Pinterest Success--White Ghost Pumpkins & Creepy Jar/ Finishing Touches on the Cauldron

Whilst working on this portion of my overall Halloween Witch's Caldron, I got a little impatient and decided to heat up my oven just a little bit and put foam pumpkins in it with paint on them to dry faster. Totally forgot I put them in there until like half an hour after I did so. Thank heavens the oven was turned off or I would have been up crap creek...

Ghost Pumpkins. 

Supplies:
Foam/Craft Pumpkins---I found mine at Dollar Tree
Creamy White Acrylic Paint
Dark Green or Brown Acrylic Paint 
Foam Brushes
Fake Black Birds--Also from Dollar Tree

All you need to do for this craft is paint the pumpkins white with the paint. I painted one coat and let it dry, then painted another coat and let it dry, and again, and again, and again. Once it finally started to look white and not orange was a good place to stop. I ended up dabbing the stem with a little green paint to cover up where I got white paint on it. 

Once the pumpkins were completely dry, I stuck the little black birds on them and they were done!

For the Creepy jar:

1 random glass jar
Black Spray Paint
Matte Spray Paint
Spray adhesive or Mod Podge
1 Spooky Label http://www.flickr.com/photos/lovemanor/2783512654/in/set-72157602788222231/  

I was searching the house for a glass jar I could repurpose and couldn't find one. I was getting a little bugged because I have been trying not to throw away glass jars, but try and repurpose them. I started on dinner and due to my very busy day, ahem, crafting, I uh, didn't have time to make a proper dinner. Whoops. So, I heated up some red sauce from a jar and cooked some pasta. Lo and behold, the red sauce came in a glass jar!!! Muhahaha! So I washed out the jar and peeled the label off and let it dry. 

I spray painted the lid black and spray painted the jar with the matte coat for esthetics. While they were drying, I picked a label and printed it off and cut it out to size. Once the jar was dry to touch, I took the label and sprayed adhesive to the back of the label and stuck it on the jar. Super easy craft. 

For the finished product, I picked up a the Witches sign, the spanish moss, and the creepy cloth all the the dollar store. I stuffed the inside of the cauldron with a box and grocery sacks and laid the cloth on top, added the moss, and topped off with all the decorations. I love how this turned out and because I had a lot of the stuff to make it, I only spent about $20 bucks to get it all put together. 

Thanks to:

http://let--it--shine.blogspot.com/2010/10/faux-iron-witches-cauldron.html

For the super cute craft idea.

I have a super cute display! Hopefully, I can find some small witches brooms to go with it soon!

Love them!

--Alexsis---