IT WAS FUN......BUT NOW I'M DONE!

With the inside decorating anyway. The top of the piano was my last available (big) surface. So I decided to tackle that today. You see this little guy on the box below? Well, he was also on my "Bucket List", thanks to Cherry's Jubilee. : ) So..........another Check Mark!
I got his head at Michael's. It originally looked like a miniature trick-or-treat bucket w/ a handle. I just cut off the wire handle.

Did any of you buy these 3 skeletons in a row, holding votives, from Target several years ago? I'll love them forever.


Mr. Cat proudly sporting his repaired ear. : ) I like to think of these little trick-or-treaters as my brother, Steve, and me. We were the "two little kids" in the family and I was Steve's shadow most of the time while growing up. (Sorry Steve!) However, you wouldn't even believe how many times he let me tag along without a hint of complaint. He even let me come along on my bike to help him collect for his paper route in the afternoons. Sometimes he would also let me tear off the payment stubs to give to his customers. WHAT FUN! I remember him keeping the stubs and the money he collected in a tin band-aid box. Isn't it funny the things that stick out in a child's mind?

Happy Halloween Steve! And Diana, and Andy and June! : )
Here's a wooden black cat I painted back in the Dark Ages. He's a black plaid.
Okay, onto the fun stuff. I got this little vintage cat at 75% off because of his broken ear.
I brought him home and applied some Femo clay. Painted it black to match the rest of him.

And covered one of those little $1.00 M.E. boxes we all pick up from Michael's, to act as a base for the cat. Now on to the "Pumpkin on the box". To gather crepe paper, use a needle and thread.
Pull it tight to make a circle.
Cut a lot of slits in a long strip and then roll it up for the top of the hat.

The collar is made out of nice, sturdy paper.
Hot glue the collar on top of the box (which I covered earlier).
For my faithful readers, you will remember a post WAY back that was subtitled, 'In Praise of Never Throwing Anything Away...EVER!' Well, case in point...I needed a shiny pipe cleaner for the clown hat, so I went out to my garage & pulled down the box that said Crafts, and there these beauties were. Just had to add glue & glitter. That rubber band is SO OLD that it had petrified. Hee-hee.

And there you have it...another piece of "Psycho Art" as my daughter, Sara, would say. Sara, you're so CUTE!! : )