Make a Pumpkin-Carving Disaster into a ‘Wicked’ Halloween Shadow Box
Posted by: domestika in Art and Crafts, House and Home
No, that’s not a real pumpkin. But that is where this idea came from, a witch-in-a-pumpkin who caught my eye at Victorian Trading Co. (It’s a lantern, it’s a figurine, whichever works for you.) And if the style of this piece looks a bit familiar — yes, it’s by Bethany Lowe Designs, a hand-painted pulp piece with that vintage style they do so well…
Now, I’m not totally crazy about having the word “Halloween” written on the front of the pumpkin, but the whole piece does spark off an idea.
Try this one on for size — a hollowed-out pumpkin for a shadow box!
If you’re at all like certain members of my family (who shall remain nameless to save a blush), sometimes the pumpkin carving gets a bit too excited and there’s an unintended cut — whoops! that ol’ Jack-o-Lantern suddenly loses the whole big space between his nose and his left eyebrow!
So, instead of turning the poor battered pumpkin in to a pie right away, why not keep on cutting and hollow it out for a shadow box to display some Halloween-theme ornaments?
Slip in a few rubber spiders and a bit of faux spider-web from the dollar store, or a tiny black cat figurine, with a few gnarled bare twigs pruned off a hdden part of that shrub you don’t really like much anyway, maybe a few bright autumn leaves…
Voilà!… you’ve got yourself a spooky table-top display for Halloween!
(See, this is why we have to go “window shopping” so often, guys — the crafty ideas are out there everywhere!)
The witch-in-a-pumpkin Halloween light is at the Victorian Trading Company — while supplies last — and if you miss out, there are lots more of those whimsical home decor treats to be enjoyed from Bethany Lowe at TheFind.
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