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Halloween Party Day 2: Get Crafty!

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Today is the second day of the Canon Rebel T2i Giveaway and we’re showing off anything we’ve created for Halloween. It can be as complex as an entire Halloween costume or as simple as a carved pumpkin. I am proof that you don’t actually have to be crafty to try your hand at a simple project.

I love crafts.

I do!

I see magazine articles and crafty blog posts written by crafty bloggers and I think, I can SO do that!

I add ingredients to my grocery lists…ribbons and marshmallows and stickers and paint and all the things one might need to create magical pieces of Halloween spirit to be treasured for always.

The problem is that all too often what starts off like this…

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often becomes this…

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Not one to be easily discouraged, I might try my hand at this:

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I’ll attempt to redeem myself with this:

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And when I realize that crafting might not be my thing…I’ll try my hand at seasonal sugar cookies instead.

Because you have to be pretty talented to mess those up.

Errr…

Crafts Gone Bad

I suppose there’s always next year…surely you can come up with something better than this, let’s see what you’ve got!

STEP ONE: Create a post describing something that you’ve created for Halloween. Anything qualifies…costumes, recipes, crafts, party invites, treats, decorations, whatever you can come up with!

STEP TWO: Link your Crafty post up below.

You can earn additional entries by:

  • “Liking” SITS on Facebook.
  • Tweeting the following message:  Boo! I’m celebrating Halloween with @SITSGirls & entering to win a Canon Rebel DSLR camera http://bit.ly/dtwrjJ
  • Starting or joining a conversation in our Discussion Forum.
  • Participating in Day 1 of our Halloween Party and linking up a post describing your favorite Halloween memory.

The fine print:

This contest is sponsored by yours truly and will run from Saturday, October 30 to Friday, November 5 at midnight PST. Participants may link up their posts at anytime during the week. There is no limit to the number of times you enter this giveaway. A winner will be chosen at random.

About Tracie Nall

Tracie lives in Arizona with her husband, teen daughter, and more books than her shelves will hold. She spends her days writing and editing. Many of her words end up on her blog, From Tracie. Find Tracie on Twitter @FromTracie and on Instagram where she takes pictures of things that are yellow.

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  5. texanmama says

    Hey Sits Girls.
    Comment Luv is still not parsing my feed. I don’t think it’s on my end… I get comment luv to parse my feed on other sites that use comment luv!?!?

    And, how many times can I tweet? How many times can I participate in the forum for extra entries?

  7. Jessica says

    Your pictures are hysterical! Absolutely LOVED them 🙂 Glad to know I’m not the only one who can’t make shaped sugar cookies. I’ll have to send you my “Christmas Trees” sometime. They look like the asteroids from the old Atari game..or something from Ghostbusters, lol.

  8. Emily says

    Now I’ve entered all three days! I don’t remember how many times I’ve tweeted, but it’s been a few, and I already like SITs on facebook 🙂

  16. CK says

    there was a glitch in the system and my Painted Pumpkin post got linked up twice!!! (it didn’t work the first time I tried it so I did it again and then all of a sudden there were two link-ups!) Sorry, you want to delete one?

    Thanks,
    CK

  18. Erin M. says

    Between making hanging bats out of paper and painting colorful pumpkins for Halloween, Me and my 5 year old sister are sure crafty for Fall!

  20. Heather says

    got mine up! we don’t do much crafty stuff here yet, although we will once my little one gets older (or we will try that is…)

  21. Adrienne says

    I love the Dream vs. reality pics. That is so true here! It’s true for me, and consider myself crafty. LOL I’m linked up with a cute spider craft we made a few weeks ago.

  22. Karen says

    I already “Like” you on Facebook, which a really good thing since I actually like you too! :>:>

  23. Karen says

    I didn’t get crafty for Halloween (unless you count my carved pumpkin, which I still have to post!), but Father (aka Hubby) & son did! Come see a fun, hand crafted Harry Potter wand to create some wonderful wizard magic!! :>

  32. AmyBlam says

    SUCH a fun idea-it’s going to take me forever to go through and look at everyone’s Halloween crafts!
    (I also like on facebook and am about to tweet and link up my post about my Halloween costume.)

  38. zeemaid says

    *LOL* I like easy crafts that don’t require a lot of fine details.. cause the devil really is in the details and I suck at them. 😉

    I bet the cookies still tasted good though! 😉

  46. E says

    Oh wow! I am the same way… the vision and my reality sometimes differ dramatically!! I keep trying though and hope one day I’ll get it!

    PS – I’ve posted and tweeted!

  47. Jenn Erickson says

    Kat, if you ever decide to give those little marshmallow-ghosts-on-a-stick a try again, I have a whole section of my blog devoted to CHOCOLATE DIPPING projects. Here’s a link to my tutorial for working with chocolate:

    http://www.rookno17.com/2009/12/wonkateers-couture-candy-diy.html

    Chocolate chips have added ingredients to keep them from liquefying during the baking process, which causes them to be really thick and gloppy when melted for a dipping project. You can add a small amount of vegetable oil to loosen up melted chocolate chips, but better to go with a “candy coating”, “candy melts” or couverture chocolate callets.