So we are still getting ready for Halloween in our house, we really like to go all out with lots of decorations, spooky themed snacks and family friendly scary movies, half term is practically a week long celebration of everything creepy and fun! I always decorate our front door too so people know it's okay to come and trick or treat on the 31st October, so for today's post I am going to show you how I do it using my Artline glass and chalk markers.
The first thing I wanted to do was make a chalkboard sign to hang outside, I brought a cheep one from Home Bargains and got a bag of googly eyes too.
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| Supplies for a spooky chalkboard sign |
I painted the wooden frame with a red poster marker, it only took me a few minutes using the 12mm sponge tip and it dried really quickly.
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| Painted frame |
Then I glued some of the googly eyes to the frame.
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| Googly eyes |
I used my white chalk marker to write "Tricks" and "Treats" on the board....
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| Writing the sign |
... and then used my purple chalk marker to write "no" and "just"...
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| Finishing the quote |
... the last steps were to add some cobwebs to the corners of the chalkboard...
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| Drawing some cobwebs |
.... and then a loop of twine so I can hang the sign up!
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| My finished sign |
Outside I got to work on my door using the glass and chalk markers and a few window stickers and chalkboard labels.
Both the glass and chalk markers work well on glass so they are great for drawing on your windows. They wipe away easily with a damp cloth too.
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| Adding some grass with a glass marker |
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| Drawing a pair of eyes on my letterbox |
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| Colouring in the whites of the eyes |
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| Boo! |
I didn't want to use the markers on my UPVC door so I stuck a few chalkboard label stickers onto it instead and then wrote and drew on those with the chalk maker. I can peel them off after Halloween and throw them away without worrying they might damage my door.
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| Close up of my window decorations |
I have a couple of stickers on the glass of my door that say no leaflets and no door to door sales so I covered these with some black tissue paper and used an oval chalkboard sticker to make a cute little spider, adding eyes, legs and a web with my chalk markers. I also drew a ghost and wrote "Hide" and "Run away" on the glass before adding a few more decorative stickers to finish the look.
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| All set for Halloween |
I am quite pleased with how the front looks now, but if I change my mind it will be easy to wipe it all away and start again!
What do you think?
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