Halloween

Halloween Roundup: Costumes, food and drink

October 26, 2011 | Also posted in Topic: craft, inspirations
Halloween Roundup: Costumes, food and drink
A few more cool links to get those halloween juices flowing:

Daphne (Scooby Doo) little girls costume

October 25, 2011 | Also posted in Topic: craft, inspirations, Tutorials/Tips
Daphne-B-(1)
This was actually supposed to go up last year (!) but you know how the time around halloween gets around here! My friend Cecily made this costume for her daughter…  She writes:
For my daughter, I didn’t like the Daphne costumes available for sale from the costume stores.  They are kind of skanky and not the cool retro Daphne from 1970!  She wanted to be the original Daphne for sure.
I used Simplicity: It’s So Easy, pattern #2825 (Dress and Backpack (didn’t make the backpack).  I used purple Kona cotton and lavendar bias tape for the trim.  Honestly I have
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BRAAAAINS! Conehead Zombie… PvZ costume

October 24, 2011 | Also posted in Topic: craft, featured, Featured Craft, Seasonal/Holiday, Tutorials/Tips
kids conehead zombie costume from plants vs zombies
The Cutest Little Conehead Zombie: I promised you guys a second costume for The Boy’s halloween (you’ll remember he’s also doing Draco Malfoy, Death Eater), and here it is! He’s a big fan of the Plants Vs. Zombies video game, and insisted on being a Conehead Zombie. We also considered buckethead, but we had the cone, so that sealed the deal. This is easy to put together, and tons of fun. I think this would be a great group costume idea – everyone picking different zombies to play… Read on...

Make a Hogwarts scarf out of old sweatshirts (Harry Potter, Halloween)

October 20, 2011 | Also posted in Topic: crafttop, Featured Craft, inspirations, Seasonal/Holiday, Tutorials/Tips
Slytherin Scarf tutorial - harry potter
This is part 3, we’ve already covered how to make a death eater mask, and how to make a hogwarts robe out of a t-shirt! For the boy’s Death Eater costume, he really didn’t want any Slytherin gear, as he said (and rightly) that Draco Malfoy skulking around as a Death Eater would not be wearing his Slytherin scarf.  But since a death… Read on...

How to Make a kids Harry Potter robe out of Tshirts

October 20, 2011 | Also posted in Topic: craft, Featured Craft, party, Seasonal/Holiday, Tutorials/Tips
How to Make a kids Harry Potter robe out of Tshirts
For The Boy’s Draco Malfoy costume, I had a brainstorm one night when he was using a XL men’s tshirt as a sleep shirt.  It was the perfect size for a wizard robe for a 6 year old. This version is meant to be a Death Eater robe (I took the liberty of having it double as Draco’s school robe as well).  This could of course work for a wide variety of hooded robes, including Jedi robes! So I grabbed it, and a couple more old t-shirts and with… Read on...

Harry Potter Themed Halloween Ideas

October 18, 2011 | Also posted in Topic: craft, food, party
Make a Mad Eye Moody Eye
I got too busy today to upload a tutorial on the Draco Malfoy Death Eater costume, so that will have to wait until tomorrow. To tide you over, here are some clever Harry Potter halloween ideas, for those who like to mix their All Hallows with the Deathly Hallows! A few photos below, then links to those ideas and more under the photos. Harry Potter Halloween Idea Links: … Read on...

Halloween Costume: Draco Malfoy, The Littlest Death Eater!

October 17, 2011 | Also posted in Topic: craft, featured, Featured Craft, Seasonal/Holiday
Draco malfoy, death eater costume
So, The Boy is somehow getting 2 halloween costumes this year.  He’s a big Harry Potter fan, so his first costume is Draco Malfoy, Death Eater. He’s only on book 6, but he has some Legos that have Draco Malfoy in Death Eater garb, so he’s latched on to this idea. So, for his totally homemade/upcycled costume, we have:
  • A robe, made from several old t-shirts.
  • A Slytherin scarf, made from old sweatshirts.
  • A death eater mask, made from a dollar store skeleton mask.
  • A broomstick, made by Dad from an old broom with a custom handle
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12 Pumpkin related halloween ideas: Crafty, costumes and food

October 12, 2011 | Also posted in Topic: craft, food
12 Pumpkin related halloween ideas: Crafty, costumes and food
Finally getting into the halloween spirit around here.  The hubby was making new gravestones for the front yard the other day, while I thrift shopped and sewed for the Boys two (two?  Why two?  I’m not quite sure!) halloween costumes.  I’ll get him to model one of them when he gets home from school today (Draco Malfoy: Death Eater!) and show that off to you guys this week.  Plus a couple of cool tutorials on making it. Until then, to tide you over on halloween related goodness, here’s a few ideas for halloween — all pumpkin, all the time! PS,… Read on...

9 Cute and Crafty Halloween Ideas

October 7, 2011 | Also posted in Topic: inspirations, Seasonal/Holiday
9 Cute and Crafty Halloween Ideas
Looking for some cool and crafty halloween ideas? Here are some I’ve been collecting!

New Halloween Projects Page at Dabbled

September 20, 2011 | Also posted in Topic: Announcement, Seasonal/Holiday
halloween-at-dabbled
Halloween is coming up guys, and you know that’s the best time of year around here at Dabbled. So I created a new Halloween Projects page to collect a bunch of past halloween posts in one spot.  You’ll find costume ideas, food, halloween crafts and decor, and all kinds of tutorials, both from Dabbled and from elsewhere around the web. So go check it out — You’ll find it in the main menu bar above under “Go Halloween!” And if you have a cool halloween tutorial or created a cool costume, be sure to either… Read on...