Halloween

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Halloween

Halloween is coming soon.  I love decorating for Halloween.  I know you never know what I am going to write about.  I write about weight loss, but this is my place to write about my life.  

My life is made up of many things.  Crafting is one of the things I do for fun.  I actually have a craft room in my house.  So when I am not writing about weight loss, crafting is one of the things I do.  I do lots of scrapbooking too!

So I cook, clean, decorate, craft, scrapbook, play on social media, exercise, have a family and many other things.  I am a mom.  That is what we do.  I guess everyone is supposed to have a niche.  I think my niche is being a Mom.  Maybe I should devote different days to different topics.  Hmmm!  Something for me to think about!

Papercrafting

This is my favorite papercrafting tool.  It is a Cricut.  The Cricut is a die cut machine that uses cartridges.  

I used the cricut to cut the paper to decorate the centerpiece.  You can buy the pre-cut pieces at a Michaels, JoAnn's or Archiver's. You could also use stencils or if you are good, you could free hand cut the decorations.  You can easily make stencils by printing pictures from the computer.

I purchased my mini bale of straw at Michael's.  When I bought it I paid about $3.50 for it.  I used paper to cut out all of the decorations, most of which I already had.  So I made a cut centerpiece for less than $4.00.  

I used straight pins to secure the decorations into the straw.  I used thin wire to suspend the letters and decoration above the other pieces.

I put this together in less than an hour.  It would take longer if you are hand cutting the decorations.

So, if you are looking for a cheap, easy table centerpiece for Halloween, this is it!