Halloween Ideas & Projects By Glue Dots Adhesives

Halloween Kid Crafts!

B and I decided it was time to do some simple Halloween crafts this week and I thought I’d share them with you as they are easy to replicate with common craft supplies and a willing child of about this age.

Project 1: Boo!

Supplies:
Patterned paper - 3 sheets (8.5x11 is fine)
Glue Dots® Glue Lines
Pencil
Safety Scissors
Embellishments of your choice (See project 2 and 3).
Template —- See below

Instructions:
1. Pick a word of your choice.  We chose “Boo” but you might want a word with less round letters for easy cutting. We used SEI large chipboard letters I got in a kit a few years ago as our template.  We worked together to trace around the letters onto our patterned paper.  Alternatively, you could print out large letters to trace or print them directly onto the patterned paper saving a step.

2.  Cut around the outside and inside lines with safety scissors.

3. Embellish using glitter, google eyes, stickers, or other items from your craft stash.  Alternatively, see project 2 and 3 for another craft idea to dress up your letters.

4.  Adhere to the child’s door using the Glue Lines and enjoy!

Project 2: Sparkly Spider - I like sparkly not spooky spiders so our first embellishment was shiny!

Supplies:

Four silver pipe cleaners
Glue Dots®  Craft Dots
Safety Scissors

Optional:
2 Tiny googly eyes
Mini-Glue Dots®

Instructions:

1.  Cut two pipe cleaners into quarters.

2. Cut the third pipe cleaner in half.

3.  Wrap the remaining pipe cleaner in a spiral shape to create a circle about one inch in diameter.

3. Add Craft two Craft Dots to each side of the circle and lay each of the four short pipe cleaner pieces across the dots to form eight legs.

4. Bend the tips of each “leg” down a bit.

5. Add a fifth Craft Dot to the spider to attach the remaining half a pipe cleaner which will form a strand to connect the spider to the word you’ve created.  (This is optional as you can just use the spider as is).

6.  Optional: use 2 tiny Glue Dots to attach googly eyes to your spider.

Project 3: Paper Spider - This was my Mom’s take on the spider concept— very cute.

Supplies:
Left over patterned paper
Glue Dots® Craft Dots
Safety Scissors
Googly Eyes
Cord

Instructions:  This is very similar to the above, but with paper rather than pipe cleaners.

1.  Let the child cut strips of paper from the left over scraps of Project 1.

2. Cut a small mouth out of the remaining scraps.

3.  Trace and cut out a 1-2 inch circle for the body of the Spider.

4.  Attach googly eyes and mouth using Craft Dots.

5.  Work together to attach each leg to the body using the Craft Dots or Mini-Glue dots and bend down the ends of the legs as with the Sparkly Spider.

6.  Attach string or cord  with Craft Dots and hang from your word.

These projects are very simple and straightforward intentionally.  They work with what is capable of a small child around age 2-4 in terms of dexterity and the length of time they can focus. They are designed to use common craft supplies so they can be done quickly at minimal expense.  I also didn’t try to force his choice of where to put the spider or overly style the end result as I want it to still be his work and his project.  I think it was one that we all enjoyed and I smile each time I walk by.

Cut down a long kraft envelope to about 6” tall.

Punch large holes in the top with 1/2” circle punch.

Cut and adhere patterned paper and coordinating strip at the bottom with Glue Dots® Dot N’ Go.

Layer doily and bingo card with Glue Dots® Dot N’ Go as well.

Apply Pop Up Glue Dots® to the back of tag and adhere.

Tie ribbon, thread twine, apply Craft Glue Dots® to back of button and press in to center of ribbon knot.

Finish off with star trinket pin.

Project and Photo Credit: Michelle Philippi- http://michellephilippi.com

Planning a Halloween party for your child, this year? Why not let him/her help you create the Halloween party invitations? With this simple card design, you can have 12 personalized invitations created in just one afternoon.

