Halloween Witch Hat - DIY Home Decor and Shaker Craft

Custom DIY Halloween Home Decor 

 Creative Embellishments has a new product line featuring wood DIY Home Decor designs.  The CE store is packed with cool designs ranging from seasonal, coastal, spooky, peaceful and more.  Best of all...they are affordably priced- - check them out right here.  

The DIY Home Decor pieces are large durable wooden shapes ready to be decorated as you please; 

paint them,  paper them,  stencil them, alter them, hang them, gift them.

  

Today I am featuring the new Creative Embellishments Wood Home Decor- Large Witch Hat.  While it's still summer,  we all know Halloween's gonna be racing toward us in a blink.  It's never too soon to think about creating fun Halloween decorations.  

Here are the chipboard and wood decor pieces used on the project: Creative Embellishments Wood Home Decor- Large Witch Hat , the spider web from Creative Embellishments - Halloween Scene 2 ( I saved the rest of the set to use on a different project),  and I used one of the cats from Creative Embellishments - Cat Set 2.  

Creative Embellishments Wood Home Decor- Large Witch Hat	Creative Embellishments - Halloween Scene 2	Creative Embellishments - Cat Set 2

The wooden shapes are large - perfectly sized for a wall, front door, decor grouping. Witch Hat is 11.5"w x 11.9"h leaving you plenty of surface area to decorate. 

The shape is smooth unfinished wood,  ready to finish.  No sanding needed.  I chose to paint mine with a base coat Dusty Concord  Distress Paint.  After the paint was dry, I used a sea sponge and dabbed a top coat of black acrylic paint - leaving some of the purple showing, sort of mottled.  

Below is a great image to show some of the other decorative details used. 

The top part of the hat was covered with black cheesecloth - for no other reason than added texture. Plus I really love black cheesecloth at Halloween. 

    I added a chipboard spider web from Creative Embellishment's Creative Embellishments - Halloween Scene 2.  Sorry it's so hard to see clearly - it was hard to photo.  It was painted black, then coated with Ranger Ink -Crackle Accents  for an eerie cracked effect.   It looks fabulous in person - but you'll just have to trust me on this. 

NOTE - Hat Band Shaker is a Special Request 

I altered the hat band to be a shaker.  This was a special request.  Typically the hat band is one piece.  I wanted two pieces to make a shaker.   

Creative Embellishments is great at trying to accommodate special requests if possible and reasonable. 

The shaker mix inside is a combination of buttons from Buttons Galore and More, plus some of their new Doo Dadz shaker mix.  

The cute tomb stone is a 3D button also from Buttons Galore 3D Buttons- Happy Hauntings pack - a cool finishing touch.   from  .

  

Buttons Galore 3D Buttons- Happy Hauntings HH104	Buttons Galore Doo Dadz- Purple Rain Dd105	Buttons Galore Doo Dadz- Seasonal Pine Dd101

Here's a shot of my front door so you can have some sense of proportion.  

Thank you for stopping here today. 

Check out the ever growing selection of DIY wood Home Decor pieces from Creative Embellishments.     Happy decorating.  

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Creative Embellishments - Large Witch Hat	Creative Embellishments - Halloween Scene 2	Creative Embellishments - Cat Set 2

Buttons Galore Buttons- Back In Black	Buttons Galore Buttons - Greenery MJ105	Buttons Galore Buttons - Sour Grapes MJ104

Buttons Galore 3D Buttons- Happy Hauntings HH104	Buttons Galore Doo Dadz- Purple Rain Dd105	Buttons Galore Doo Dadz- Seasonal Pine Dd101

Ranger Ink - Inkssentials - Crackle Accents - Crackle Medium	Ranger Ink - Tim Holtz - Distress Paint - Dusty Concord	Ranger Ink - Tim Holtz - Distress Paint - Black Soot

Altered Salt Shakers -Scarecrow and Witch - Home Decor Shakers with Buttons Galore

Turn Old Salt and Pepper Shakers into Halloween Home Decor

Welcome to Part Two my three part blog mini-series on re-purposing old salt and pepper shakers and creating fun, fabulous home DIY home decor. 

Part One is found here and features bats. 


Tis the season to find some great discounts on Halloween and Christmas items - Dollar stores, thrift stores, big box craft stores and on-line stores (Michaels, Hobby Lobby, JoAnns) all need to move inventory so go hunt and see what treasures you can stash.

