Halloween Paper Lollies Decor

Next to Christmas, Halloween is my favorite holiday to decorate for.  I don’t love the scary side of Halloween, I just like the cute side of it.  When I saw this adorable line of Doodlebug Designs Halloween paper, I knew I needed it.  The first thing that came to mind when I was thinking about how I would use this paper was to make a Halloween banner, but I just haven’t had time this year.  Maybe next year.  I decided to make this fun little paper lollies decoration to go in the window sill above my kitchen sink.  I adore how it turned out! (And I still have paper left over to play with another time.)

Let me show you how I made it.  I had this cute black and white container (I found it in the $1 spot at Target last year) with a lime green lining.  It has Halloween written all over it!  I set a foam floral block (I bought a 4 pack at the Dollar Tree) down in the bottom of the container.  Then I got out my bamboo skewers.  I cut them off at different lengths, and then I wrapped them in washi tape!  How fun is that?!

I stuck them back into the foam and set it aside while I got to work on the lollies.

Last year I did a tutorial on how to make these, so I didn’t do a new one, but if you want to make larger ones, then you have to glue two strips of paper together end to end.  I prefer to do it after they are scored.  I also ink the edges of all of mine. Let me know if you have questions.
For all of my lollies, I did different widths on my scoring, just to add extra character.

The cute little center pieces of most of the lollies are cut out from one of the papers.  I hand cut them and inked the edges, then used a pop up foam adhesive to adhere them.

This is about as scary as I get for Halloween.  My husband even made a comment to me that I used a skull.  I know, scary, right?  I told him that this one was cute and not scary so I was okay with using it. 🙂

I couldn’t pass up using this adorable little button with a spider on it!  Isn’t it just so cute.  It is also from Doodlebug Designs.

I wish I could frame this cute little trick or treat sign!

I think with all of them together they look so fun and festive!  I used my glue gun to glue the skewers to the back of the lollies.

When I had everything else done and put together, I decided to add some washi tape to my container, and add this cute picture of a little ghost.

And did you notice the fun washi tape skewers peeking around in there?  I think they are much more fun than plain skewers, huh?

Now I think I could stand at my sink and wash dishes a little longer, just cause I have something fun to look at!

Are you creating any last minute Halloween decorations?  This may just be my last one for this year. 🙂