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Now that it is October are you ready for Halloween? I have been slowly decorating, wearing my Halloween themed clothes, and attending fun fall activities.  

We recently decided to get passes to Kings Island that are good through next year.  We don't live real far from the park, and the passes include the Halloween Haunts and Christmas lights.  Tonight we decided to go to the Halloween Haunt.  :) We did not have enough time to see everything, so we will be going back again in the next few weeks. 

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Another fun thing I did this week was get the Alien onesie from Aldi.  It is super comfortable, and cute as well.  I surprised D the other day when he got home from work and saw me looking like this. LOL!  I plan on using for a few more things in the coming weeks. The best part is it is only $14.99.  

As promised I finally got my Halloween ghost dog DIY posted.  They have been sitting on our front porch the last week, and always make me smile when I get home.  This weekend I am having a project day, and will be finishing several more DIYs.  

 Now that you know what I have been up to. I would love to see what you have been doing.. Link up and HAVE FUN! 

 

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DIY a Halloween Ghost Dog

My assistant Brittany was very excited to help make her look-a-like ghost dog.  To make a ghost dog you will need a tomato cage, a rubber or Styrofoam ball, a cardboard tube, craft foam, and either a  white sheet or shower curtain.  I found a white plastic shower curtain at Dollar Tree for $1.25.  I decided to use that since the ghost dogs will be on our front porch.  

In this photo I show how a bit on what to do, and what not to do. I first placed a rubber ball on the very top of the tomato cage, but that made the dog taller than I wanted to be.  Also if you plan to light up your dog it's not the best idea to use a red ball. (I will show you why later in the post.  :) I decided that I had to adjust the size of the tomato cage.

I could not find my picture of what the tomato cage and ball should look like when I was making the dogs, so I took a picture under my finished dog today.   D helped me fold down the top part of the tomato cage.  When we are done with Halloween, the cage can be used again.  After doing this, the ball fit snuggly on the top of the tomato cage.  I used a combination of hot glue and duct tape to attach the cardboard tube to the ball to make the snout.  

I covered the tomato cage with the white shower curtain. I then made eyes and noses out of craft foam.  My golden's ears are made with tan craft foam, my black lab has black felt ears.  

I found some white trick or treat pumpkins at Walmart the other day, and thought they would look cute with the dogs.  I plan place tea lights in them so they light up at night. 

Remember when I said it is not the best idea to use a red ball.  When the dogs are lit up at night, my lab's brains glow red.  LOL!   Oh well, I think it looks kind of cute, like she is a zombie ghost dog. 

Watch for more easy and fun Halloween decor ideas to be posted soon.  

 

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