Hi Everyone! With Halloween around the corner I thought I’d share this treat holder idea with you. I love to make these kind of boxes for the holidays. I don’t get that many “trick or treaters” in my neighborhood, so I made this one kind of small, but the size of the box can easily be adjusted to suit your needs. You can also change the theme of your box too. Christmas, Valentines and Easter are all really fun themes to try.
Here you can see the monster in it’s original form. Very cute as is, but I needed to do something food related, since my assignment was for Tasty Tuesday.
I removed the monster’s hands from the sign. Then removed all the wire from the piece, separating the head and legs from the “boo” sign. Using a jig-saw, I cut the sign so it wasn’t as wide and then rounded the corners to create the shoulders of the monster.
Tip: If you are not comfortable using a saw, you can use a couple layers of raw chipboard instead of the wood, that way you can cut it using a utility knife.
Once you’ve found the perfect size paper mache box for your treats, you can begin covering all the components of the box.
As you can see, I used a lot of the Twilight collection on this piece. One of my favorite parts of this project are the monster’s eyebrows. I used “i’s” from the Expressions Glitter Alphabets for the eyebrows and one of the “swirly” elements for the mouth.
Some of the details:
The bolts were covered with Charming patterned paper, then spritzed with (Baby’s Breath) Shimmerz Spritz, to give a shiny metal effect.
Above, you can see I used a circle punch to cut a Punch-out. Then I painted the crescent shape with some Shimmerz, Pixee Dust (Blingz) paint to add a little sparkle.
The scalloped section of the border sanded then crumpled to give a distressed look.
The Chipboard Alphabets above were covered with Sunset patterned paper then painted with the same Pixee Dust paint, mentioned above. In the center of the “C” a Expressions Glitter Alphabet I used the bat rub-on from the Twilight Press On set.
Have a TASTY, fun and safe Halloween!
This is absolutely ADORABLE!
I just can’t say enough how talented you are! You have such a creative brain! Every detail is amazing!
Girl you just can’t keep doing this to me! I fall in love with every little thing you create!
This is so cute!
Fantastic!
Love the mouth.
Wow. This is the cutest Halloween altered project I’ve seen YET!!
You rocked it!
I saw this guy at Hobby Lobby and almost bought him
I’m for sure going back to get him now!!
PP Oh how I love thee………Every smidgen of paper, every last drop of glitter, every fabric tag to the strongest stickers in the world…Oh how I love thee!!!! But could Dec 1 HURRY and get here…I am dreaming of the new line!!!!
Love it! very cool – i just wished i had a little more time for projects. I work full time and then have other responsibilities to deal with first – then my scrap time! which is about 9:00 p.m., when I am finally done with i.e., house, kitchen, husband, elderly mom, and dogs… but I scrap when I can – and I love halloween so that will be in my ‘to do’s’ thanks for sharing….
blah blah – i guess i did ramble there for a moment…thanks again!
This is so stinkin’ adorabel. i want one!
This is just too cute, Jennifer! Your creations are so creative and fun!
Way too cute and how clever are you! Of course I will wait until after Halloween when they’re 90% off-but I vow I will have some made before next Halloween!
wow this is FANTASTIC
love the spooky “twist” you put on this!! every little detail is so creative and amazing! just love the idea!
This is SOOOOOOO creative and fun! I’m in awe of your vision! Fantastic!
Your altered projects never cease to amaze me! Fabulous job!
wow! This is so dang cute! You do awesome work – very inspiring! TFS!
This is freaking amazing. I’ll never look at sort of ugly decorations from big box craft stores the same way again.
This is just too freaking adorable! You are so talented. Love it.
This is adorable!
This is so cute! How clever! How spooktacularly wonderful!!
how ADORABLE!!!
This girl, Jen, has NO limits to her creativity…she always inspires me!!!
OMG, how clever!!! I just love it…
Now that is talent! You rocked this Frankenstein! Thanks for showing the before! I am completely inspired! I must do this right now!!
WOW WOW wow Jennifer!!! You are an amazing artist!
You are so clever Jen! The little details you do are amazing!
This is SO cute!!!