Oh how I love finding new blogs to read and follow. Lately they have been all things crafty. One that I regularly read, Today's Creative Blog, featured the Two Crafty Sisters. Check them both out. I promise you can spend at least a good half day just oohing and aahing over just their most recent posts. As soon as I saw the Halloween Village blog from the Crafty Sisters I knew that was something I wanted to make myself (on a much smaller scale--like one). So here's a brief step-by-step of how I made the halloween haunted house.
1. I gathered the supplies. I wanted a slightly larger house so I found a barn (that came with a stuffed pig) to use as the house for $5 at Michaels. I also bought the K&C pop-up Halloween Photo Frame ($3) to use as decoration. For the paint I bought just a simple black ($1.20). I used a foam paint brush for painting. To glue the pieces on I used rubber cement.
2. I painted the house. I ended up doing a little touch-up after the first coat, but for the most part one coat worked just fine.
3. Then I removed decorations from the photo frame, trying to keep the foam intact. I thought it would give it more of a 3-D look once applied.
4. Some of the stickiness came off of the decorations in the process of removing them, so I just applied a little rubber cement prior to applying them to the house.
So there you have it. A cute, fun, easy craft for under $10. Love it!
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