Last Minute Halloween Craft

If you're looking for a quick and easy craft to do before Halloween night, this idea, from Martha, is a great one. I picked up a grapevine wreath at Michael's for $3.99 - I couldn't find one as "twiggy" as the one shown on Martha, but this one worked out fine.

Place your wreath in a well-ventilated area (preferably outside!) on top of some newspaper and spray paint one side with matte black spray paint. Once the first side is dry, flip the wreath over and spray paint the second side. You may need to use garden shears or heavy duty utility scissors to cut some of the twigs and pull them out a bit.

Once the wreath is painted and dry, push squishy eyeballs onto the ends of the twigs, completely puncturing the eyeball through both sides so that they will stay on. (I found the small eyeballs at a local shop for $0.25 each and the larger ones were 2 for $1.00 at the dollar shop at Target.) We hung ours on some spiderweb ribbon on our front door. It looks really gross and spooky - perfect! Thanks again Martha!

Comments

[laurie]

eew! great eyeball wreath :) i may have to try that out!

[elizabeth]

that is SPOOK-TACULAR!!! luv it :)

happy halloween a day early from one halloween addict to another.

[Rose]

You're exactly right - spooky, gross and perfect! Happy Halloween!

[sunni]

i love it!!!

[VaxGirl]

If you saw it on her TV show, didn't Martha seem to be having a little too much fun piercing the eyeballs?

I wanted to thank you for the neat-o little skull project. After seeing them, I made some of my own. What a fun project, quick and easy! There's a picture on my blog, if you want to see them.

Thanks!

[Wendy]

My boys love the eyeball wreath! Definitely a must do next year.

[mrspilkington]

too cool! you are the halloween craft queen for sure.

[Strikkelise]

That's horrific. You can actually get eyeballs in the shops? :P

[Elaine]

Hi, I just wanted to say that this made me smile. Thanks.