Black Cats

These are the cutest black cats I have ever seen! They looked puuurfect for Halloween.

I love playing with face paints and these little faces turned out just gorgeous! I sewed the tails with black fabric and used some white so there would be a white tip on the end and put wire hangers in them so I could control the shape. The ears are made with head bands and I glue gunned a bow on one side for a feminine feline touch. They wore thier dance outfits with some black soft slippers and white mittens.

Pumpkins & Witches Brooms

We had the funnest time making pumpkin & Witches broom treats for our friends and neighbors. They turned out gorgeous and the treats were yummy too!

First for the filling:

We popped a bunch of popcorn and added small pretzels, a few cashews, and m&m's then layed it out on large cookie sheets. (You could also use wax paper) I drizzled orange melted chocolate on the mix. Waited about 10 in. for it to be cool and put it in a large bowl.

For the pumpkins:

I took orange party napkins, put about a cup to a cup and a half of the popcorn mixture in the center and pulled all of the corners together. I twisted the corners together and wrapped green floral tape around it so it would look like a stem. Then I hot glued a silk leaf it and if you look closley you can see that I took a piece of green craft wire and twisted it around the stem and curled the ends to look like the vine part.

For the brooms:

I took brown paper lunch sacks and put about 2 cups of the mixture in. It depends on the size of your bag. I had the regular size but if you could find smaller it would be better. Then I cut strips in the top of the bag about 1/3 to 1/2 of the way down the bag. I cut the strips about 1/2" wide all the way around the bag. I cut limbs from our apricot tree and stuck a limb in each bag and then tied purple rafia around the cut lines. Tada- a witches broom. Hope you have fun with this idea! We had a blast. It was fun to hear all the ooos and ahhs when we delivered.

Family is EVERYTHING!

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.     ---Marcel Proust