Spooky Canvases

Welcome October!

A few of weeks ago I got the Halloween itch and called the cousins over to help me scratch it. We mod-podged these spooky silhouettes onto canvas boards and they turned out darling.

What I love about this:

*Even the 3-year-olds participated, and they turned out fabulously (the owl pictured above is my Blaine's work!).

*It's simple and quick.

*It's cheap. Of course you can go with a stretched canvas, but these canvas boards are a tiny fraction of the price!

Here's how you do it:

*Gather your supplies (canvas boards, mod podge, paint brushes, black spray paint, and a cut out silhouette of your choice--see links below.)

*After your silhouette is cut out, spray paint it black and wait for it to dry.

*Adhere your silhouette to the canvas board with mod podge. Cover the whole board. It will dry clear.

To display: you could lean it against something, set it on an easel, or attach a ribbon to it and hang it up.

Here are links to the templates we used (thank you, Martha Stewart!):

Bat #1

Bat #2

witch

spider

skull

spitting cat

owl

AND. If you want to get a little more sophisticated and have some grown-up craft time, check out this raven that Danielle did. Fabulous!

--Anne