I’m really early for Monday, but I just finished my post and can’t wait. Welcome to The DIY Show Off Fall Festival – a blog party all about fall! Add your DIY fall related project or fall decorating link below to participate.
I’m participating in Met Monday (see link below!). My metamorphosis = tree branch to fall decor. 🙂
I personally don’t usually decorate for Halloween, but last year I made a spooky tree and I love it!
So this year, I wanted to do a tutorial and decided I wanted to make a ghost tree. It’s so easy. Here is what I did:
Materials:- Vase/urn
- Spray paint
- A stick from the yard that looks like a “tree”
- Spanish moss
- Styrofoam
- Mini-bird(s)
- Spray adhesive/hot glue
- Optional: For the white ghost tree, I used “cheesecloth” to make ghost bats. For the black raven tree: I added spider webs, black plastic spiders and sheer ribbon for embellishments
Tutorial:
I put the styrofoam inside my urn. I left the plastic on it.
Then I poked my stick through the center.
I spray painted my urn and stick. (My owl wasn’t quite all white so I spray painted him too although – it’d be better to find one perfect and not alter him. But, he still turned out okay. For the black spooky tree – the birds were already black.)
I sprayed the Spanish moss a little too.
Once everything was dry, I used spray adhesive on the moss and used it to cover the styrofoam. I put clumps in the “tree” too. Dragging it here and there.
Then I added embellishments (use hot glue if needed). To the black one, I pulled spider webs from branch to branch (spider web is cotton-like product purchased from Joann Fabrics) and added some spiders. I tied on sheer black ribbon bows. All done! For the ghost tree, I added the owl. I cut 6″ strips of cheesecloth. I folded in half and tied a knot in the middle. I used fishing line to string them from a few branches and shaped them to look like ghost bats.
Here they are finished!
Ghost Tree
What do you think?
- A blog party on Mondays during the autumn season
- Autumn/Fall inspired DIY projects
How can I join?
- Create a blog post about an Autumn/Fall project that you’ve done
- Add your blog name and project to Mcklinky (example: The DIY Show off – House # Pumpkins)
- Type in the permalink address, not your basic blog address. A permalink is the address that links directly to your specific post. (example: http://thediyshowoff.blogspot.com/2009/08/house-number-pumpkins)
- You must use The DIY Show Off Fall Festival button and link back to The DIY Show Off Fall Festival post so that everyone gets to join in the fun. Here is the button:
- This week’s link to cut/paste is: http://thediyshowoff.blogspot.com/2009/09/fall-festival-week-2.html
- I’ll be posting The DIY Show Off Fall Festival on Mondays and try to start the party sometime on the prior Sunday evening.
- Although a tutorial is helpful, it’s not required. Anything autumn related and DIY is permitted.
- Please follow all steps above or your link won’t be posted. 🙁
- If you’ve been inspired by something you see here – show us what you did too!
- Enjoy and be inspired!
Check out the prize (something every DIYneeds)! Make new friends!
I’m linking to
Trash to Treasure Thursday (hey – sticks in your yard are trash!)
Susan’s Metamorphosis Monday on Between Naps on the Porch -head over for tons of links to great transformations!
Fall Nesting 2009 at The Inspired Room
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Oh, those are so cute with the right amount of spooky! I think I'm going to have to make them :)I wish I had something to add!
Those trees are AWESOME.
I LOVE that nevermore tree.
I wish I had something to enter..
But I've installed some more curtains today, I'm halfway through, so maybe next week I'll have time to do an automny display. 😀
These are sooo great! I love the little ghosts. Totally spooky and so cute at the same time.
Those little trees are just tooo cute, I will have to make some for my Grandkids they will just love them. Great ideal!!!!
Sandy
Very cute! I love the contrast of making both a white and a black tree. Thanks for sharing!
Sorry I don't have anything to contribute. I'm working on things, but nothing fall-ish. 🙁
Nori@love-2-create
Love the Never More Tree! Very creepy :0)
Great minds think alike- it totally did this project this morning before I read your post. Used a white urn and everything! I'm so happy with how mine turned out and hopefully you are too!
By the way, thanks for stopping by my blog and for your comments on my chair rescue. Feels like a movie star autographed my blog! 🙂
awesome! great idea
I would love to do something like that for Halloween! Great Job!
Thanks so much! I saw crows at Dollar Tree yesterday and couldn't think of anything to do with them–now I do! Very cute!
Those trees are great. They look like a lot of fun!
Thanks for stopping by and commenting! I will have to get back and join the fun on your site! See you soon!
Love those metallic pumpkins!
Very interesting post, thanks
I'm a newbie~ Love your blog and your great ideas! The halloween trees are so clever and so original! Thanks for the great ideas! Cindy
lovelovelove the trees! I am going to go out looking for the perfect branch tonight! 🙂
What great ideas, as usual. I love (and need) one of the ghost trees. The Nevermore tree actually is too scary for me, as I am freakishly afraid of birds. I'm such a dork.
Hopefully in the next couple of weeks, I will get my hiney in gear and be ready for the party. 😉
XO*Tricia
Hi Roechelle…
I just heard about your DIY Show Off: Fall Festival party…what a grand idea! I wanted to join in with the fun since I've been busy crafting and decorating for autumn at my place…thank you so much for providing us an opportunity to share our fall projects! I'm so excited!!!
You did a fabulous job with the "Ghost" and "Evermore" trees…I just love them! I don't think I can choose a favorite…they're both awesome! What a creative idea and your instructions certainly make this craft sound easy enough! One of my favorite things that you did in these crafts was to tint the moss…white or black! I really liked the looks of that! Simply darling! Thanks so much for sharing it with us!!!
Happy Fall Crafting!
Chari
I don't decorate for Halloween (either), but I get a kick out of seeing what others do. Love the ghost tree, very fun!
I love your ghost tree! It's so cute!
Thanks everyone! Your comments really do make me smile and I enjoy checking out your blogs too to see what you're up to. I just love blog buddies!
Roeshel
Those are too cute! I especially love the white one and that little owl.
These are really cool! I don't know which one I like more.
So on my Halloween to-do list!!!
That is really cool; I love the idea. Both trees are fantastic; I especially love the one with the blackbirds –reminds me of Hitchcock's movie The Birds!
They turned out great…I am having a give a way over at my place hope you can stop over…
xoxo
Julie
Those are great! I love how they turned out!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE those trees!! They are so so so so cute!! What a great idea and tutorial!! Thanks for the link!
~Andy @ P@P
I love the trees! They look fantastic!
very cool and spooky! And you're right, branches are trash and you created treasures! Thanks for linking up.
love these. featuring at somedaycrafts.blogspot.com
Great trees! And I do love those pumpkins!
Hugs, Lisa
Hey
Thanks for linking to the party. Did you see that one picture I posted it kind of reminded me of yours, that's why I put it on there.
Cheri
Fun and spooky trees! I'm all about the projects too over at The Project Table!
Have Fun~Happy Fall…
~Really Rainey