The witch is associated with Halloween the most, after the pumpkin, because there is a story that on the night of 31st October is the best night for young women to get their future husband with the help of a fortune-teller. This witch pumpkin-making idea is also a safe round to try with the kids for Halloween preparation. Instead of carving, you can prepare to make a witch figure by using other items you can find at home such as a broom, plastic bags, and a wooden stick. Cut out the stencil template then attach the template to the flat surface of your rounded pumpkin. Find stencils template of witch Halloween to make on the pumpkin. If you prefer to do a pumpkin carving, you can start by choosing a design first. Then we placed the conduit on the back of the witch inside the hole and hammered in the rest of the way.When the jack-o-lantern has lit up your front door for the past years, let the guest be welcome with your crafted witch. We dug a small hole (slightly smaller in width than the conduit) about 8 inches deep with our drill. (Actually this can be a little harder than it looks. Affix 3 screws onto the back of stake and affix it to the plywood silhouette.ħ.) Hammer into the ground to display. So rather than cut it ourselves, we opted to purchase a 24″ wooden stake.) Allow 8 inches to hang over the bottom of the cat silhouette. (Our Home Depot and Lowes do not sell conduit in 3 ft sizes. The same procedure can be done with the cats, however we affixed a wooden stake rather than conduit. Attach the figures to the conduit using the 3 conduit straps and 6 screws. Ideally the conduit should hang over 12 inches from the bottom of the witch. Place conduit in the center of the silhouette and determine placement. Using the repositionable spray adhesive, glue the template onto the board.Ħ.) Affix stakes and conduit to the back of the silhouettes by placing the silhouette on a flat hard surface. *Be sure to hold your screws up to your plywood, stakes and conduit straps to make sure they are long enough, but not too long!!! Directions:ġ.) Print out the Witch Template and the Cat Template. Tape Together according to instructions.ģ.) Lay the particle board onto a large sturdy table.
Similar lantern (Ross, TJ Maxx, and Marshalls $7.99 -12.99 – Make sure your lanterns says Indoor/outdoor!!! ) One small metal key ring (used to affix the lantern onto the conduit strap).ġ0 wood screws (#8 x 1/2″ for witch, broom, and lantern conduit straps) $1.17 pack of 4ģ long wood screws for attaching stake to cat ( #8 x 1 -1/4 ” pack of 8 $1.50 available at home improvement stores) Two more 2- hole conduit straps for affixing the broom and lantern to the witch (choose size depending on broom size – I used 1 – 1/4″ strap ) $1.65 pack of 2 Three 2-hole conduit straps (3/4″) to affix conduit to witch ( home improvement store – $1.17 pack of 4.) Jigsaw (available at home centers – we borrowed)ġ quart of black latex paint/semi gloss for easy cleaning (available at home improvement stores $9 -$12)ĥ-foot piece of heavy (metal)-wall conduit for witch (3/4″) ( available at home improvement stores $2.73) Ģ4″ inch wooden stake for each cat ( available at home improvement stores – $0.43) – you may want to paint it black. Repositionable spray adhesive ( Michael’s $3 with 40% off coupon) One more thing! You can see the prices I paid (in blue) giving a rough estimate of cost.Ĥ-by-8-foot piece of 3/4-inch plywood for witch (available at home improvement stores) This was big enough for the witch and 1 cat. I will tell you this though.when going to the store, the conduit was not sold in the sizes that she recommends, so in my directions, I’ll list what I purchased, and you can go directly to her site if you wish to see what she used. I’ve given you our step by step directions, which vary only slightly from Martha Stewart.
The hardest part is the using the jigsaw, which turns out to be a very small straightforward tool (especially since I made Warwick do it.) I found this Witch and Cat Lawn Ornaments project YEARS ago at Her instructions are very simple, and easy to follow. My husband is more than overjoyed to be going back to work. Husbands stay at home and can’t get away from crazy decorating Halloween Loving wives.
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