Frugal Friday: Jack-O-Lantern Shape Matching

My kids LOVE Team Umizoomi so I was excited to see these cute printable pumpkins on nickjr.com.  I printed the pumpkins on orange paper and the shapes I printed on white but then colored them with a marker.  I laminated everything, cut them out, added magnets and now the kids have a fun, reusable game that's perfect for Halloween and learning their shapes! 





We used dollar store cookie sheets for ours but they would also be fun to play on the refrigerator.  You don't even have to use magnets if you don't want. 

 

-marie

WIWW: Purple Scarf

 I am really loving scarfs right now!  I think they are a great accessory for a Fall wardrobe.  However, they can get pretty pricey.  I was doing some grocery shopping at Ralph's (a Kroger store) the other day and happened to see a display of scarves.  They were all super cute and only $4.50 each!  I decided to pick up this cute polka dot one.  I love getting a bargain.  :)

Shirt & Jeans: Kohls

Scarf: Ralph's

Boots: Discount Shoe Factory

-marie

Linked to: Rae Gun Ramblings, The Pleated Poppy, Two Thirty-Five Designs, Rolled Up Pretty & Transatlantic Blonde

Halloween Subway Art

Last year I shared with you some Fall Subway Art I made.  I decided to utilize the back of that one and turn it into some Halloween Subway Art.  Two for the price of one. :)

I used my Cricut to cut out a bunch of Halloween related words onto cardstock.  After painting the board black I used Mod Podge to adhere the words on.  I added another coat of Glossy Mod Podge over the entire board to seal it all in. 

I also wanted to show you these platters.  I picked them up at a thrift store for maybe a dollar each.  I love that they are a nice, solid metal (not like the flimsy dollar store ones) and they already came tarnished and vintage-looking.  Add a dollar store crow and some spider webs and they are the perfect Halloween decoration!

-marie

Frugal Friday: Halloween Frames

This is a super easy and really cheap project (my favorite kind!). 

I started out with some ready-to-finish wood frames from Michael's which are only $1.  I spray painted them black, roughed up the edges a bit with sandpaper and then added some embellishments.  That's it!

It's a cute addition to my Halloween decor and it's so fun to display my kids' costumes from the previous year. 

-marie

Halloween Decorations- Part 2

My favorite Halloween Decorations are the white picture frames! I made these a few years ago with Cassidy. We went to our D.I. and picked up some cheap picture frames. We painted them and then roughed them up a little. Cassidy cut out some fun Halloween images on her cricuit and then we applied them to the glass. In order to keep the glass in the frame without the back on the frames we had to hot glue gun the glass to the frames! These turned out so cute and I am happy with the way they look!

What is your favorite Halloween decoration?

-chelz

WIWW- Polka Dots

Shirt- TJMaxx

White under Top- Downeast

Jeans- Jcpenny

Belt- Target

Sandals- Payless (old)

I really like polka dots and when I found this shirt I knew I could wear it with a lot of things, so I had to get it!

-chelz

Linked to: Rae Gun Ramblings, The Pleated Poppy, Two Thirty-Five Designs, Rolled Up Pretty & Transatlantic Blonde

Halloween Decorations- Part 1 Entry Way Mirror

We moved back to Utah last October and are renting a cute little cabin where we live, so ignore the cabin walls and decor. This mirror is in our front entry way and is part of the house but it does make a cute display  place for some of our Halloween decorations! One of my favorite pieces are the little white and black pumpkins with sayings on them. These were a dollar store find a few years back while we were in California visiting Colby and Marie!

As I have mentioned in previous posts, Halloween is my favorite holiday and I have accumulated several decorations for Halloween. Keep an eye out for posts to come of more of my decorations! I have too many pictures to put in one post! 

-chelz