This year I wanted to pull out all the stops and make Halloween special for the Trick-or-Treaters that come to our door. We have always had the reputation among the neighborhood kids as the house with the cute decorations that gives out good candy but why rest on our laurels? Some of the decorations from previous years were just too ratty to make it through another Halloween. C'est dommage! I fired up the Cameo and made yard signs, but why stop there? There are so many cute designs available. Who can resist Lori Whitlock's Bat candy bar wrapper or Jamie Lane's Spider Web tea light holder? Not only were these cute but they went together quickly.
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| Candy bar wrapper and tea light holder. |
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| Close-up of Spider Web tea light holder. |
I made the candy bar wrappers in Halloween colors-purple, green and purple. Only one wrapper (to fit a full size candy bar) would fit on a 12x12 inch piece of card stock so I cut the wrappers out of 8 1/2x11 inch card stock resulting in less wasted paper. The wrapper can be resized to fit smaller candy bars.
The Spider Web tea light holder was just one of those must do projects because it's so different and so cute. I made several and placed them along the stairs in the foyer and forgot about them. Everyone who sees them wants to know where I bought them? When I say that I made them, the next question is what are they made from? They really don't look like they are made from card stock. My husband thought they were made from craft foam and my daughter thought they were plastic. Nope, just a battery operated tea light in a card stock holder!
Assembling the tea light holder is a little tricky and Jamie Lane no longer has the tutorial on her blog. When removing the pieces from the cutting mat there will be a long piece perforated on both edges with tabs. Fold the edges along the perforations and glue the tabbed end to the end with no tab. This should fit around the tea light. Next glue the large solid circle to the outside (over the tabs) of the piece that wraps around the tea light. This is the base.Now glue the other large circle to the inside bottom. It should cover the tabs and fit on top of the piece that formed the base of the tea light holder. Press the top tabs down and glue the large circle with the opening in it to the inside of the top. Then glue the other large piece over the tabs and on top of the previous circle. Finally glue the smaller circles with the openings to the top of the tea light. Insert the battery operated tea light in the holder. Jamie Lane does have a tutorial on a snowman tea light holder that uses a similar construction process.
