Cheeseclothe Ghost

Here is how I made the cheeseclothe ghost.

Supplies
3 yds. Cheeseclothe
1 bottle Stiffy (fabric stiffener)
black felt
plastic spiders (optional)

glitter (optional)
small balloons
popsicle sticks
masking tape
box (to put it on while it dries)
can of food
plastic wrap

Step 1: Cover box with plastic wrap, secure with masking tape.

Step 2: Make ghost form out of balloon, masking tape, and can. At this point you can add arms by blowing up 2 waterballoon size balloons and puting them on sticks portruding frontwards.

Step 3: Put 3 yards of cheeseclothe (cut into single yard lengths) into large ziplock bag, pour in about half a bottle of Stiffy. Squish bag until clothe is throughly coated. Pull out clothe one length at a time, gently sqeeze (DO NOT Ring-out.) Drape over form. I like to have it more gathered in the front and flowing out in the back so my ghost looks like he's moving. I also add glitter at this point.

Step 4: Allow to dry for 2-4 days. Then add eyes, mouth, and spiders.

Pumpkin Carving

For Family Home Evening yesterday we carved pumpkins.

Lizzy had fun but thought the guts were "yucky."
Charity really got into the carving this year and even pulled out the guts.

Sam just crawled around and tried to eat stuff.

The kids had a great time.

Halloween Birthday Party

I hosted a birthday party last Friday for a good friend of mine. Since her birthday is in October and she likes Halloween as much as I do I made it a Halloween Birthday Party.

This is the "cake" I made her. The pumpkins are candy melt lollipops which I tried making for the first time for this cake. They were so fun and so easy!

We also made this ghost for a little craft for her party. It is made from cheeseclothe and frabric stiffener. It was so easy and a big hit with the gals.

Cookie decorating

We decorated Halloween cookies as part of Family Home Evening last week. The kids enjoyed eating the frosting more than anything.

Craft Central!

This is my new craft and scrapbooking desk. I got it at a yard sale for $45. What a Steal! Everything fits so perfectly in it, it's like it was meant to be!

This my new sewing table. Again it came from a yard sale but this one was only $10. I am in love!

A new cake!

I made this cake for my cousins daughter. She really likes Littlest Pet Shop and since her birthday is in October I thought it would be fun to do a Halloween birthday cake. The "Pets" are trick-or-treating at a haunted gingerbread house. I was able to get the "Pets" already dressed for Halloween at Target and the gingerbread house was a kit I got from a craft store. It was a fun cake to do and a huge hit.

My boys!

During the three years we lived in Logan, James and I worked as Den Leader and Assistant Den Leader over the Wolfs and Bears in our ward. We loved it! These are our boys in the Spring of 2006.

And this is them this summer when we went to visit. Two boys are missing and one is a younger brother of our original set but we love them. Just looking at their picture makes me a little misty-eyed.
They're so grown-up.