Well hello there. It is a bit early for our Int’l Bloggers Club Challenge but that’s okay. Instead of waiting till the end of the month we have moved up our monthly challenge so that you can also benefit from out Halloween projects for the month of October.
I am teaming up with my International friends to bring you Halloween crafts this month. You can see everyone’s crafts on the bottom of the post. In the past, we have done Fall Crafts and Back to School crafts.
But this month I’m throwing a Halloween party for the kids! Now tell me is that not the perfect excuse to go all out for Halloween crafts and Fun and Easy Halloween Vignettes?
But first, I’d like to talk a little bit about Halloween in Greece….
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It is non-existent.
In Greece, as in other European countries we celebrate the Carnival. It takes place right before Lent which would be between January and March. If you’d like to learn more about the Carnival in Greece you can go over to a guest post I did at my friend Sue’s blog, Sizzling toward Sixty.
This year, I am bucking the trend and throwing a party for my daughter, the one of You Tube fame who absolutely loves Halloween. A friend of hers came over and they got down to business. We also want to take this opportunity to thank the very talented Nadia for working on the crafts with us. Below is a shameful picture of the two girls in the middle of a giant mess… yes folks, that is what a blogger’s house looks like most days.
Why there is a whole gang of them!
Painted gourds and an old tin can covered in black fabric and dressed as a mummy with eyes made from buttons! How preposterous!
And on the other side the Mummy couple is all dressed up for an outing. How dare they have such fake looking eyes made with felt!
Little Miss Gourd has spotted Paranoid man and is afraid of his scowl! She consults with Mummy Man. What should they do?
The walnut eyeballs area all abuzz!
But Mrs. Mummy is not fazed by Paranoid Man’s scowl and calms everyone down. After all she is very charming with her ruby red lips.
Is Paranoid Man going to leave them alone, to dwell on the Drunken Table?
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Maybe the oracle eyeball has the answer!
At least before the flowers dry out and fall to the ground.
Paranoid man sees that he is outnumbered again…drats !!
He’s leaving them alone! Goodbye, good riddance and we’ll throw away the keys!
Poor Mr. Mummy was so frightened his button eyes nearly fell off.
This was our attempt at a not so spooky story. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did creating it. And you can see that nothing out of the ordinary was used to create this fun and easy Halloween Vignette.
Did you like Paranoid Man’s new witch hat?
To find out what happened to my Paranoid Man you can check out the complete saga here:
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It is now time to visit the other ladies and see what they have prepared for this month’s Halloween Challenge. Simply click on the images below my name. If you’d like to see more past challenges click here.
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Mary this is a funny story, no wonder you had a blast with the girls!! It is a lovely vignette, the kind that makes you think why I didn’t thought about it before.
Mrs Mummy is cute, I need some advice for myself
I had so much fun doing this with them that I wonder why we didn’t do it years ago? Time to make it an annual tradition!
What a fun, spooky display! I never knew that Halloween was non-existent in Greece. As always, I love reading/learning something new from your posts. And you always have a fun and clever way of ‘weaving a good tale’ in there, too!
Jelica maybe I can start a new trend here. Since we are having a party it will give the kids a chance to dress up and have fun where otherwise they would have to wait until the Carnival. Also now they get to be spooky, it’s a different type of dress up.
Lol Mary it looks like you ladies had so much fun, thank goodness Mrs Mummy was there to calm everyone down. Hopefully she’ll be able to weave her magic and get poor paranoid pumpkin to feel a bit better about himself too. He looks so wickedly awesome in his new hat btw 😉
Michelle we had the best time. At one point they took Gourd man and had him pose in dark areas of the house… haha And Mr PMan thanks you for the compliment.
Aw so much fun Mary! I love how your daughter and her friend helped with all of this and these ghosts and mummies are absolutely awesome!! So easy too, my girls would love to make some as well! And I love paranoid man’s new witch hat!!
