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Do-it-yourself: Halloween place settings

Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Do-it-yourself: Halloween place settings

If you're planning on hosting a Halloween party, make it unique with these batwings and name tags. Add them to sweet mini butternut pumpkins to represent each guest at your table.

Here's how to make them!

You will need:

Butternut pumpkins
Spray undercoat
Red spray paint
Double- sided cardboard scraps in two colours
Mini name tags
White pencil
Plastic headed pin
Tacky craft glue
Tooth picks
Double sided tape
Chicken skewer
Newspaper

Note: Name tags, white pencil, cardboard, pins, double-sided tape, and tacky craft glue all available from Spotlight. Phone 1300 305 405 or visit www.spotlight.com.au

Instructions:

  1. Make sure the skin of your butternut is dry and free from dirt and dust.
  2. Spray with undercoat and allow to dry, and then apply a topcoat of red spray paint.
  3. Using the bat wing template cut four (two in each colour cardboard).
  4. Trim around 2mm off the edges of two of the four wings.
  5. Lay out a right and left wing, and then position the smaller wings on top and glue in place.
  6. Use the skewer to pierce a hole in each side of the pumpkin and insert a tooth pick in each hole.
  7. Run a peace of double sided tape to the back of each wing then press on to the toothpick.



Related video: More craft ideas.
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