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Supplies to Create Your New Sew Ghost Quilt Art

-Canvas Board

-Scrap quilt fabric or scrap fabric of different square sizes

-Decoupage medium

-Flat Brush

-White cotton fabric or muslin

-Black permanent marker

-White craft glue

-Masking tape

Sort the Fabric Scraps

The first order of business is to dig through those fabric scraps and find the perfect scraps for this project. We recommend laying them out and playing with the patchwork pattern before decoupaging them down.

If you love using your fabric scraps for projects, make sure to see how we used Kinusaiga to create unique art.

Decoupage the Fabric Scraps to the Board

Using the brush, spread the decoupage medium on the canvas board and place the first piece of scrap fabric down. We recommend placing the biggest ones on the bottom as the base and then layering fabric on top from there. Make sure when applying the fabric near the edges, it hangs over the edge about 1/4 inch so it can be folded over and finished later.  As fabric scraps are added, brush a layer of decoupage medium over the top, each section at a time.

Brush a Coat of Decoupage Medium Over Everything

Once all of the fabric is applied to the canvas board in the patchwork pattern, use the brush to add a coat of decoupage medium over the entire piece of artwork. This will give it an even coat, protect the surface, and make it easier to add the ghost to the top. Let dry completely before moving onto the next step.

Finish the Fabric Edge

Once the board is completely dry, flip the board over. Apply a line of white craft glue to the outer edge of the canvas board. Under the fabric overhang, place a long piece of masking tape and stick the fabric to the tape. Pull the fabric and tape over the glue and tape it to the board. This will hold the fabric edge in place while the glue dries. While drying, move onto the next step to make your cute ghostie!

Draw and Cut Out The Ghost

Using the permanent marker draw a ghost. We have a  printable ghost template at the end of the pot your can trace, but You can see some other ghost templates in this post about how to draw a ghost.  Once the ghost is drawn, add the eyes by drawing on two small ovals and then cut the ghost shape out, cutting just to the inner edge of the black line.

Decoupage the Ghost to the Quilted Board

Add a layer of decoupage medium to the board and apply the ghost.

Once it’s adhered, brush a layer of decoupage medium over the top and let dry.  Once it’s dry, your No Sew Patchwork Ghost Quilt Art is ready for framing! We have a fun way to show you how to frame your art for a primitive and creative project!

Don’t stop at just creating a ghost! This would be so cute also with a witch silhouette or even a pumpkin! Let us know if you make this project over at our Raptive Community! and make sure to check out our art tutorials and creative projects over on Youtube!

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Supplies to Paint a Framed Witch Silhouette

-A picture frame with glass or plastic insert

-Printed template

-Multi-surface black paint

-Paint brushes

-Decorative paper either scrapbook, an decorative napkin, or even pretty fabric

-Scissors

-Removable tape

-Cotton swab

Tape the Template to the Front of the Glass

Make sure the inside of the glass is clean before painting on it. Cut the silhouette out and tape it carefully to the front of the picture frame so that the image faces to the inside of the frame. The open the picture frame so that the inside of the insert is facing out leaving the glass or plastic in place. This will be the surface to paint on. The silhouette will be reversed from the printed image.

Paint on The Glass

Using a thin brush paint over the template with multi-surface paint. It’s easiest to outline the image first and then paint and fill it in. This will take several coats, let dry completely between each coat of paint. Use a cotton swab to clean up any loose lines or brush strokes before the paint dries. We also added a cute bow to the witches hair as a little accent.

Remove the Witch Template

Carefully remove the template from the front and take a look and see if there are any areas that need a touch up. Let the paint dry between touch up coats.

Add the Decorative Paper Backing

Once the paint is dry (At least 24 hours), add a decorative paper to the back of the frame that is cut to size. There are lots of options including scrapbook paper, wrapping paper, napkins, vintage or new fabric. It can be made to match any decor for Halloween.

Display Your Witch Silhouette Art!

Now you can hang and display your sweet witch silhouette art.

Enjoy creating and decorating your art! If you love silhouette art, see how to make a silhouette of your family members.

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.Supplies to Paint a Halloween Cat Face

-Paper bag  or canvas

-Craft paints including bright orange, bright green, black, white, red, yellow and pink

-Dimensional paint in black, bright yellow and white

-Paint brushes

-Pencil for tracing and/or black marker

Transfer the Template

Trace or transfer the cat face template onto your surface. You can used this technique here to transfer your image. Once the image is transferred feel free to go over the lines with a black marker if it makes it easier to paint in. This step isn’t necessary to do though. Don’t worry if your lines aren’t perfect! You’ll be painting over them. And with this project, bring imperfect makes it look better.

