One night in July (yes July) I was visualizing my living room in October. And I thought “How cute would witch hats be in those silver frames?!”
And I think I was right. Seriously, I love these!
Here is the process of how I made them:
Supplies:
- Styrofoam cylinder
- Styrofoam circle a little wider than the base of the cylinder
- Strong craft glue
- Black fabric strips
- Straight pins
- Mod Podge
- Orange paint
- White fabric
- Cardboard
- Krylon Glitter Blast in Gold
First, I cut a cylinder in half vertically, then cut the circle in half. I used the strong craft glue (E-6000) to glue them together. This made the witch hat form.
After I made the forms, I used Krylon Glitter Blast to spray these black and glittery. But it didn’t work very well…and ended up looking a bit industrial and uninspired. I decided to take black strips of fabric and cover the form. I used straight pins to keep the fabric in place, wrapping the fabric around the form and pinning.
After wrapping my forms with fabric, I painted Mod-Podge all over to get it to stay in place. It wasn’t completely smooth, but I liked the look, making it look like it’s a real fabric hat.
After the Mod-Podge dried, I embellished the hats with some lace, ribbon, and flowers. I kept it simple and kind of vintage-y, and I just pinned on the embellishments so that I can change them next year if I want.
For the background, I decided to make my own orange and white striped fabric. I used white canvas and wrapped it around cardboard. Then I taped my lines using Scotch Painters Blue tape with Edge Lock. It did a great job!
I used Plaid Paints orange paint to paint the stripes.
And for the final step, I sprayed a little of the Krylon Glitter Blast in gold on the orange stripes to glam it up a bit. I really like this little touch!
After it all dried, I put the cardboard in the frames and just used more pins to attach the witch hats. Such a fun touch! (And I hung up the feather wreath that I made about 5 years ago.)
Linking up to:
Organize and Decorate Everything
Mushki Loves
Someday Crafts
Wickedly Creative Halloween Crafts by Itsy Bitsy Paper
Tatertots and Jello
Flamingo Toes
I Heart Naptime
Home Stories from A to Z
I’m Topsy Turvy
Fireflies and Jellybeans
Somewhat Simple
House of Hepworths
shelley says
October 5, 2011 at 12:20 pmThey are awesome!!! Love the graphic look with the stripes and that they’re 3-D. And, thinking about Halloween decor in July is totally something I’d do 😀
Amie {Kitty Cats and Airplanes} says
October 5, 2011 at 12:29 pmLove it!!! So creative, and I love the addition of the silver strip. Looks fantastic!
Leanne says
October 5, 2011 at 3:15 pmThose are so cute! You are one creative lady. Hope you’re doing well.
Kim says
October 5, 2011 at 5:43 pmGreat Job! These are so cute and creative!! I was dreaming about my fall decor in July too 😉 Love the stripes!
amanda at every creative endeavor says
October 5, 2011 at 11:33 pmVery Cute Heidi! Very Cute!!
Natalie says
October 6, 2011 at 4:12 amOMG so creative! Wow! I love it and it really adds to your livingroom! Thanx for sharing!
Natalie
http://www.projectdowhatyoulove.wordpress.com
Lindy@ItsyBitsyPaper says
October 6, 2011 at 12:30 pmGreat project! I hope you’ll link this post up to my Wickedly Creative Halloween Ideas Party.
http://www.itsybitsypaperblog.com
Heidi @ Honeybear Lane says
October 6, 2011 at 7:40 pmThanks! I will link up!
Kara says
October 6, 2011 at 10:20 pmThis is such a cute idea Heidi! I am totally pinning it! 🙂
Heidi @ Honeybear Lane says
October 7, 2011 at 8:39 pmThanks Kara! Hope that darling baby of yours is doing well!
Bekah@IfWorkPermits says
October 8, 2011 at 4:23 amThese are adorable! And really easy to make! I am really into witches this year… sooo cute 🙂
Heidi @ Honeybear Lane says
October 8, 2011 at 4:24 amThanks Bekah! (They were easy, just a little time intensive for me!)
Lindsay says
October 8, 2011 at 1:32 pmThese are the CUTEST! I am so impressed by your creativity! Great job making a really fun decor!
somedaycrafts says
October 8, 2011 at 2:56 pmI love this! The hats, the wreath, the orange and white! Darling. I am featuring this at somedaycrafts.blogspot.com.
Leanne says
October 8, 2011 at 10:17 pmI featured this on my blog today. Love them!
Sammie says
October 9, 2011 at 12:58 amThese are TOO stinkin cute! You are brilliant!
Carissa says
October 11, 2011 at 6:26 amWhat a cute idea. I found your post through the Crafterminds facebook group. I’ve been to your site before but now I’m your newest follower!
Heidi @ Honeybear Lane says
October 12, 2011 at 3:25 pmHi Carissa! Thanks for following!
Sharon says
October 12, 2011 at 12:28 pmThese are so cute, and what an original idea! Bravo! I would love to feature this tute on our blog, http://www.craftsncoffee.wordpress.com, o.k.? Sharon
Heidi @ Honeybear Lane says
October 12, 2011 at 3:24 pmThank you! I would appreciate that. (Please don’t post the entire tutorial, thanks.)
Sharon says
October 12, 2011 at 9:31 pmHi Heidi,
Thank you so much! I just used two of your photos, and linked back to your tutorial. I hope you like it! And of course, please let me know if there’s anything I should change. Happy Halloween! Sharon (p.s. love your quilts!)
Christy says
October 12, 2011 at 4:05 pmThis is fabulous! Thanks for sharing. I’m gonna try this. : )
Christy from http://www.WhimsicalWhimsies.com
Samantha says
October 15, 2011 at 2:24 amVery cute! Love your style!
🙂 crafty texas girls
Heidi @ Honeybear Lane says
October 15, 2011 at 3:12 amThanks Samantha!
Mod Podge Amy says
October 20, 2011 at 11:18 pmHeidi, these are crazy cute. I mean seriously – I can’t hardly stand it!
Heidi @ Honeybear Lane says
October 21, 2011 at 4:54 amThanks Amy!!!