Halloween houses

Last Halloween craft and it's an easy one :-)
I used this house pattern, transferred it to black and white paper using carbon, it doesn't show on the black paper but on the white it's pretty visible. So I had my nephew paint over the blue lines with a black marker and gave him a silver marker to paint the black houses. I think it's easier for a kid to paint on the paper when it's flat, after he painted them I used glue on the flaps and mini wooden pegs to hold them while the glue dried.

While I waited I made a super quick mini bat garland, just cut bat shapes and little triangles from black paper, add a dab of glue on the back side and glue them on jute string. I used scotch tape to stick it on the wall behind my houses but if you have washi tape with a Halloween pattern that will look great!

The fun thing about these houses is that their tops are not glued so you can lift them and use the inside of the house to keep candy or spooky decorations :-)

xoxo
Aleka

Linked to Homework, Lizmarieblog & Whipperberry

Felt bones

Halloween is a holiday we don't have in Greece, there is a similar holiday called "Apokries" where people dress up but it's not really linked to witches, monsters and scary things. So I've learned to love Halloween from movies, one of my favorites is Tim Burton's "Nightmare before Christmas" and this absolutely fantastic song!
So here's a super easy tutorial for making felt bones. I've used grey and black felt and after cutting out the shapes I stitched them together with matching thread colors and stuffed them with polyfill batting. You can use the last image as a guide for the shapes, the three bone shapes fit an A4 page. Just right click and save the image.
You can make lots and lots of them to have as decorations for Halloween :-)
Have a lovely weekend,
Aleka

New in the shop - Halloween preview!

 miniature tombstones

 Halloween miniature house

 miniature gravestones

clay bones mobile

Really excited for Halloween, in my mind this song is playing and I'm singing along hehe :-)
And made some new items for the shop: tombstones, bone mobiles and little haunted houses. Definitely not for the faint of heart!
xoxo
Aleka

Monday moodboard - Spooky

{1. photo by shashamane 2. bat decoration from OverTheRainbowTextil

3. crow by sabiesabi 4. bat necklace from JujuTreasures}

Halloween is an American tradition that has found its way to Europe. Here in Greece we have something similar called "Apokries" where people do dress up and party but it's not scary or spooky, it's just all about fun. Here are some Halloween finds from the European street team to get you in the mood and if you're still not feeling it watch this and you'll be singing along!

Have a great week,

Aleka

ps You can see more Monday moodboards at Estella's blog right here!

Busy bees

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It's been silent her on the blog but we've been busy these last weeks and the reason is that we opened a new Etsy shop: FishesMakeWishesHome. We decided to move all our home decorations there, so far we got little clay houses, Halloween decor, felt hearts and clay tiles but we'll be adding more things soon! It's been exciting but also a bit of a whirlwind, how we'll manage three shops without going nuts now that will be a challenge :-)
Hope you have a great week,
Aleka

Weekend finds

1. JaneeLookerse 2. SeaPinks 3. VintageDawnJewelry 4. oldworldprimitives

Halloween is about a month away and even though it's not a big thing here in Greece, still we know this holiday from movies, projects from the internet and of course Etsy! Well it's all about the scary costumes, the carved pumpkins, the garlands, the candy and the trick or treating! And since I hate horror movies here's something different.
xoxo
Georgia