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. 🙂

I love those!!! I think these would work for pretty much any theme. I can’t wait to pick out some pretties for Christmas and make these then! Pinning, for sure!
These turned out so cute. Love the Halloween colors!
LOVE it!!!
Love this!!! What you did with the skewers is adorable!!! I would love kitchen work better if I had one in my kitchen too.
How cute!!!
very cute!!xoxo
So, so cute!! Love everything about this!
Thanks so much for linking up at Artsy Corner! Always love seeing what you come up with 🙂
What a great idea! Love it! and I totally agree with you, I only love the “cute” side of Halloween too!! (and you rocked it!)