Halloween Candy Wrappers

SWE needed a fundraiser for this year and as previously mentioned I love Halloween. So I figured putting them both together was a good idea. I spend a lot of time each day on Pinterest and found this cute idea. They also had a mini version, which is what we eventually used in the sale. This is their PDF for the mini versions. Unfortunately we did not have a paper cutting machine so we cut all of the shapes by hand. 

            When I showed the bats to the group a lot of people mentioned that not everyone likes chocolate. I spent a couple days brain storming and then came up with these. Twizzlers are one of my favorite candies. So I made the Twizzler gut Zombies. One side of the wrappers have been taped back and the other side is stuck through a slit and taped  to the back of the zombie abdomen. It looks like hanging guts which I really enjoy.   

          Then I got inspired to find other shapes that we could make in order to use up other colors in the variety pack paper I had. Ghosts were an obvious choice which I had also seen on Pinterest. I didn't use anyone's actual instructions, but I used the picture featured in this one as inspiration. 

            This is the finished table. We hung a clothes line between two twisty sticks and hung the candies up to bring more attention to the booth and to show off the shape. These would also be cute for parties or trick or treaters. 

Crochet Challenge!! Day 24: Favorite Stitch

Usually I make things like toys and object, so I don't use a particular stitch very often. I did find a stitch that I liked during this challenge, which is the Corner to Corner stitch. It can be used it to make stripes or pictures which is what I have been enjoying. I used this stitch to make the Halloween wall hang and am planning another using the same method. 

Here is the chart for a pumpkin wall hang that I'm planning. Its very easy to make charts like these in paint and its on every computer for free which is a plus. 

I was playing with the stitch this weekend and made this little block. 

You can find the challenge on usscrafty's blog:

  

Finished Halloween Wall Hang

I started this project yesterday and was my first time trying the corner to corner method. The technique makes graphghans so much easier and I really enjoyed it. I followed the crochet crowd's instruction video to learn this stitch.

I included a quarter in the photo for scale. 

Crochet Challenge!! Day 16: Closet Holiday

I started a project at 7:30 hoping I could crochet fast enough to submit for this theme. Unfortunately it is only half done and I have to be up for work in the morning. I'm going to share what I have right now and show the finished product tomorrow.

It is a image of a bat flying in front of the moon made using the corner to corner method. This is my first time using his method and I really like it so far. Halloween is actually my favorite holiday so it's sad that I could make it fast enough to share the whole thing. 

If you would like to join the challenge, here is a link to usscrafy's blog: