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Haunted Ginger bread house Costume

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If you’ve been around for a bit, you may remember my Ginger Bread house costume as my last installment for the year of costume challenge that I gave myself! šŸ™‚ So, when Country Living asked if I could do a Halloween variation of this costume, I jumped on the opportunity. After all, we all have scads of cardboard boxes lying around ALL THE TIMMMMEEE that it’s quite fun to find projects for them šŸ™‚

So, I give to you a Haunted Ginger Bread house costume DIY!

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This project can really be customized to any additional pumpkins, ghosts, more bats, spiders or any other endless Halloween icon for that haunted house šŸ™‚ I chose to wrap the shutters like mummies, add flying boinging black bats and some “unsettled” shutters and details šŸ™‚ The fun part of this project for kids is being able to add anything and everything they want as they dream up the spooky, scary gingerbread house šŸ™‚

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MATERIALS:

  • Cardboard box that is big enough to fit around you or your kiddo
  • Extra cardboard scraps or pieces for windows + embellishments
  • Hot glue gun + hot glue
  • Xacto knife or sharp scissors
  • White + black acrylic paint
  • Paintbrushes
  • Muslin fabric torn in 1 inch strips
  • Wire, I used copper colored
  • Optional packing tape or brown paper tape for additional supportĀ 
  • A bit of rope/twine for handles/shoulder straps

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Construct house shape + roof
Using your large box construct the house shape. Make sure to approx. measure to fit around your body (or kiddos body) where you want it to ā€œlandā€ on your knees/legs to make sure you can walk. Leave an opening in the roof for your head to pop out. Construct the roof by making a triangle shape and glueing into place

**hot glue tip: When making something that needs to be SUPER sturdy, don’t rush the glueing. It can be tempting to runĀ  your bead of glue and then let it sit for only a bit while holding in place. Resist the urge to do that and allow the glue to fully harden before removing your hands or fingers to keep in in place. This is especially important when making something like a costume that will be used/run around in all night trick-or-treating.

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2. Add details with cardboard + Paint
Cut out doors, windows or any other details that you want out of cardboard using an x-acto knife or scissors. Then begin to paint the outside of each of the windows and doors with a bit of black or white paint, adding details as desired.
Cut out some shutters for each side of the windows. Tear 1 inch strips of fabric to wrap the shutters in to give it a ā€œmummyā€ look.Ā 
Twirl the twin around a pencil or marker, then clip various lengths and attach them with hot glue to the bats. Position them and attach them all over the house (you can ā€œunwindā€ the spirals a bit so that they aren’t so ā€œperfectā€ looking when they are attached).Ā 

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3. Glue together + attach straps
Glue all of the elements onto the house with hot glue. I then added handles into the house out of twine so that Zeke could hold onto them or put them on his shoulders (gotta hold the trick or treat bag ya know)! šŸ™‚Ā 

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  1. Yetişkin sohbet says

    September 9, 2020 at 1:19 pm

    Thank you soo much yetişkin

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Adding color and lots of little personalities and Adding color and lots of little personalities and faces to our weekend. Because love wins and death is conquered….so yes, this is for sure how we celebratešŸŽ‰ 
Also, every time I cracked an egg this weekend, I squealed in the sound or noise that I thought the personality of the egg would sound šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚ obvi.
I would PICKle you as my Valentine over and over i I would PICKle you as my Valentine over and over if I could! šŸ˜‚
Also, yes, this is clearly a @claussenpicklesofficial because duh, they are the best! ā¤ļø

The alternate caption could also be ā€œyup…..it’s a Valentine pickle. Because my kids are obsessed with vinegar soaked veggies. Just swipe for the Halloween pickle proof šŸ„’ ā€œ
For the record, I got approximately zero adulting For the record, I got approximately zero adulting things done while constructing this cardboard @encantomovie Casita of my daughters dreams. Except of course inserting many phrases in place of the ā€œwe don’t talk about Brunoā€ song…..ya know, ā€œwe don’t talk about dishes no no nooooo. We don’t talk about laundryyyyyy.ā€ šŸ  šŸŽØ šŸ’› 
Also, the minute the hot glue was dry, Esther picked up the Casita, hugged it and ran it to the living room where she played most of the afternoon. A moment of Mom win to warm my heart šŸ˜­ā¤ļø
ā€œMay you find the light that guides you homeā€ ā€œMay you find the light that guides you homeā€ 
One of my fave song + fave yearly progression that makes me allll happy and sappy. Merry Christmas šŸŽ„ I hope you’re finding light this holiday season!
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I’ve done this a handful of times in our own home….bathrooms, bedrooms, hallways (like so many times in the hallways šŸ˜‚)! 
Painting to me is a slight reflection of life: nothing is perfect, and even when mistakes or missteps feel overwhelming they are always worth fixing and usually fixable annnnnd it’s amazing how much a  small moment can bring big joy…..or in this case a big moment on a biiigggg wall šŸŽ‰šŸŽØ
I am doing my last restock of these little nutcrac I am doing my last restock of these little nutcracker buddies tonight at 7pm (central time)! So if you’ve had your eyes on them, especially after seeing them in @hgtvmagazine (gahhhhhhh, still can’t get over this), then be sure to find yourself in my shop tonight at 7pm central!
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Download this coloring advent village and take a few min away to color each house and talk about the season and the way you can shine light! 
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Tis the season for my crafting fingers to be full Tis the season for my crafting fingers to be full of hot glue burns and can honestly say it makes me happy. Like so thankful and happy! 
Okkayyy well maybe not the burns themselves but the fact that I’m over here, in my little studio space in Wisconsin crafting my heart out and you’re sending the love right back to me with all the support! Support for the doodles and painting and costumes and sewing and other colorful things that I’m eager to share! 
SO thankful. Like I’d really love to give you all a humongous big hug right now. 

And for all the online shoppers this weekend, use code YAYcreatives for 20% off everything in my shop through Monday night. Including these happy Colorful felt trees! (I meannnnn, look at their personality šŸ˜‚šŸ˜)
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