October 16, 2011

Haunted House for Home Decor

This was a fun project for the kids.   

  • We took a medium size box, cut out the sides 
  • Painted it all black with acrylic paint  
  • We used a cereal box to cut four triangles and taped them together to make the roof  
  • We added some ghostly cut outs, curtains and ribbon  
  • I placed inside two plastic tea candles, battery operated 
  • We also added a lighting fixture on the ceiling.  You can find the miniature house lighting fixture at a hobby store.  You can see the picture below, I photographed it next to a quarter so you can see the actual size of the lighting fixture  
  • Lastly, we placed some dancing skeletons inside and pumpkins on the outside.





10 comments:

  1. I bet you have the happiest kids in the whole world - they must love love love your work. sandie

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  2. This is darling, Maria! How creative & cute. You amaze me.
    Have a beautiful week ~
    TTFN ~
    Hugs,
    Marydon

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  3. That is a cute project for kids, Maria! Came out great!! Two weeks from Halloween!

    betty

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  4. Great project Maria, I like it!

    I wish you a pleasant Monday:)

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  5. This would be a fun project! Thanks for sharing!

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  6. Oh my heavens that is so cool! I love the lighting in the house and the dancing skeletons are perfect! I feel a copycat project coming on!

    Blessings,

    Linda

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  7. Maria, you amaze me. Your imagination has no boundaries! Happy Halloween!

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  8. How fun! Those dancing skeletons are great, and I love the names on the grave stones! Your kids are going to have so many good memories of things like this.

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  9. This is one of the cutest Halloween projects I've seen.

    Dee

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  10. Very well said. These tips are really amazing. I appreciate it for sharing them.

    Plastic Ducting

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