My first Halloween craft of 2021 in April, even for me that must be a record for early starts!
Taking a wooden tag from The Works (£1.50 for 10) I started by covering both sides with scraps of Halloween themed paper (Avenue Mandarine – Origami Paper – Boo!)
I then coloured the bats, pumpkin and frame using appropriately Halloween coloured Sharpie pens.
I put a scrap of black paper behind the frame and then added the pumpkin to the centre. The frame and green craft stick “shelf” (Hobbycraft - 50 small, assorted coloured sticks for £1) were then glued to the tag.
I also outlined the edges of the tag with a black Sharpie pen.
When everything was stuck Ranger Glossy Accents was applied to the frame, pumpkin and bats and green Dovecraft Enamel Affects to the edge of the “shelf” to add a little extra dimension and texture. While these were still wet, the bats added.
Under the shelf I added half a confetti shaped spiders web.
On the back I handwrote “Trick or Treat” on scrap of paper along and then added a couple of small plastic creepy crawlies. A few clusters of white gel pen dots and tiny orange stars here and there complete the tags.
The holes on the tag were covered by the papers, so a flat jewellery bail was added to the back for a thread to either tie or hang the tag from.