quarts. Mine were Martha Stewart brand. I used them because that is what I had.

4. Elmers Glue. and a paint brush.
5. Piece of scrap paper

How I did mine.

1. First I baked my acorns on a cookie sheet in the oven at 200 degrees for 2 hours.  Let them cool before you do anything else with them.

2. Check caps and hot glue any loose or fallen off caps back onto the acorn. Only takes just a little.

3. Brush elmers ( or other craft glue) onto just the acorn not the top.

4. Over top of your scrap piece of paper sprinkle with your glitter. Set acorn aside to dry on plastic bag or wax paper. Create a crease in your paper and put excess glitter back in container.

5. I left mine alone for a couple hours or so to dry.

THATS IT!
I did 10 of each color and it only took me about a half hour to do them all. ( not including the time it took me to have all my supplies out and ready to go).