15 Tricks to Treat Your Halloween, Mommy is Coocoo

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Hello!  I mean BOO!!!  I am Amanda and I blog at mommy is coocoo.  My blog is all about family, DIY decorating and fun.  I am delighted Katie invited me to be a part of her Halloween series.

 

This is the whole coocoo family!

Me, my three little bears, and my pimp Mr. coocoo.

 

Today I am going to share some of our families Halloween Decor which includes whimisal, thrifty decorations {mostly bought on clearance the day after Halloween} with a little easy DIY.

 

 

When I decorate for Halloween I like to put cobwebs on just about everything!  Cobwebs are a great way to add a little creepiness to your home and they are cheap.

 

 





 

I bought these clearance spiders last year for a few dollars!

 

These {not so} spooky pillows were on clearance too!



 

 

Who doesn't love a glitter skeleton?
 

 

My coocoo kids call her Grace because

 she hangs by our kitchen table {where we say grace}.

 

 

I used grocery store bags to make this pennant banner in six easy steps.  Click here if you'd like to make one too. 

 

Pumkins and LED candles are perfect in our fireplace.
 

 

However, this extra spooky dust is only available at the coocoo's house. Don't try to replicate it.  It's one of a kind.
 

Mr. coocoo thought I had totally lost it when I spray-painted this branch from our backyard and brought it inside {to be fair, I did hang it above our cooktop}.



 

I added a $1 plastic mouse to complete the look. See my DIY from the backyard tutorial here
 

 

 

Thanks for allowing me to share our Halloween decor with you and your readers Katie! 

 

If you'd like to see more of our coocoo home or just learn a little more about the coocoo family visit me @ mommy is coocoo!

I love her decorations! And I love that she does it on the cheap! Can't ask for much more. Make sure to stop by and say Hey to Amanda, she is a hoot!
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15 Tricks to Treat Your Halloween, Days of Chalk

Pin It Hi everyone! My name is Jenny and I blog over at Days of Chalk and Chocolate. It's there that I chronicle my days as a teacher, mother, DIY fanatic, and crafter.  I'm so excited to be a part of Katie's Halloween series at Katie Did It!  I hope you'll check out her blog for all the fun Halloween inspired ideas that are being showcased!

Halloween is my favorite holiday and my sweet daughter Molly was born on Halloween so we do it up big time.  Some of my favorite projects are inspired by the season and the holiday!

Candy Corn Cookies

Bewitch Banner

Sweet Potato Brownies with Buttered Maple Glaze

My all time favorite though is my Halloween Glam Wreath and it was pretty easy to do!  I'd love to share it with you!  You can see more pictures here.

Step 1:  Gather your supplies. You will need 1 wreath form, about a half a yard ( maybe less) of white linen fabric cut into strips (I varied my lengths and widths), several long, wider strips of any white  fabric, glue gun, black/white/gray embellishments such as flowers, beads, etc., black thread, and 1 black glitter foam sheet.

Step 2:  Using your thicker, longer strips, start wrapping your wreath completely.  Secure every so often with hot glue.

Step 3:
Begin tying your smaller strips randomly around the wreath to create the look of mummy wrappings. I secured each tie with a small bead of hot glue so they would stay put. I varied where I tied the knot on the wreath, some are tied high and some are low.

Continue tying until you achieve the look you like. I ended up with strips every inch or so all the way around the wreath.

Step 4:  Glue on your embellishments. Lay them out first on the wreath before you glue to find the placement you like best.

Step 5 & 6:
Find a bat silhouette. I found one I liked on Google Images. Print, cut out, and trace on the reverse side of the glitter foam sheet. Cut out. My glitter foam had a adhesive back.  So I peeled it off after cutting it and I stuck it onto a length of thread. I then hot glued the bat to the thread to ensure it doesn't fall off.  Next I tied the thread to the wreath in between the strips so the tied part was hidden by the fabric. Then I put a bead of hot glue on the back to secure it to the wreath. And done!

Thanks again, Katie, for giving me the opportunity to share my Halloween Glam wreath!  I'd love to see you all over at Days of Chalk and Chocolate!

Cheers!
Jenny

Jenny so nice, and she has great projects on her blog. As eveidence from above... How GORG is that wreath?! Make sure you stop by to say hey!

