Fairy sized 'TrIcK oR TrEaTeRs'

Only two days to go before the BIG NIGHT! So I was thinking what could I do with our fairy door for Halloween night?  Since the arrival of the fairy sized Halloween decorations the kids have been keeping a very close eye on our fairy doors, hoping to catch a glimpse of some fairy sized visitors! I mean why else would our fairy have decorate her front door if she wasn't expecting some fairy sized Trick or Treaters :),

Here's what I have put together to leave outside our fairy door on Halloween night for the kids to find! I can not Waite to see their little faces :),

I hollowed out a real walnut, in one half of the shell I put some fairy sized candies (mini smarties), tied both halves back together with orange ribbon, To finish it off I made a tiny Bat shaped gift tag and wrote on it  'Trick or Treat'.

                                       

In another hollowed out walnut shell I placed some webbing and a tiny black plastic spider, for the other half of the shell I painted the inside with a little pva glue and sprinkled it with glitter (Any excuse for a bit of sparkle!) like the other walnut I tied both halves back together with some orange ribbon and finished it off with a tiny Bat gift tag that says 'Trick or Treat' .

                                          

I will leave these outside the fairy door on Halloween night for the kids to find, one walnut being a TrIcK and the other a TrEaT!



If you wanted you could just fill one half of a hollowed out walnut shell with some mini smarties, then make a tiny sign that says 'Please take one HaPpY HaLLoWeEn' stick the sign to a match stick and stick it in among the mini smarties :),

Wishing you all a

HaPpY HaLLoWeEn

 

 

 

 

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Fairy Pumpkin Carraige

HaLLoWeEn is Almost here, YeA!!! We've bought our pumpkins and are ready to carve them over the weekend, All ready for our trick or treaters on Halloween Night!!

 

Most years we just carve the pumpkins, place a candle inside and place them on our front porch.  Most of the time the candle blows out, by Halloween night they've already started to wilt and are covered with mold.  The kids are always so excited to draw the jack o lantern face and make them, but reality of it is that I end up doing all the carving and hollowing out of the pumpkins and the kids loose interest after 5mins!

 

This year I decided to try painting and decorating our pumpkin instead, I'm telling you my carving pumpkin days are over :),

 

Myself and the kids came up with the idea of doing a fairy themed pumpkin this year.  So we decided to try our hands at making a fairy pumpkin carriage.  The kids were beyond excited to do this Jay who's 8yrs old painted the pumpkin, I drew the windows and door and helped a little with the glue and glitter, Molly who is 5yrs old made and coloured in the wheels.  It was great fun! The kids we're so proud of what we had made they even brought it into school to show their teachers.

 

It was so easy to do here's how we did it:

Here's what you will need:

- One pumpkin

- 1 x Sheet of card paper

- Paint & a Paint Brush

- PVA glue

- Sellotape

- 2 x Cocktail Sticks

- Glitter

- Sissors

- Markers

 Draw two circles on the sheet of card paper and cut them out.

 

 

Colour both of them in using the markers, we used orange but the colour is up to you. Using the  PVA glue outline the spokes of the wheel.  Sprinkle the glitter over the PVA glue lines, then shake off any excess glitter.  This is what you should be left with, something that resembles a wheel:

Using a black marker draw two windows and a door onto the side of the pumpkin. Then Paint the rest of the pumpkin. Ours took two coats of paint! Just make sure to paint around the outline of the windows and door, Don't paint the stalk of the pumpkin!

 

Once the paint is dry, outline the windows and door using the PVA glue, Sprinkle the glitter over the PVA glue lines, then shake off any excess glitter.

We glittered the pumpkins stalk, just paint the stalk with PVA                  glue sprinkle it with glitter and shake off the excess.

Soooo Sparkley......

We used some sellotape and cocktail sticks to attach the carriage wheels to the pumpkin.

 

 

TaDa!!! A pumpkin Fit for a Fairy.....

 

 

Here is our Pumpkin taking pride of place beside our Fairy Door. The kids insisted on buying some white chocolate mice, so that the fairies could change them into footmen(So cute!) Unfortunately Max our dog ate them :),

The kids are convinced that fleur our fairy has taken our Fairy pumpkin carriage for a spin. LOL

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HaLlOwEeN - getting into the spirit of the SpOoKy SeAsOn

Halloween is almost upon us!!! So exciting... we've been busy bees decorating the house for Halloween,  Last week we received an email from our friend Cindy.  You may remember Cindy from our St. Patricks day Blog! A Leprechaun named Paddy moved in to their Home just before St. Patricks day last year.

Since his arrival he's been busy settling into and decorating his new home.  Last week Cindy like us decorated her home for Halloween. Later that week tiny tools and a pair of the smallest wellington boots appeared outside Paddy's little green door.  The kid's and Cindy we intrigued! They wondered what the heck he was up to.

A few days later they final got to see what Paddy had been so busy doing. Paddy had decorated his house for Halloween!! With the sweetest little Halloween decorations u ever did see, Check them out!

 Cindy's kids are convinced that Paddy must be expecting some Fairy sized Trick or Treaters on all Hallows Eve, WOW :),

I asked Cindy if she wouldn't mind sending Paddy a letter, asking him to remind our Fairy Fleur to decorate her house! Cindy did and Fleur our fairy decorated her house too!  The kids were gob smacked when they happened upon the little decorated fairy door! Too Stinkin Cute....

This is a picture of our fairy's back door:

 

Check out the "Fairy Pumpkin Carriage" we made!!!!  I will do a separate blog post on how to

make and decorate your very own "Fairy Pumpkin Carriage" later this week so stay tuned :),

 

 

This is a picture of our fairy's front door:

 

 

 

 

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