Paint the Black Paint on the Cat Face

Using the black craft paint, paint in all of the face areas. Let dry. A second or third coat of paint my be needed.

Paint in the Cat Features

Using the orange paint, paint in the areas around the iris of the cat’s eyes and the inside of the ears. Paint one to two coats. After the outside area of the eyes are dry, paint in the pupils with bright green paint, and the nose and cheeks with light pink paint. When the cheeks and nose are dried, add a little swipe of white paint to add a highlight.

Then paint in the teeth with white paint, the Hat with yellow, red and orange (we mixed a little red and orange to give some extra color to the pom pom.). When dry add a highlight to the pom pom and the hat. Paint the ruffle under the cat’s chin with orange and green paint. Let the painted cat dry completely before moving onto the next step.

Use 3D Paint to Add Dimension

Use black dimensional paint to outline the mouth and add lines for teeth, around the ears to clean up any paint lines.

Let the black dimensional paint dry and use the yellow 3D paint around the eyes to add a highlight.

When the yellow paint is dry, use the white dimensional paint to add eyebrows and cat whiskers., dots on the ruffle collar and frayed lines on the pom pom.  Don’t hesitate to turn the bag as needed to make painting the details easier.

Once the paint is completely dry, the project is ready to display or use in another creative idea! We’ll be sharing how to turn this into a primitive pillow in another post. Make sure to grab the template below!

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  Supplies You Will Need to Create a Spooky Changing Portrait

-A printer for the printables (ink jet or laser) or send the items to a print shop (printables below) printed as 8 x 11 images with a slight border

-3 sheets of vellum

-Clear tape

-2 photo mats 11 x14 with an 8×10 opening

-Double stick foam tape

-Gold craft paint

-Decoupage medium or white craft glue

-Scissors

-Brown stamp pad

Paint the Photo Mats

Paint the photo mats with gold paint and let dry (or customize with any color you prefer)..

Print the Images for Your Scary Face Changing Halloween Portrait

While the gold paint is drying, print out the 3 printables (just right click and save as an image on your computer) on the vellum and cut out the frame edges from the one sheet of vellum. If you don’t have a laser jet or ink jet printer, you can ask your local library or even UPS store to print them out for you. It’s important to make sure both images are printed at exactly the same size. We’ve designed them so they overlay in the right spots when printed the same size. If you don’t have vellum, you can use regular printer paper, the effect just won’t be as pronounced.

Apply the Vellum Frame Pieces

Once the images are printed, apply the vellum frame pieces to the edge of the top mat with white craft glue or decoupage  medium. This is going to give it that “fancy frame” vintage look. Once the medium is dry, to make the frame fancier, paint over the pieces lightly with the gold paint. Enough to cover the color of the vellum, but not enough to cover the details on the images and let dry.  Asdd some brown ink y rubbing and ink pad on the surface to add some age and patine. If you would rather have this be a little simpler, then you can leave the frame pieces off.  The mat can also be covered with other paint colors, scrapbook paper, or even stamps.

Add The Skull Image to the Bottom Mat

Take the printed out skeleton image and taping it to backside of  the mat, centering the skeleton image.

Line Up the Second Printed Image of the Woman

Apply a few strips of tape to the back of the portrait of the woman facing up, and lay it over the skeleton image, lining up the facial features (The easiest way to line it up is to hold it up to the light and make sure the hats match exactly.).

Place the second mat over the top of both images, lining it up with the  square edge of the bottom mat, and press down on top of the tape that is facing up on the top print. Before taping, hold it up to the light and make sure it’s lined up. If it’s in the right spot, once the tape is adhered, flip the mat and vellum over and press firmly to make sure it’s stuck and add additional tape.  This step is important to make sure the lady image pines up with the skull image and then that the top amt and bottom mat also line up so the effect works when illuminated. Add more tape to hold it in place, then remove the top mat.

Secure the Two Mats Together

On back of the top mat,  apply six strips of double stick tape. Once the tape is applied, press the two mats together, with the top of the skull mat applied to the bottom of the top lady portrait mat firmly.

Display Your Scary Changing Face Portrait!

