13 Days of Halloween - Day Three

It's Day Three of the 13 Days of Halloween and I'm back with another simple and fast project that's fun for kids of all ages!

Twinkie Mummy!

Okay, maybe Twinkies don't have to be mummified because I heard that they last forever, but it's the perfect shape for this Halloween treat.

You'll need a Twinkie.

You'll need some icing, Wilton cake decorating tip #47 and black candy pearls. I used the ready made tube of icing so I just needed the coupler to attach to the tube. If you use some homemade icing , you'll need an icing bag, too.

Because the Twinkie is yellow, you may want to frost the Twinkie with a light layer of icing first. That way, the yellow won't show through if you miss some spots.

With tip #47, you will begin to make strips of icing across the Twinkie, like a mummy wrap. Make sure that the tip has the jagged edge facing down, otherwise you will get additional texture on your strips, like for a basket weave. Have the strips go across randomly as if they were the cloth wraps on the mummy, it'll look more interesting.

Before you finish "wrapping" the mummy, place two black candy pearl beads on the upper third of the Twinkie for the eyes. Make sure to add some strips near the eyes so that the eyes look like they are peeking out from under the wraps.

And that's a wrap!

 

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you enjoyed your weekend! Visit tomorrow for our fourth Halloween theme project, until then Happy Crafting!

13 Days of Halloween - Day Two

Okay, I'm sticking with the brown bags today (since I have 40 of them!) Again, this one is super easy for crafters of all ages!

 Get a Hoot of this Brown Bag Owl!

Take the brown bag and bring the two top corners together to find the middle, pinch at the top to mark the center point.

Fold in each of the top corners to the center point as shown.

 

For the eyes, take the 2 1/2" Clever Lever Circle punch (pink) and punch two circles from brown cardstock.

 

Take the 2" Clever Lever Circle punch (blue) and punch out two circles from white cardstock

 

Take the 1" Clever Lever Circle punch (green) and punch out two circle from golden yellow cardstock. Take the 3/4" Clever Lever Circle punch (green) and punch out two circles from black cardstock.

 

Layer all of the pieces as shown and tape together for the eyes.

 

Fold the pointed flap down. Place the eyes under the pointed flap and tape in place.

 

Cut a triangle from orange cardstock for the beak. Tape over the point of the flap.

 

Fill the bag with treats and tape the flap down. You can also use sticky back velcro if you want to open and close it a lot. You can also add feathers at the top corners for more detailing.

 

 

BUT WAIT! THERE'S MORE!!!

 

Today, I went to Celebrations' "Adventures in Bento Making" event featuring Crystal "Pikko" Watanabe.

Crystal is the co-author of Yum Yum Bento Box and she demo'd some fun bento style food.

 

She made little ghosts from quail eggs and a tombstone from Okinawan sweet potato.

 

 

She carved pumpkins from persimmons.

 

She showed us how make a free-form shape musubi and made a skull. She made little soccer ball rice balls using a special ball mold. I bought one of the molds because I want to make snowmen later.

 

Then she showed us how to make cute sandwiches with the animal shape cutters.

 

So much fun and so cute! Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you are having a great weekend!

 

P.S.  - Don't forget to go to the Ben Franklin Crafts store to enter the JOC 10th Anniversary giveaway! we're drawing the names for the first set of winners on Monday!