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Halloween is just around the corner and will be here before we know it!

My friend, Laura Kelly put together this cute and creative blog hop, sending out an envelope of goodies which included a popcorn box and some embellishments to go with it.
In our directions for this blog hop, it said:

“The objective is to create in whatever way you like best with whatever products you like to feature and simply be a part of something fun…something that connects your passion to those passions of others.”

So, with that being said, I decided to use some things I had lying around in my craft area.

I decided to make a Frankenstein Popcorn Box!

Materials used:

The Popcorn box, provided by Laura

Black Buttons from Laura Kelly’s mix buttons from Buttons Galore & More

Apple Barrel Spring Green Acrylic Paint by Plaid

Googly eyes

Black felt, purchased from JoAnn Stores

Beacon’s 527 Multi-use Glue

Mini Glue Dots

Fiskars Scissors

Black Sharpie Marker

a paint brush

Instructions:

1. I painted the popcorn box green. I did three coats (letting it dry between coats) to make sure everything on the box was covered up.

2. I cut two strips from the black felt and then cut triangles out of one side of the strips to make it look like hair. Then I glued it on to the top of the box using the Beacon’s 527 multi-use glue.

3. Using glue dots, I glued the black buttons together to make them look like bolts. I used about 6 small buttons and three larger ones for the bolt heads. I then used glue dots to attach the bolts to the sides of the box.

4. Using a black Sharpie marker, I drew on the mouth and the stitches.

5. Then I glued the googly eyes on.

Super easy and so much fun! And he got filled with yummy goodness of popcorn, marshmallows and Pumpkin Spice flavored Hershey kisses! 🙂

My children love Halloween just as much as I do! And they love popcorn too! So when I got to making my Halloween Popcorn Box for this blog hop, they were loving it! And since I only made one, I now have to go buy the contents to make another one, unless Laura has any extra boxes lying around!!!! 🙂

This past week, Laura sent out a special little thanks for being a part of this blog hop! She is super sweet! Thanks my friend! 🙂

There were quite a few other blog hoppers that joined in on this blog hop, so hop over to Laura Kelly’s blog to check out the rest of the participants!! A special thanks to Cre8time for supporting the Halloween Popcorn Box Blog Hop! And to Laura Kelly for allowing me the chance to participate!

Be sure to click on the picture below for a chance to win a $100 gift card to Disney (park, store, or online)!!

I hope you like my Frankenstein Popcorn Box! I’d love to hear what you think in my comments section!!

And until next time……

This year Landon and I got to share a special day together. His birthday is May 12th and this year it just happened to fall on Mother’s Day!! But, so that everyone could spend the day with their moms, we had his birthday party the day before!

When it comes time for birthday parties, I usually let the boys pick their themes. Well, for Landon’s sixth birthday, he wanted to take all of his friends fishing. Now I love to fish but I am not sure that I wanted to go fishing with a bunch of little kids. Could you imagine what that would be like? I can only imagine kids getting hooked by the hook, the lines becoming a big tangled mess and maybe even some boredom!!

So, I brought the fishing to him with some cute little fishing themed goodies!

For the party favors, I made a can of worms for bait and tied a bag of Swedish Fish to the can for the Catch!

I found these cute little clear plastic paint cans at ACMoore, used blue grosgrain ribbon, cut out some little green circles, and used glue dots to attach everything to the bucket.

I then filled the cans with Trolli Sour Brite Crawlers! I used some curly ribbons to attach the bag of fish to the can handles and attached a little Thank You Note from Landon! So, I debated on what to use as a fishing pole for my cupcake toppers. So I stuck with stuff I had at home…wire for jewelry making, skewers that I cut the sharp ends off of and some embroidery floss for the fishing line.

Using some jewelry making tools, I cut the wire into small pieces and curled them to create a hook.

I put the fishing pole together and then added either a Swedish Fish or a Sour Brite Crawler. The hooks weren’t too sharp and I did the warn the parents before the cupcakes were given to the kids! The kids really liked eating the worms and fish off of the fake hooks though!

My cupcakes were decorated to look like the edge of a pond or lake. I even added some fish to the water on some of them.

I think the kids really enjoyed all of the fishing goodies! I had a lot of fun making them, but I always enjoy making the kids birthday cakes or cupcakes. And I really liked how the party favors turned out!

The Six Year Old had a great birthday this year! He got lots of great gifts including a skate board with all of the protective gear, lots more Legos and a new set of golf clubs!!! He’s such a wonderful kid (and so is Benjamin)!!! It’s just really hard to believe that he is already six. I remember the day he was born like it was yesterday!

Until next time, have a great day!!!

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