These can be popped into a sturdier frame, or displayed as is. or in a photo stand. Add a battery operated candle (NOT a real one!) on a remote or twinkle lights behind it to illuminate the portrait for the skull to show through! A flickering battery operated candle makes it even spookier!

This is a fun and easy way to create a unique piece of Halloween decor with your printer! For more Halloween printable fun, make sure to check out our printable paper vintage bat garland .

If you have a hard time getting the printables from our page, you can also get them as a download on our email list here.

Grab the printables (Just right click to save as an image).:

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I would love for you to join me over there at the Raptive Communities so we can do all of those things again! While there is an app you can download for ease, you can also join via desktop if you don’t want to download one more app!

I’ve partnered with Raptive for over 10 years on this site and they’ve been a great partner so I am very excited about this. They’ve always supported by blog and made it so I can run this site more effectively and deliver the content you love. I was told they are also monitoring to keep it from becoming both toxic and spammy, which is important to me. Here is a little bit about the Raptive app from the creators:

I’m excited to join other really amazing creators in the Raptive Community such as Half Baked Harvest, Sally’s Baking Addiction, and Make & Do Crew. There are so many creatives and blogs that are a part of the Raptive family that it’s a new, great place to find not only inspiration but community, which we so desperately need.

I hope you’ll join me over at the Raptive Communities so we can continue to connect and inspire each other! If you join drop me a “hi” so I can say a hello back to you!

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Create a Decorating Zone

While much of the front porch itself might be small, many times the decor can be pulled out forward more, as long as the walkway is clear and there aren’t any trip or fall hazards, especially in the dark. The zone can be pulled forward and to both sides of the front or side door.

If Possible Include Landscaping

If you’re in a home where you have an area to landscape, adding fall blooming flowers helps add ambiance to the Fall porch on the approach. We re-did our front walk a few years ago to give it a more organic and cottage feel. Then added lots of oranges and  and fall flowers like sedum and mums, they are such classic fall flowers. I love it looks when I walk up to the front of our home. It can create a cozy small cottage-style look to the front of a home.

Add Layers of Pumpkins to a Fall Front Porch but Keep the Walkway Clear

Creating a cozy and welcoming outdoor front door entryway is the perfect way to greet guests, or in our case delivery people. One thing about pumpkins as fall decor is that one or two is amazing, but layering them with different sizes  with larger pumpkins and little pumpkins really makes an impact. Using hay bales as way to add height also looks interesting and fall-ish. Just make sure to keep everything to the edges and far enough away from bring a trip hazard. Keep everything to the side of the door so it’s clear of people traffic.

Add a Pop with a Colorful Wreath

Adding a wreath to the front door with a bit of bright color such as orange can help keep bring the eye up and create a complete picture. Giving height gives layers and is so much more interesting than just having every bit of decor be below eye level. If you have a covered front door you can try making this easy paper grapevine wreath.

Add Fall Flowers in Planters and Pots for Front Porch Pumpkin Decorating Ideas

Mums and fall flowers look elegant and eye-catching in pretty urns or planters. If you’re home is white or a very light color, use fall hues such as bright orange, dark purple mums or yellow. If your home is a dark color such as blue, gray or black, opt for lighter colors such as light yellow or white mums. Along with mums, don’t pass up Asters as a pretty fall flowers, and ornamental cabbage or ornamental kale is another great option. Even flowers a few waterproof baskets can add an organic touch.

Hint: those local grocery store mums can be planted in the ground for next year. Just make sure to get them in before October!. Baskets are also fun front porch ideas for front porch decor if it’s covered or enclosed.

Add a Welcoming Touch with a Front Door Wreath or Welcome Mat

I added an extra landing when we redid the walkway area and it extends it a little bit which I love. I added a very cute doormat just before you go in. It gives me a place to put an extra pre-dirty shoe mat and few extra pumpkins.

Or closer to Thanksgiving, put out a more Thanksgiving themed coir mat for a welcoming entry to wet and muddy shoes.

Cluster Pumpkins and Mums Together for Impact

While pumpkins can be fun on their own, clustering them with the softness of flowers makes for a really pretty fall display. The colorful flowers are really some of my favorite things of fall foliage. Add a hay bale to two to act as risers for interest and height. If you have room, you can even add cornstalks.