Materials:

• 2 - 9x12 Watercolor papers (90#)
• 1 - 4x6 blank greeting card with envelope
• 1 - 4x6 cardstock, white
• 1/2 inch letters: b, o, o
• Glue Dots® Continuous Lines
• Pop Up Glue Dots® 
• Mini Glue Dots®
• White Gesso paint
• Liquitex acrylic paint
• Black marker
• Paper towels
• Water

Tools:

• Pencil
• Ghost cookie cutter
• Wooden fence template
• Sea sponge
• Paint brush
• Craft knife
• Scissors
• Self-healing cutting mat

Instructions:

• Paint both sheets of watercolor paper with gesso. Let dry.

• Paint 1 sheet of watercolor paper with dark colors and the other with lighter colors. For this example, I used brown, red, copper, and blue for the darker sheet and two shades of green for the lighter sheet. Let dry.
  
  
• Dab sea sponge into white, red, and cream colored paint, then gently tap it onto the lighter paper. Let dry.
  
  
• Turn the light colored paper over, place the cookie cutter on top of the paper, trace the shape, and cut with scissors.

• Trace the fence onto white cardstock.

• Sketch a leafless tree on the right side of the cardstock.

• Place the cardstock on top of cutting mat and use craft knife to cut out the fence and tree.
• Outline the fence and color in the tree with a black marker.
• Fold the greeting card in half, place it on top of the backside of the dark colored paper, and trace with a pencil.
• Cut out the 4x6 shape.
• Use Glue Dots® Continuous Line Adhesive to adhere the back of the dark paper onto the front of the greeting card.

• Use the black marker to sketch texture (wood grain) into the fence. 

• Turn the ghost over and use Glue Dots® Pop Up Adhesive to adhere the ghost on top of the fence. (This particular adhesive will give the illusion of the ghost floating on top of the fence.)

• Turn your letter pieces over and use Glue Dots® Mini Dots Adhesive to adhere the letters on top of the right side of the fence.

• Use the black marker to trace an outline around the entire card.

You can even create a cute invitation for your next Haunted House by choosing to use a house-shaped cookie cutter instead of a ghost. Here’s an example:

Here’s a tip for using Glue Dots® Adhesives:
These adhesives are double sided and pressure-sensitive. When you place the Glue Dots® Adhesive on the back of your watercolor paper, rub your finger over the liner a few times before removing it. If you don’t, the adhesive will come right up as you pull back the liner.

Also, because all Glue Dots are permanent aside from Removable Glue Dots® and Poster Glue Dots®, make sure you have everything lined up exactly right. If, for some reason your background paper is slightly off on one side, just trim the card to line up with your background paper.

Design and Photo Credit-  Alyice Edrich

• Cardstock:  white, orange, purple, green, black, yellow, orange glitter
• Craft Glue Dots®  
• Sparkly Fluff - Our Craft Lounge
• Cricut machine and cartridges (Used Here: Sure Cuts a Lot software-the Happily Ever After Cricut cartridge, and the George and Basic Shapes cartridge.  You can find similar images on other cartridges.) – Provo Craft
• Souffle pens – Sakura
• Stamps:  Everyday Character Faces – Peachy Keen Stamps; Owl – Hampton Arts
• Ribbon
• White gel pen
• Clear glitter pen
• Chalk
• Black permanent ink
• White ink

Directions  (Refer to photos for placement of all pieces.)

1.      Using Cricut machine and cartridges of choice, cut the following:

•  15 scalloped triangles at 4” from orange, green, and purple cardstock.
•  14 circles at 3 ½” from black cardstock.
•  1 circle at 3 ½” from yellow cardstock.
•  1 circle at 2” from green cardstock
•  1 scalloped circle at 2 ½” from orange cardstock
•  1 pumpkin (blackout) at 2 ½” from orange cardstock
•  The letters “H-A-P-P-Y-H-A-L-L-W-E-E-N” AT 3” from orange glitter cardstock.

•  1 spider at 3” from black cardstock.

2.       Stamp face onto pumpkin using black ink and onto spider using white ink.  Color whites of eyes with white gel pen.