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15 Tricks to Treat Your Halloween, Winthrop Chronicles

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Hi, I'm Sarah and I blog over at The Winthrop Chronicles. I am so excited to be here with you today! I am a TV news reporter turned stay at home mom of three little ones. I love it and stay pretty busy, but have always loved to do crafts and to decorate, so I do that any chance I get. 

I also love to bake. When it gets to be fall around here, I am all about pumpkin. I try to incorporate it in to as many recipes as I can. Today I want to share with you some pumpkin cupcakes with maple cream cheese frosting. 

 

 

 

 

 

Pumpkin Cupcakes

2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

1 tablespoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/2 cup butter, softened (one stick)

1 1/3 cups packed brown sugar

2 eggs

1 cup canned pumpkin

3/4 cup 2 percent reduced fat-milk

3/4 cup chopped walnuts (I left these out, but I am sure they would be delicious included)

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Place 24 paper muffin cup liners in muffin tins.

Sift together the flour, baking powder, soda, salt and cinnamon. Place butter and brown sugar in a large bowl and beat with a mixer at medium speed until light and fluffy. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Add pumpkin, beating on low speed. Add flour mixture and milk alternately to sugar mixture, beginning and ending with flour, beating on low speed. Stir in nuts.

Spoon batter in to muffin cups filling each about two-thirds full. Bake 25 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely on a wire rack before icing.

Maple Cream Cheese Icing

1/4 cup butter (1/2 stick) softened

8 ounces cream cheese, softened

3 cups powdered sugar

1/2 cup maple syrup

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Place all ingredients in a large mixing bowl; beat with mixer on medium speed until smooth. Spread over cooled cupcakes. 

 

 

I would love for you to stop by my blog sometime to say hi! I have a craft/recipe link party on Tuesdays and photography 101 tips Friday! 

 

Oh MY, those look Delicious! Make sure you check out Sarah's blog for lots of great projects and a fun link party! Thanks Sarah!

 

 

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Fall {Porch} Decorations

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Happy Fall Y'all!! I, like many of you, just love this time of year. The fresh crisp air, the changing and falling leaves, the pumpkins.... Ahhhh. Just, love. And this year I am really able to actually celebrate this love that I have for the season in the right way. I have a mantel {you can check out the tutorial on how I made it here}, and a front porch since we now live in a house. Yesssss. So what do you think I did? Went out and bought lots of pumpkins and flowers and gourds? And arranged them all in a perfectly imperfect way? Gosh. You guys know me so well. So, you ready to see it? Cause I've got lots of pics. Lots of inspiration for your own front porches.

Funny, story. I was out in front taking all these pictures at all these weird angles, with my little guy in his pac n play just giggling and chattering away {he loooves to be outside!}, as these neighbors walked by with their dog. They saw me and said, 'It looks nice!' I laughed and said thanks, but I have to admit. I was a tad embarrassed. I didn't want to be THAT neighbor. Oh well.

 

I LOVE this little ladder. I picked it up at a garage sale one morning. I happened to spy it in the corner and I immediately dropped whatever it was that I had in my hand and ran over to it. I basically yelled asked the guy how much he wanted for it, and he said, oh, I don't want to ask too much for it, so, is a a dollar OK? I snorted chuckled sweetly and handed over my dollar. And here she is in her debut.

Yep. What a keeper. That gourd in the middle was too awesome with it's stem, and I think that wee little pumpkin at the bottom just upped the cute factor a tad.

Do you like my duck? He was actually here when we moved in. We named him Howard.

These are my favorite two gourds. I was never really into gourds before, but when I was buying my pumpkins I saw this bag of them, and they really caught my eye. So added some in this year, and I really like how they've added more texture and color.

 

I don't remember what the names of these flowers are, but I was able to find some really full and pretty ones at Wal-Mart!

Do you know what that is? It's an old gas can! My dad found it at my grandad's ranch and brought it back for me. I wasn't really sure what I would do with it, but as I was putting this display together, I decided to add it in. And it turned out to add lots of character to the rustic display!

So what do you think? You like it? Are pumpkins and flowers and gourds your thing? What do you like to decorate with on your front porch?

I hope you enjoyed your time sitting on my front porch and having a cup of coffee!



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