Add Lanterns

Lanterns are a nice rustic touch and can even add light with solar lights or battery operated candles (or try solar lanterns!) on a timer. Just make sure the lantern is water tight enough so the candles don’t get wet. But they can add some much needed character and light.

All of my lanterns have a little rust from being outside, but I don’t mind. It gives them a title character!

Mix and Match Fall Porch Decor

Mixing and matching the lanterns and pumpkins is a cozy fall look and can be used indoors and outdoors. If you have room, adding a rocking chair also adds interest.

Mix and Match Real and Faux Pumpkins

On our porchette I’ve mixed faux and real pumpkins for the last 10 years (shhh….don’t tell anyone!) It not only does it cut down on the cost of buying pumpkins year after year, but it fools the critters like squirrels for a while too. Also add lots of different color pumpkins. Orange pumpkins are traditional, but it’s fun to add other colors such as blue or green pumpkins or white pumpkins nest to my pots of mums in the fall mix.

Go With a Cross Over Halloween Theme

Fall doesn’t have to just stay just fall until October. Adding some fun Halloween touches such as a witch hat with mums or brooms and corn stalks.

You can also have some fun with spray painted trick or treat pumpkin buckets with plants in them for fall decor.

Or go more boho  and non-traditional by adding fun pumpkin topiaries.

Mix Pumpkins, Greenery and Grasses for a Cozy Early Fall Season

Decorating for a fall porch when it’s still warm outside and not quite Halloween season can feel a little disjointed. Keeping greenery like ferns is perfectly fine. Add other items such as a cozy throw blanket and throw pillows under a covered porch. Wheat in a vase adds nice texture and pumpkins and gourds clustered together add so many fall vibes with Front Porch Pumpkin Decorating Ideas. Coupled with with outdoor string lights it creates a really cozy fall setting.

Make sure you visit these other fall porches all decked out that have also created cozy fall spaces.

Ella Claire | City Farmhouse | Rooms For Rent | Shades of Blue Interiors

My Sweet Savannah | Dear Lillie | Love Grows Wild | Miss Mustard Seed

Jeanne Oliver | Jennifer Rizzo Design | Kindred Vintage | Liz Marie Blog

French Country Cottage | Craftberry Bush

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Supplies to Create a Halloween Paper Mache Pumpkin Face

-Heavy paper dinner plates

-Decoupage medium

-1 ply toilet paper

-White craft glue

-Acrylic craft paint in orange, light yellow, pink, brown paint white and black paint

-Paintbrush

-Table covering

-Vellum paper

-Black permanent marker

-Ribbon / twine

-Twinkle lights

-Scissors/craft knife

-Gloves (if needed)

-Bowl and water

-Hot glue

Mix the Paper-Mache Material

In a craft bowl, mix a handful of toilet paper with a small amount of water just to dampen it. Add in enough deoucpage medium until it develops a clay like texture and mix it around with your hands until all of the toilet paper breaks down into a pulp. non-toxic white craft glue can also be used instead of decoupage medium if the kids are going to make this. This is where gloves come in if you don’t want the feel of the decoupage medium and paper-mache on your hands. I love working with decoupage medium but I do find that it doesn’t always wash off, and I end up picking it off even a few days later.

Sculpt the Face

ON a paper plate use a pencil to trace out the general shapes of the eyes, nose and mouth. Place a second plate under the first to add support while sculpting. Using the Paper Mache material, sculpt a set of eyes by creating a long “snakes” and bending it into a circle to create two matching ovals. You can also add ridges of eyebrows as well. Make sure to smooth the paper mache shapes down while they are still wet.

Add the Mouth and Cheeks

Add cheeks by adding two round, flat lumps of paper mache clay, making sure to smooth down where the edges of the paper mache meet the plate.

Add a Layer of Toilet Paper All Over the Pumpkin

Once all of the features are sculpted, brush the entire face with a paintbrush and decoupage medium and add a layer of thin toilet paper, brushing down on top of it with more decoupage medium to create a cohesive surface.

Expression is Everything to Change the Face

Change the shape of the features to add different expressions. Wide open round eyes would show fear, a long oval mouth could be scary and a smile with triangle eyes feels more like the classic vintage style jack-o-lantern face we know.

Other Ways to Add Features

Instead of sculpting a lot of the features, they can also be carefully cut out with a craft knife. The best thing is these can be personalized any way you like and you can make all kinds of facial expressions by using both cut out and raised areas of paper mache.

