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One flower

My husband and I were indulging in some photography experiments recently; one flower shot in 4 different light settings. He was responsible for all the technical stuff, but I'm taking full credit for pressing the camera button.

DIY: Halloween Creepy Face

This season we are making faces that magically tranform right before your very eyes!

For those of you who are parents, it's probably not that big of a stretch to imagine your little angels turn into monsters...not that I'm speaking from experience or anything like that...

Well my girls have been all giggles over these creepy faces that we've made. This one is the least gory of them all:

HERE'S THE DIY:

step 1.
Print out 2 copies of your child's portrait on cardstock paper. The higher the resolution and photo quality, the better.
step 2.
Cut face out of the background. This will serve as the front of this creepy face changer

step 3.
Cut out eyes as well as lower lip/chin with an x-acto knife.

step 4.
Create the pull tab from cardstock in a shape of a "T" and in relative proportion to face.
step 5.
Align the top photo above the pull tab so that the eyes appear in the correct place. Now tape chin to lower part of pull tab.
step 6.
Create the new eyes and mouth/teeth by drawing and coloring them directly on the tab.  We created these bugged out eyes and silly teeth using markers and colored pencils.

step 7.
Cut out a back piece from cardstock that matches the shape of the front head.
step 8.
Align pull tab between the front and back pieces so that eyes and mouth all line up. Now that you've sandwiched the tab in between, tape back and front together.
step 9.
Pull the tab to see face transform from cute to....whoa... creepy!

(This creepy face maker is my Halloween craft contribution for Bloesem Kids this month. Check out more of my BKIDS craft contributions here.)

 

circle thingies

painting little circle thingies...

gluing little magnet thingies on back...

enjoying snazzy magnets for my fridge...

after the rain

 

Buttercup - the pony

Miss A worked on her first ever little softie ( with just a little bit of sewing machine help from me). 

She couldn't wait to stuff her little pony.  All softie and doll makers can probably relate!

After all was done, this pony was named, "Buttercup".