Halloween Party Preparation

The neighborhood kids are busy getting ready for the "Not So Scary Halloween Party", as part of the invite to the party every child is asked to wear costumes of their own creation. All costumes are to be homemade, no pre-packaged commercially produced costumes, however commercially made items are allowed to create or assemble the parts. Prizes will be given out for the prettiest, most original, scariest and imaginative costumes. Here are some of "their" creations (I used color pencil for "face paint" and to add detail to clothing):

I also covered my dinning room table with a DIY table cloth made from candy corn patterned wired ribbon and an orange handkerchief.

Table Cloths Made From a Cotton Handkerchief

My mom made 4 table cloths for the coffee shop from a single handkerchief and she did not take pictures while she worked, sorry. I bought a one brown cotton handkerchief in Hobby Lobby for .99 and she added the orange 1/8 ribbon trim around edge. She made the new table cloths to resemble the design of the original ones that came with the tables with the red and white check pattern with the elastic band to hold them tightly around the table. These tables sets were originally white if you remember I spray painted them and removed the fabric. http://jocelynsdollhouse.blogspot.com/2012/06/coffee-bar-tables-and-chairs.html I removed the elastic from one of the original table cloths and she used it as a pattern to cut out the circles and then ran a seam around the edges. She used elastic thread made for smocking to make them fit like the original table cloths. (I don't sew at all, so I hope it makes sense) I used some scrap vinyl that looked like brown leather and textured felt, glued wooden circles to both fabrics and cut them out for seat cushions.