Let the Paper Mache Dry Completely then Paint the Features

It’s important to let the paper-mache dry completely before painting. One it’s dry, coat the entire surface with the orange craft paint and let dry. Also paint a second plate with orange paint. At this time you can also use brown paint to add ridges to the pumpkin.  Once dry, Paint the inside of the mouth and eyes in a light yellow paint.

Once the yellow paint is dry, paint in the eyes in black paint, add pink paint to make  the cheeks and then touches of white on the top to add highlights.

Glue the Ribbon at the Top of The Pumpkin

Once the paint is dry, cut a ribbon or twine to length and use hot glue to make a hanger. You can also add a stem at this time if desired.

Glue the Plates Together

Turn the tops of the plates into each other and glue the orange painted plate to the plate with the paper mache on it. Once the glue is dry, the plate edges can be left or carefully cut down a little to remove the rim.

For a Light Up Pumpkin Face

Before gluing both halves together, cut out the eyes and mouth area. On vellum, use a black marker to add features like eyeballs and teeth. Glue the vellum underneath the cut outs, let the glue dry. On the back orange plate, cut out a small area big enough where battery operate twinkle lights or a glow stick can be dropped in and retrieved. Then Glue the two halves together.

Isn’t this such a fun project? If you love fun pumpkin decor, try making this no sew yarn pumpkin.

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Supplies to Make a Halloween Ghost Doily

Create the Base of Your Doily Ghost

Start to create your DIY lace doily goals by placing  your white Styrofoam ball (or a ping pong ball) on the end of the dowel rod. Place the dowel rod in the something sturdy so that it stands upright. I have it into a cardboard roll but you can also use a jar opening. It’s just something to keep the doily and the doily ghost upright while your decoupage glue dries. You’re going to want something tall enough that the bottom of the doily doesn’t touch the surface it’s drying on and hangs freely.

Coat your Doily in Decoupage Medium

Lay your doily out flat on freezer paper or parchment paper and use a brush to coat the entire thing in decoupage medium on front and back so that it’s fully coated. White craft glue can also be used in a pinch. This will help you doily ghost dry stiff. Once your doily is completely coated and soaked through on both sides your ready for the next step.

Add Glue to the White Foam Ball

Cover the entire top of the foam ball in white craft glue. Once it’s coated, lay the decoupage covered medium over the top of the Styrofoam ball. Brush more decoupage medium over the top of the doily where it meets the foam ball on the outside and make sure to coated it completely. The foam ball will remain under the doily to help it hold it’s shape later.

Arrange the Doily Bottom

While the bottom of the doily should lay somewhat gracefully, you may need to Arrange the layers of the skirt of the doily a little bit on the bottom so that they are in a pattern that looks a little bit “ghostly.” and flowy.

Let the Decoupage Medium Dry Completely

Let this dry at least 24 to 48 hours until it is completely stiff and hard. Depending on how much decoupage medium you have used and the humidity level, this could take up to a week to dry.

Add the Ghosts Eyes with Black Felt

Use a pair of scissors to cut out two small rounds for the ghost, dies and use a small drop of white glue on the back of each to place them accordingly. You can see this post if you’re looking for different shapes to make those eyes. The eyes are what conveys the emotion of the ghost. Now you’re ready to have fun and style and decorate!

Decorate with your DIY Doily Ghosts!

Once the ghost is completely dry, you can pull it off of the dowel rod and it should sit by itself on the counter or will be super cute clustered on a mantel or Halloween tablescape. Want to create a favorite haunt for your ghosts? See how to paint this haunted house canvas.

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Supplies for Painting a Watercolor Pumpkin

-Watercolor paper

-Watercolor paint in cadmium orange, terra cotta, burnt umber, sap green,Yellow ochre

-No. 6 round brush

-Water

-Paper towel

Some Watercolor Terms to Know:

A (Milk) Wash– A 50/50 mix of water and paint where the paint is more watery, almost like the appearance of milk, but still has a translucent quality

Wet on wet– Painting a wet medium such as watercolor onto a paper surface that is already wet wither with water or wet (not dried ) watercolor paint

Blooming/Bleeding-Both occur when wet paint or water touches an alredy wet are and the paint move into each other. Paint on paint tens to be referred to more as bleeding and water and paint tends to be more referred to as blooming, but many times they are used interchangeably.