3.      Using Souffle pens, add dots and dashes around the edges of the  circles.

4.      Adhere circles to triangles, following pattern in photo.

5.      Stamp owl onto white cardstock using permanent black ink.

6.      Apply Glue Dots all over owl’s surface, being careful to avoid the eyes.

7.      Sprinkle Sparkly Fluff and press gently to adhere to owl.

8.      Layer the owl, the green circle, and the scalloped orange circle.

9.      Using the photo as a guide, adhere letters and shapes to black circles using Glue Dots®.

10.  Thread triangles on ribbon and hang.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

The idea behind this Halloween decoration is that you’re not quite sure what you’re gonna get when you open the box!  While you can fill the box with treats, it can also be filled with any type of treasure like photos, a mini scrapbook, or memorabilia. 

Here’s what I used to create it:

Glue Dots®

One unfinished wood box (found at any craft store)

Basic Grey’s Eerie collection paper

Black cardstock

Acrylic paint (Purple, Black)

Distress ink (Black Soot)

Alcohol ink (Caramel)

Distress Stickles (Rock Candy)

Sizzix die cuts (Spooky House, Picket Fence)

Grungeboard die cut (Skeleton)

Acetate

Chipboard/cardboard

File (for distressing and finishing edges)

Instructions:

1- Paint the inside and outside of the box that will not be covered by paper. (This can be as much or as little as you would like.)

2- Take measurements and using Glue Dots®, add paper to the sections of the box that you would like covered.

3- File edges and shade with distress ink.

4- Punch out assorted die cuts with black cardstock and paint assorted chipboard/cardboard pieces; add Stickles for texture.

5- After drying, add the pieces as desired with Glue Dots®. (Note: Pop Up Glue Dots® help add dimension.)

6- To create a “window” for the top of the box, decorate a chipboard/cardboard shape with alcohol ink (or distress ink) and attach it to a piece of acetate with Mini Glue Dots®.  Attach the assembled window to the box with additional Mini Glue Dots®.

7- Fill with treats or tricks!

Project and Photo Credit: Christy Rather

Here are the different ways to use Glue Dots® Adhesives.

The spider web was made with Glue Dots® Adhesives Continuous Lines and covered with Martha Stewart black flock.  Lay down each line of adhesive, rub it with your finger then remove the plastic.  Rubbing the adhesive down before removing the plastic assures that the Glue Dots® Adhesive is evenly adhered to the canvas.  Then take the black flocking and spread it across the adhesive, lightly pressing it into the Continuous Lines.  Tap off all excess.  Because your Glue Dots® Adhesives are not wet you can use a soft brush to remove any flocking that is on the canvas.  

The foil accents around the edges were made with Craft Glue Dots® by stretching them onto the canvas, rubbing the foil on top of it.  If you wait a day the strength the adhesive will cause it to reshape itself giving the foiled accent a distressed look.  You can go back over it and rub a little more foil onto the adhesive after it “distresses.”   

Used Craft Glue Dots®  and stretch them across the witches hat and broom.  Then wrap the edges of the adhesive underneath so it will leave a smooth edge.  Our Craft Lounge Platinum Sparkly Fluff was then added by pressing it into the adhesive. By using Craft Glue Dots® you can get a much thicker look and feel  for the fluff. 
 

Pop Up Glue Dots® are a favorite Glue Dots® for creating 3D Dimension!  Instead of being “sticky” on the top and bottom, Pop Up Glue Dots® are all “sticky” on all sides since they are thicker.  You can also stack them as you wish to create the right height as seen here with the lamp post and spider. 

Project and Photo Credit- Debbie Lewis- http://debbysdares.blogspot.com

Materials Needed:

 Glue Dots®

 Card Base: The Paper Studio 5x7 Kraft Card Base and Envelope

Patterned Paper and Journaling Cards: Graphic45

Alphabet: American Crafts and Adornit

Staples: Tim Holtz

Other: Orange Colored Vintage Milk Cap

Directions:

1. Trim double-sided patterned paper 1/2 inch smaller than card base length (6.5”) and add 3” extra to the width (8”) to create the pocket and lip.

2. Score and fold patterned paper at 4.5” and at 7.5” and fold to create a pocket and the lip.  

3. Adhere patterned paper to card base with Glue Dots®.

4. Fold back lip and staple. Next, insert memorabilia, cards, buttons, milk caps, etc., that coordinates with the card.

5. Finally, add sentiment using large, bold-colored chipboard letters and you’re done!

Design and Photo Credit: Lynn Warner