Last Minute Halloween Goodies

I always have such good intentions of getting things done early...doesn't usually happen that way in the end. Tonight I finished the treats for the kids' classes at school and realized I had no teacher gifts. So, I whipped up these square candles using Booglie Eyes. Each side has a different "character". They turned out pretty cute. The spider lollipops worked out well. With the chocolate coins being recalled I had to find an alternative and these did the trick. I chose to only do one layer and set of legs...otherwise it would have just been too much! Jenna helped me out with the spiders and we now have them ready to go to school tomorrow. No school here on Friday (PD day for teachers) so Thursday is party day. Hope everyone enjoys their treats!

Loonie for Spiders

Aren't these little guys adorable? I got the idea from a couple of blogs (Creative Treasuers and I think Impressions as well). They used York peppermint patties but I just used chocolate loonies from Dollarama. (10 for $1!) This uses the scallop circle punch, the photo corner punch, as well as the 1/2" and 1/4" circle punches. I also used a white gel pen for the eyes. I just think they are so cute. I actually giggled after each one was assembled. I have 12 people coming to my stamp-a-stack on Friday and I thought I would give one of these to each of them as a little thank you. I had hoped to make these for my daughter's grade 1 class but the darn chocolate may have traces of nuts. I am hoping to find something else to use. My original idea was to use the circular gum containers (like the Hubba Bubba tape gum only about 5 for $1 and smaller) that I found at Dollarama around Valentine's Day but they didn't have any when I was there today. I will have to keep checking back and hope that they get more in or something else that is circular!

Boo!

OK, so this doesn't really qualify as stamping but I did use a stamp at the bottom! I am still not caught up at work so once again stamping is at the bottom of the list but I did get downstaris last night for 5 minutes and made this cute little mummy card. Just ripped whisper white and used some pastels along the edges. Added some googlie eyes and "boo" from the "Happy Boo to You" stamp from Booglie Eyes.

Halloween Boxes

These are the little boxes that I saw on Rochelle's blog. I have included the template. They are quick and easy to make. She used Hershey kisses but I found these little chocolate balls that work great.

Halloween Candles

I made these Halloween candles last year for the kids' teachers. I think I will do some again this year along with some chocolate boxes. Rochelle at Impressions has some cute box templates that I am going to try. I also want to get started on treats for the kids at school so I am not rushing around on the 29th trying to get them done. The kids don't have school on the 31st so parties will be on the 30th. At least I still have over a month. At the rate I am completing projects these days I will be lucky to have them done by then! Thankfully things are slowly slightly with work. Another 10 days an the conference I am working on will be over and things will get back to normal. Whatever that is!

On another note, our lot purchase went through yesterday so the beautiful piece of land where we will build our dream home is actually ours! Hopefully there will be a big hole in our lot next week at this time. I am planning to scrapbook the building process and I am anxious to get it started. I am actually hoping to do it as the house is built instead of waiting till the end. Well, I think I may just head downstairs to do a little stamping before my hubby gets home!

Halloween Matchbooks

These are the Halloween treats I made a couple years ago. They are little matchbooks with treats stapled inside. I just measured the size of the candy and cut the cardstock accordingly. The kids (and parents) thought they were super cute. Tomorrow I will post pics of 2 DVD tins I have been working on. No time to take pictures today and now it's too dark to get a good shot.

Halloween Kisses

Got this super idea from Rochelle at Impressions. She has so many amazing ideas! These will be cute for the kids to hand out at school.

Directions: Cut cardstock to 5 x 5 1/2. Along the 5" side score at 1.5, 2.5 and 4 inched. Fold along the scores. To add the kisses use a glue dot or snail to adhere the 2 on the ends and just place the other 4 inside the tent. Use sticky strip or something stronger than snail to stick the tent together at the back.