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Archive: Halloween

November 8, 2011

Enter the CRAFT Halloween Contest - Deadline Today!

There are a bunch of great projects in our Halloween contest on Make: Projects, but yours is still missing! Enter your Halloween projects today by 11:59pm PT to enter to win these great prizes:

Grand Prize in Tech

Dremel 3000 rotary tool
Cool Neon Arduino shield with 5x5ft presoldered sections of 5mm highbright long-life EL wire
GarretWade field electrician's knife
Panavise 350
Make: Electronics book
Maker's Notebook
$50 Maker Shed gift certificate

Grand Prize in Craft

SINGER Futura XL-400 sewing and embroidery machine with bonus AutoPunch and Advanced Editing software
GarrettWade dressmaker's scissors
CRAFT box set
Maker's Notebook
$50 Maker Shed gift certificate

1st Place in Costume

SINGER 4423 Heavy Duty sewing machine
GarrettWade 5.5" sewing scissors
Panavise PV Jr. (201)
CRAFT box set
Maker's Notebook
$50 Maker Shed gift certificate

1st Place in Props

GarrettWade Japanese saws with canvas case
Dremel pumpkin carving tool
Panavise PV Jr. (201)
Getting Started With Arduino Getting Started With Arduino kit and book and
Tulip Prize Pack filled with cool stuff by the Crafty Chica
Maker's Notebook
$50 Maker Shed gift certificate

1st Place in Decor

Cool Neon 25 pixel total control lighting kit
GarrettWade push drill
Dremel pumpkin carving tool
Panavise PV Jr. (201)
Maker's Notebook
$50 Maker Shed gift certificate

1st Place in Food

Eye-Fi Mobile X2 SD card SD card
GarrettWade kitchen shears
Dremel pumpkin carving tool
Panavise PV Jr. (201)
Cooking for Geeks book
Maker's Notebook
$50 Maker Shed gift certificate

November 4, 2011

Ballerina R2D2

Think Geek points us to this rad ballerina R2D2 costume created by Flickr user Leeloo (J!NX). Who would have thought R2D2 could morph so perfectly into a tutu?

November 3, 2011

I know Halloween is behind us, but there have been some great costumes shared in the craft blogosphere this week that are worth featuring. When Melissa of Checkout Girl posted a sneak peek at the Fantastic Mr. Fox costumes she created for her daughter and her friend, I flipped out and couldn't wait to see the finished project. She posted up pictures of the complete costumes, and they are wonderful. These are some of my favorite DIY Halloween costumes I've ever seen. Great work, Melissa!

November 1, 2011

Recipe: Fun Size Candy Bar Cheesecake

Last night, my kids had an epic Halloween haul. It turns out our new neighborhood is some kind of Trick-or-Treat nirvana, and they came home with a combined 11-pounds of candy (not even kidding). If you have a similar situation at home, whether from your own kids or candy you have left over from handing out, check out this cheesecake recipe from Cakespy over on Serious Eats.

For a sweet treat that embraces the excessive sweetness of the Halloween spirit but also takes advantage of surplus candy (or the cheap prices of Halloween candy the day after), try your hand at this Fun-Size Candy Studded Cheesecake. A rich and creamy cheesecake gets a chocolatey upgrade from coarsely chopped candy in a variety of your choosing.

October 31, 2011

Thriller Father Daughter Dance

Happy Halloween!

On this zombie-filled day I thought I would share my father daughter dance with my dad. This was completely thought up by my dad, a football coach, making it all the better. Enjoy!

How-To: Knitted Fox Ears

According to Lucinda from Sew Wrong, if you have two hours to spare, then you still have time to make knitted fox ears for Halloween. The pattern is on her site, so grab some yarn and get busy!

I know it's hard, but try not to sing "Foxy Lady" too loudly while you work.

Inspired to craft something for Halloween? Be sure to enter it in our CRAFT Halloween contest to win cool prizes. Costumes, decor, food - whatever you create forHalloween is welcome in the contest. Read our full contest page for all the details.

How-To: Skeleton Hand Trick or Treat Bowl

The doorbell rings. There's an adorable princess and her little brother dressed as a cowboy on your steps. You smile widely, then offer them some Halloween candy. They lean in to help themselves to the candy bowl, and unleash screams of giggles when a skeleton hand suddenly bursts up!

Turn the table on your trick-or-treaters this year with a skeleton hand surprise! Hide a hole in the back of a plastic candy bucket and attach a spooky glove. It's easy enough that you have plenty of time to make the project today, before it gets dark!

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How-To: Princess Hat

Need a last-minute Halloween costume or a fancy new addition to your child's dress-up box? Well, look no further than this adorable princess hat tutorial from Maker Mama! It's the perfect project to make your little princess feel special on a Monday morning.

October 30, 2011

How-To: Spider Web Necklace

This spider web necklace from Margot Potter might be a few years old, but it's still stunningly beautiful and looks like it would be fun to make and would be quite the show stopper at a Halloween party. Get the full how-to over on her blog.

CRAFT Flickr Pool Weekly Roundup

Here are some cool things we saw in the CRAFT Flickr Pool this week:

Jar of pickled bums, by Julie Rose Stitches

Bat vampire brooch, by Coco_Flower

"Waling" Banshee, by Plushroom Soup

Fantastical Fantasy Pumpkin, by Spellstone

Creepy Crawly Cakes for Halloween

Late last night with the wind howling and branches scratching at the windows... I realized I had no idea what I would be bringing to my friends' Halloween party. So after a while of surfing the Craftzine archives I found a post of this amazing project for spider cakes by Megan of Not Martha. The spiders are all different shapes and sizes so that you can make an assortment of creepy crawlies to scurry across the table (they don't really move, you would have to stage that).

With this post I just want to remind readers to look though the archives every once in awhile because there are amazing projects to be found and brought back to life, just like Frankenstein's Monster.

October 29, 2011

Hand-Sewn Pawnee Rangers Patch

Thought I'd share this patch my crafty boyfriend Nick made to celebrate Ron Swanson for Halloween. He's practicing his embroidery thanks to his Pawnee Rangers costume.

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