Katrin I think I am going thru my second childhood. We had sooooo much fun, and we are still decorating. I know your girls would have fun with this too. And all the projects are so easy that I didn’t even bother to show the tutorials. Paranoid Man thanks you.
Great story, Mary, so funny! 🙂
My favorites are wallnut eyes, I have never seen ones like that!
We also celebrate Karnival instead of Halloween, but lately Halloween is getting popular here, as well. I expecially like having a chance to dress up TWICE in one year 🙂
They were easy to make Ana, just paint them white with acrylic paint and then paint the colors using acrylic also.
Oh Mary…I had a ball reading this post (and watching your preview video!) You must take pictures of of the party…will the guests wear costumes? I know your daughter and her friends had a ball decorating and will have a blast at the party.
Thanks for giving me a chuckle first thing in the morning.
Hugs, Lynn
Lynn, I am really coming into Halloween. After having been deprived for 20 years I am enjoying myself immensely. It is a whole different vibe from the Carnival.
Great pic of the girls! I think the decorations turned out wonderful. The eyeballs were very creative.
We are having so much fun with this, I go to bed and wake up the next morning with ideas.
I wished this year for a descent pumpkin to make something and all I got was 2 of the little Greek ones that you have in these photos! Now I know what to do with them!
I got those two from Lidl of all places. And Paranoid man came from the Laiki. I think if you look a bit you will find something. Good luck!
Mary, what a funny story, love it!! Your little mummies are too cute and the gourds are a funny addition to the party. Of course paranoid pumpkin man is looking great, hopefully he’ll get over his fears and make some friends at the party. 😉
I hope so too Keri. He is really suffering here. He needs to get over his anti-social behavior!
The Halloween decorations are fantastic. Not too scary but enough to be fun. The party is sure to be a hit.
I think so too Debra. All of the kids are going to dress up, and this is something different for them since they have never celebrated Halloween before. I’m sure they will enjoy this “spooky” aspect of Halloween.
Mary, You are so creative and imaginative! I love your “story” ! I also love white pumpkins which are hard to find around here! They must be abundant in greece! I look foreword to more of your whit and creativity!
Jeannee
Jeannee the pumpkins are painted to look white. We have a hard time finding pumpkins here. But we painted them white with acrylic paint to look like ghosts. I know you’ve got plenty of pumpkins there so go ahead and paint away. I also chose to do this instead of carving because they last longer.
The painted gourds are fabulous! I want…
I got lucky with the girls help and drawing skills.
What cute, fun and lovely Halloween decoration. I don’t know which one i love the most. I love them all. Ok, the guy sporting the hat…
That grumpy guy sporting the hat has won my heart Ivory!
The evil eyed gourd is hysterical. She captures the “Mom” look that took me years to perfect. To think of it what is more scary lol
Haha Leanna that is so funny!
Mary, you are a hoot! A fun storyteller! Glad “the club” decided to have this early, so we can enjoy all the Halloween projects.
Florence I haven’t done Halloween in twenty years so I am really going to enjoy it this year.
You are so funny Mary, LOL. What a fun Halloween Vignette, and a fun not so spooky story. Love the Paranoid Man’s witch hat, and your humor.
Halloween is coming Linda and they must have put some kooky spell in my coffee.
Mary, (and company), what a creative time you had making all these wonderful characters for Halloween! I’m glad they’re not too scary but rather sweet! I love the gourds – they are too cute!
Happy Tuesday,
Poppy
Poppy I haven’t celebrated Halloween in twenty years so now I am going to go all out! Yes the gourds are adorable even if one is a bit grumpy.
Really cute decorations.
Your painted pumpkins and the mummies are so cute, Mary! The paranoid man looks really concerned that someone might be after him. What a fun Halloween decoration!
Have a great week!
He is very anti-social Julia and doesn’t want others in his space. But what can he do, we are throwing a Halloween party at the end of the week.
Such fun, I particularly love the gourd ghosts – they’re adorable 🙂