Here are some helpful tips for supplies 
- I love the Dollar stores because they have some great seasonal items that you can rip apart for supplies without feeling bad.  Check it out for some of these treasures listed below: 

• Raffia for Scarecrow - Dollar Store. You may need to rip apart some floral decorations
• Black Cheese Cloth -  Dollar Store.  Black Creep cheesecloth table cloths, rip the cheesecloth off a creepy decoration. 
• Burlap - Rolls of inexpensive colored burlap. 
• Styrofoam balls - they sell various sized foam balls
• Salt Shakers - plastic and glass

Scarecrow Altered Salt Shaker
 First up, the scarecrow. His head is a Styrofoam ball Idea-ology - Tim Holtz - Halloween - Mummy Cloth lightly inked and wrapped around it. 

I can't really provide specifics on the Styrofoam and ornament balls to use for the heads. The head  size will be determined by the shaker you use.  Sorry.   

The buttons, shaker mix and 3D bat button sticking out of the in the hat are from Buttons Galore and More.  

The Hat 

The witch and scarecrow share the same style hat, purchased from Hobby Lobby's seasonal isle. The hat has been transformed from witch to scarecrow with a small piece of Idea-ology - Tim Holtz - Halloween - Mummy Cloth  that I died orange.  It's been finished with some festive gingham and a button. 

The Bat Button in the Hat

When I create home decor, I try to make the project as durable as possible so I tend to secure embellishments using wire.  I attached black wire to the bat and tucked it under the hat, which is why the bat is able to stick out of his hat.  

The scarecrow's orange shirt is just a piece of orange burlap with black wire woven through it to create arms that can bend or stay outstretched as desired.  Super easy - no sewing needed. 

If you look at the raffia "hands", you'll notice I tied the burlap with black wire to finish off the shirt at the hands - to also prevent  the burlap from fraying.  

I attached the arms to the shaker using more black wire.  

Buttons Galore - 3D Buttons - Bats HH121

Tim Holtz - Halloween- Mummy Cloth

Buttons Galore - Embellishment Bottles-  November Stroll LL235

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The  Jack -o- Lantern Witch

The jack-o-lantern witch has an orange ornament for a head.  I started out using a Styrofoam ball and saw a set of  Halloween ornaments on sale.  The glittery head  adds a nice touch - and since it was orange, it turned into a jack-o-lantern.  

The black shape-able cape was super easy to create using black cheesecloth and weaving black wire along one edge.  I also used the black wire to attach the cape to the shaker. 

The eyes and mouth are paper with black sequins for accent.   

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Buttons Galore - 3D Buttons - Bats HH121

Buttons Galore/28 Lilac Lane- Halloween Candy  Shaker Mix LL523

Buttons Galore - Embellishment Bottles-  November Stroll LL235

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Idea-ology - Tim Holtz - Halloween - Mummy Cloth

Buttons Galore and More / 28 Lilac Lane

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Freshen Up Home Decor Projects With Buttons - Halloween Decor

Easy Ways to Freshen up your Halloween Home Decor   

Do you love to decorate for Halloween? Are your decorations in need of a little lift?  

3D buttons from Buttons Galore are a simple and easy way to add darling touches to projects and rejuvenate home decor.  

 I transformed this pumpkin Halloween centerpiece  using 3D buttons  from Buttons Galore.   

1. Jack-o-lantern with witch hat 3D Button:  Buttons Galore -3D Buttons - Witching Hour

2. Spider 3D Button - Buttons Galore and More- 3D Buttons - Happy Hauntings 

3. Purple Haunted House 3D Button - 3D Buttons - Happy Hauntings 

4.  Bat 3D Button - Buttons Galore and More- 3D Buttons - Happy Hauntings 

5.Witch Hat 3D Button - 3D Buttons - Witching Hour 

6. Caramel Apple 3D Button - 3D Buttons - Witching Hour 

7. Witches Brew 3D Button - 3D Buttons - Witching Hour  

8. Bat 3D Button - Buttons Galore and More- 3D Buttons - Happy Hauntings 

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Buttons Galore and More- 3D Buttons - Happy Hauntings HH104

Buttons Galore and More -3D Buttons - Witching Hour HH100

Buttons Galore - Sprinkletz - Orange Crush NK100

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Dazzle your friends and make your own Halloween centerpiece.  

You can see the step-by-step instructions to make this darling table DIY Halloween decor piece right here.  

Buttons Galore has an adorable assortment of 3D buttons for any occasion or holiday so you can gussy up all your projects and decorations.  

Thanks for stopping here today.  I value your time.