It’s a silly little thing, but it makes me happy.. Well, yes, it probably would make me even happier if I just cleaned out the garage.
We picked up some felt in orange, black and white..The “body” of the haunted house is made up of full-sized felt pieces spaced out with smaller black rectangles.
All pieces were attached with hot glue..The “real” version has a few details that ours doesn’t, so we tried to add in a few easy details, like the scalloped edging there, to make it feel a little more special..Cutting out the pockets was pretty simple, especially since the “inspiration” model had slightly imperfect looking pockets too.
It just makes it look more “haunted”!.We cut out a few ghosts, pumpkins, and (the piece de resistance!)
a little spider, stuck em’ on, and had some instant Halloween fun to hang up anywhere we wanted.. To mimic the different fonts and types of letting and numbering in the inspiration version, we used a mixture of scrap booking stickers and hand-drawn numbers..
Overall, the effect is not too bad!.I trimmed the two ends with a little extra ribbon, just for cuteness..
I had to put it on this dresser for now, just to show you, but the next time you see it, it will be looking all lovely on my new kitchen table!.So I get a new table and a new runner to go with it.
The best part is, I can make a new one every month for next to nothing with all the great napkins I always see on clearance.Hooray for good ideas!Well, I realize the time for advent calendars started five days ago, but I wanted to share this fun idea today anyway.