Feathering/lifting the edge- When a painted.wet edge has a hard line that needs to be softened. To soften the edge, a barely damp(not wet) brush is brushed a long the edge to dilute extra pigment and also pick it up. This is repeated until the edge has been feathered enough to a desired point. This has to be done while the paint is still wet.

Create an Orange (Milk) Wash

Create a  wash of  50/50 mixture of cadmium orange and water. After creating the orange wash, we’ll start painting the pumpkin shape

Paint a Long Oval Shape

On the middle of the paper, paint a long oval. Don’t worry about it being perfect. In fact, it’s better if it’s a little uneven and the sides of the oval stick out a little. While the oval is still wet use a slightly damp brush to feather in the edges so they are softened. Keep the middle front open on the oval to create a highlight.

Add Sides to the Watercolor Pumpkin

One each side of the oval, paint two long “C” shapes. One “C” will be backward and the other forward. Feather the edges to the inside, Continue painting “C” shapes, making them smaller as you move to the outer edges of the pumpkin. Continue to feather and lift on any hard edges.

 Add A Darker Orange Watercolor Paint

Use terra cotta paint to paint around the edges of the pumpkin while the orange wash is still wet. Feather as you go and let the paint bleed slightly. Blot up any obvious runs or undesired bleed with paper towel.

Sometimes it helps to flip the paper the pumpkin is on over when painting.

Add Yellow Ochre

Paint a slightly diluted Yellow Ochre by dotting it onto the pumpkin and let the colors bleed slightly. Blot up any excess.

Paint the Pumpkin Stem

Use sap green to paint in the stem shape. To make the stem shape, paint a wider base and a skinnier top.

While the sap green is still wet, paint burnt umber watercolor paint to the underside and on the base of the stem.

Add Shading to The Pumpkin

Use the burnt umber to add shading to the inside ribs of the pumpkin and to the underside.

Add Any Extra Touch Up

While the pumpkin watercolor paint is still wet, add any extra shadows or remove some paint to create highlights. For a touch of cuteness, add some curly cue tendrils on each side of the stem.

Let the Painting Dry

Before framing or using in a project, let the paint dry completely as it will continue to change slightly as the paint moves and water evaporates. If you liked painting this project, try painting a rustic pumpkin in acrylic paint on canvas!

 See the full watercolor pumpkin painting step by step tutorial on our YouTube channel here.

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Supplies to Make a Mushroom Vase

-Thrift store vase, plastic container or recycled jar

-Air dry clay

-Ribbon or bark wrap

-Glue

-Acrylic craft paint

-Scissors

-White craft glue

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Mold the Air Dry Clay Mushrooms

Use air dry clay and a mushroom mold to create air dry clay mushrooms. With this mold we found pushing the clay into the mold and removing the access over the top to flatten it. Immediately remove the clay from the mold gently, and lay it flat to dry. Let it dry on one side and then flip over to let the back dry. Not a required step, but for larger mushrooms, letting them initially dry on a curved surface helps to glue it on later.  We covered the vase we are using with plastic wrap to make it easy to follow the curve. Once the top is dry, the clay mushroom can be removed and turned upside down to let the backside dry.

Paint the Air Dry Clay Mushrooms

Once the mushrooms are dry, paint them with acrylic craft paint. Let them dry and seal if desired. to deepen the colors and give the acrylic craft paint a little protection.

Glue the Ribbon

Glue the ribbon around the outside of the vase attaching it to itself. That way it can be reused and changed out if desired. I used an old thrift store vase, but any kind of vase can be used, or even a recycled jar, cardboard box or plastic container.

Glue the Mushrooms onto the Vase

Lay the vase on it’s back onto the towel to keep it in place and to stop it from rolling, especially off the work surface! Arrange and glue the mushrooms to the outside of the vase onto the ribbon with white craft glue. It helps to pre-arrange them before gluing onto the surface. Work one side at a time, turning the vase as the mushrooms dry. Let the glue dry completely.

Tips for working with air dry clay:

-Keep the clay moist when working with it to keep the elasticity and moldabilty

-Is the clay cracks, use wet clay and fingers to smooth over the cracks

-Seal the clay with a decoupage medium or acrylic sealer

-Let the air dry clay dry completely before painting and gluing.

Style and Arrange the Dried Flowers

Now it’s time to add some gorgeous dried flower to the vase and use for Fall decor! Since the clay is not water-proof, this project is better suited for dry flowers. This would also be cute with fairy lights inside!

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