Spook with Spunk

Hello, All!  I hope you had a wonderful weekend!  I'm glad you are back for another installment of EEK Weeks!  :)

For this week's project, I wanted to do something a little out of the box. :)  I usually stick to the norm when decorating my home for Halloween...orange and black, but I found this adorably precious plaid ribbon with orange, black, purple, and green and inspiration struck!  I thought it would be fun and different to do Halloween fashionably.  Give it a little style by decorating with Halloween colors but using fashionable prints.

I had some paper mache boxes and thought they would be the perfect canvas for my "out of the box" project.

To get started, you will need:  paper mache boxes, craft paint (I used Folk Art acrylic paint in pumpkin, fresh foliage, lavender, and licorice), foam brushes, and ribbon.  Not pictured: marshmallow, black ink pad, cotton ball, graphic pattern print outs, chalk, and stick on gems.

Paint each box a different color.  (I have to admit that it was really hard not to paint the green one like Frankenstein...maybe next year).  :)  Paint each lid black.

Now distress each box using a blank ink pad and a cotton ball.

Paint polka dots onto one of the boxes using a marshmallow.  I got this idea from I Am Momma - Hear Me Roar.  I was a tiny bit disappointed to see that it wasn't creating the perfect circle I had envisioned, but then I realized that this was a fun, Halloween project and the imperfections add to the quirk of it.

I wasn't brave enough to draw out the patterns by hand, so I found a few images on Google and printed them out.  Cover the back of the images with chalk and then tape them onto the box.  Trace over the image with a pen or pencil and then remove the tape.  This was a little idea I found at Sawdust and Paper Scraps.  Now paint the images.

Tada!  I painted the thin, orange stripes using Sharpie's new paint pens.  These babies are cute, but they still need a little more sass.

Cue the gems.  Each box got a sprinkling of them.

Finish off the boxes by stacking one on top of another and tying it them all up with a bow.

I think these turned out so cute!  Definitely spooky, stylish, sassy, and spunky...and any other S word. :)  These could easily be made in any color to work with your decor, and what a fun idea for a holiday gift box!  What do you think? 

See you all next week for another fun fall project!

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