When my daughter was much younger, I was very much into all sorts of crafts. I especially loved decorating for the various holidays because she loved what I came up with for decorations. These DIY Halloween Cut Out Decorations were one of her favorites.
DIY Halloween Cut Outs
One being happy with just one decoration (call me an over achiever!), I decided to do a full set of large Halloween cut out decorations to put on your front lawn.
I have a limited amount of talent for painting but it takes me a long time to get perspective right. So, for this project, I purchased a dollar store Halloween coloring book.
I found the images I wanted and put a grid over the pages so that I could make a larger template. The next steps were fun. Jess colored the photos of the pictures we had chosen the way she wanted them. I applied a grid to the photos in the coloring book.
The next step was to take two large pieces of newspaper and make lines with markers on it to give me an idea of shape and how to paint the project when it was done.
My husband took over next. We laid the newspaper template on a piece of chip board and he used his jig saw to cute out the shapes.
I added grid lines to my cut out using a pencil.
Using the two grids that I had prepared, I just got out weather proof paint and painted the design as closely as I could following the grid patterns. These are the designs I ended up with:
We used a two by two piece of wood with an ended that was cut to a point and attached them to the back of the cutouts so they were easy to pound into the ground.
And here they are all lined up. The kids in our neighborhood just love them!
