Halloween
This is how we made our eco and sustainable Halloween celebrations.
The costume. Instead of buying how about upcycling, reusing or sharing with others? My daughter and me love to look at what we have and try to assemble the ‘perfect’ outfit. This year she was a sugar skull. We crocheted her headdress flowers (which she will wear again), raided my wardrobe and hers for clothes for the costume. To further accessorise the look we used old fabric and drew a design which we stitched onto a cotton shopping bag.
Decorations. This is always the favourite part in our home! Pinterest is always a great starting point, or chatting with friends to see what they have done is another great way to find inspiration. The sky is the limit! The only rule in our house is you can’t buy - it must be a reuse or upcylce - granny proved to be a great resource for this years creations. What did we make?
Mummy lights - we literally collected jam jars of various sizes wrapped them in masking tape and added googly eyes. On the night we lit some nightlights and put them in our front window. They were really effective and have been stored for next year.
A ghost wreath - this was also super easy, looked great and my daughter was able to customise them - which she loved. What do you need? Tissues, stuffing (or you can use cotton wool), loom bands (or elastic bands, wool or thread), a felt tip pen, thread and a wreath. To make the ghosts you simply create a ball with the stuffing, wrap with the tissue and use the loom band to form the head. The best bit was using the pen to create LOTS of different faces on all the ghosts. Next we used the thread to tie them to our wreath. The wreath is one I made from willow, but you can buy them easily and we use ours lots throughout the year (for example, Christmas, Easter, Autumnal displays…). Oh, and the spare ghosts? We strung them up and made ghost bunting. Two crafts for the price of one!
