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Candy Corn and Bat Halloween Ornaments

October 15, 2010 by Wifeeclectic 17 Comments

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I have been seeing these Halloween trees every where recently. Black and scraggly trees, that people are decorating with cute Halloween ornaments. My mom has a little Halloween tree and I can’t get over how cute it is. I decided to make her some ornaments to fill it out a little.
You will need for the bat:
The smallest pot you can find
Black and white paint
Black foam
Googly eyes
Black ribbon

You will need for the candy corn:
The smallest pot you can find
Orange, white, black and yellow paint
Ribbon
googly eyes
The black paint covered the little pot very well. It needed about two coats of black paint before I added the white face. I did paint the inside of this pot to keep the black through the entire project. I folded a small sheet of foam in half and free hand cut the wings. I then hot glued them to the bat. Loop both ends of a ribbon into the top whole of your ornament, tie them in a big not on the other side. If you tie your knot big enough on the other side, it won’t slip out through the hole in the pot.
I painted my candy corn pots with a couple of layers of white paint before I added the other colors. I then painted them to match candy corn pattern before I added the eyes and ribbon.

Filed Under: Halloween, Holidays, Tutorials Tagged With: Arts and Crafts, Halloween, Month 'O Pumpkins

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  1. Lu says

    October 15, 2010 at 5:24 pm

    I love them! It would be fun to do a ghost, too, with some white fabric. Ooh, and maybe a frankenstein. Good think I'm headed to the craft store today 😉

    Reply
  2. Evelyn @ Hanging by a Silver Lining says

    October 15, 2010 at 5:44 pm

    The bat is my favorite!

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  3. Evelyn @ Hanging by a Silver Lining says

    October 15, 2010 at 5:45 pm

    Great ideas from Lu!

    Reply
  4. LyndaB says

    October 15, 2010 at 9:35 pm

    I just actually did a dorky out loud 'awwwww' at those candy corns. too cute!!

    Reply
  5. Stray Stitches says

    October 17, 2010 at 1:19 pm

    Both are just so cute!

    Reply
  6. The Kooky Queen--Rachel says

    October 18, 2010 at 2:47 pm

    Cuuuuuuuuuuuute! Now I totally want to put up a Halloween tree!!!

    Reply
  7. Brandy@YDK says

    October 20, 2010 at 6:37 pm

    those are adorable.

    Reply
  8. MiMi says

    October 30, 2010 at 5:00 pm

    Adorable!!

    Reply
  9. Sami says

    October 30, 2010 at 5:00 pm

    Super cute! If you update your post to include a link back to my blog by the close of the contest, I won't be forced to disqualify you. I don't want to have to do that…I prefer to have my judges do the dirty work.
    Thanks for linking up!

    Reply
  10. Emmy says

    October 31, 2010 at 5:00 pm

    So so cute! And great instructions.

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  11. Brain Trust says

    November 1, 2010 at 2:09 pm

    Those turned out really cute! I love that they are made with inexpensive materials, that are easily accessible.
    Great project!

    Reply
  12. Brooks says

    November 1, 2010 at 2:42 pm

    Too cute! Now I just need a tree and a husband that likes decorations. Hmm…

    Reply
  13. Brain Trust says

    November 1, 2010 at 3:29 pm

    I haven't seen halloween trees before. This is super cute! 🙂

    -Judge #2

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  14. Evelyn @ Hanging by a Silver Lining says

    November 1, 2010 at 7:37 pm

    I have been searching for some little plant pots since I have seen this. You must have to live in a warm state to make it happen in October. Still…there's always next year! Thanks again for posting this!

    Reply
  15. Amanda says

    October 28, 2011 at 11:15 pm

    Just stopping by to let you know that I have featured your project on Fun Family Crafts! You can see it here
    http://funfamilycrafts.com/candy-corn-ornaments/

    If you have other kid friendly crafts, I'd love it if you would submit them 🙂 If you would like to display a featured button on your site, you can grab one from the right side bar of your post above.

    Reply
  16. Anonymous says

    October 2, 2013 at 6:58 pm

    I like this, but trouble finding the pots???? Where can I get these…live in mn..

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  17. Debra Hawkins says

    October 11, 2013 at 3:55 pm

    I found mine at Hobby Lobby, but I am sure Michaels or Joanns has them as well. Look in the floral section. The small ones sometimes come in stacks of six.

    Reply

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