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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More Int’l Bloggers Club Crafts:
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This is so cute. Love the paranoid pumpkin man. You daughter and her friend must have had a great time. It’s nice that you can still keep Halloween alive even if it is not a thing where you live.
Melissa my youngest is obsessed with Halloween and thanks to the internet she knows all about it. She’s seen all the Tim Burton movies and even makes her own animated shorts so I felt I owed it to her to do something special this year.
Mary, I don’t know which one of these characters I like more. Love the facial expressions on the gourds and the googly eyes on the mummy, and those ruby red lips! So cool.
The walnuts were a great choice for the eyeballs! The grooves in the shell make the eyeball look so real. And a whole basket of them? Love it.
Good thing the paranoid pumpkin backed down, he is outnumbered! LOL
That poor pumpkin is really in over his head with all these characters. They certainly are going to gang up on him if he doesn’t change his sour attitude… and soon, Halloween is almost here.
The mummies, the ghosts, the eye balls – all are fabulous! Life has been super hectic lately, but I pinned your post and hope I’ll make the time to make at least some of them before Halloween….
There is still no Halloween in Greece? I was really surprised a few years ago when I realized that Halloween has turned into quite a big holiday in Germany with decorations, trick or treating, etc.
Andrea
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Andrea these are so easy of course you can make a few all you need is some gourds or a pumpkin and a marker.
Nothing in Greece. Only the carnival in February which is a whole nother beast.
I loved looking at the pictures Mary. Looks like you had a ball with the girls. Fun times making lots of not so spooky memories! Ha! Hugs and blessings, Cindy
Cindy I am really enjoying all the preparations for Halloween, maybe a little too much!
Mary, This is adorable! Talk about being creative and a story teller! The gourds are really adorable. 🙂
Carol the gourds were made by the girls and they have thier own special charm.
I love everything about this post it was absolutely delightful! Thank you for sharing with us this week at Celebrate Your Story, have a great week.
Thank you Sandra!
Mary, I loved reading your Halloween story … it gave me a goof chuckle on a Monday! You never cease to amaze me xo
Oh what a fun post, Mary! Your Halloween Decor all looks terrific! I especially love the mummies. Pinning.
Fantastic Halloween craft ideas! I love the painted butternut squash ghosts and I will be making some too now. Thank you so much for linking up to the Hauntingly Beautiful Decor Halloween Link party! The party goes on all month so feel free to share away. Thanks again!
Thank you for the invitation Amber.
Those are adorable!! I love the idea of using squash. Pinning this to try. 🙂
It was so fun and easy to make.
This was so much fun and I love the expressions on the mummies and gourds. Thanks for the behind the scenes look. I don’t think I have the nerve to show my kitchen after a baking session. Thank you for sharing with us this week at Celebrate Your Story and we hope you will join us again next week.
Thanks so much Sandra. It was a blast!
Mary, I know my kids will love doing these! So creative.
That’s what Halloween is all about!
These are so adorable! I love the mummy can.
We had so much fun making them!
Super cute! It might even be cute enough that it won’t scare my two-year-old. Thanks so much for sharing at the #happynowlinkup!
I think they are not scary. They are just too adorable.
The Halloween vignette is spectacular, but the most fun of all was reading the post along with the perfect pictures to go along with the story. Great fun!
Thank you so much Laurie. I had a lot of fun doing these. Sometimes you just need to let your hair down!
Gosh this made me giggle and I love the story behind your vignette Mary and it looks great too
Thanks Amber I had so much fun with these!
What a funny story Mary! Looks like the girls are having a ball. I’m glad Mrs. Mummy was able to calm everyone down, but poor My Paranoid man. Maybe Mrs Mummy can get him to come around before Halloween so everyone can enjoy the Halloween party, including him.
I certainly hope so, we don’t want him to be sad!
What a fun Halloween idea. I love the vignette. I am off to check the other challengers.
We had so much fun with this one.
You do make me laugh Mary!
I love seeing the little behind the scenes messy action shot too. I type this as I look over the screen at the absolute piles of half done stuff all I have all over our dining room table at the moment!
Halloween is a much bigger thing here in the UK than it used to be but still it’s just a few people who go to town with decorations and parties.
Julie, since becoming a blogger my house in NEVER organized. Right now I have a bunch of cardboard boxes behind the door for a future project which I have no idea what that will be. I also have random things scattered all over the living room that are in various stages of being finished. It never ends!!
LOVE these fun ideas.:) I’m going to make the walnut eyes. Funny!
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Thanks so much Cindy!