Lawn Ghost Re-Post



Hello My Sparkly Friends!I have had so many requests for this tutorial I am re-posting
it for now and will post my new improved ones for 2012 soon!
Lawn Ghosts are a fun outdoor decoration to make
which will 
have your neighbors
talking for weeks!

They are super easy peasy to make...




Just get yourself some:
Cheap Plastic Drop Cloths

White paper, newspaper
or even leaves to stuff the heads


6 or 8 Lengths of rebar- 3 to 4 feet high

Clear packing tape

a bunch of older outdoor white
Christmas Lights with a long extension cord


HOW TO ASSEMBLE
 1.  Hammer your rebar into the ground 
in a circle formation or a wavy "tango line"

2. Cut lengths of drop cloth double the height you want your ghosts

3.  Form the head by balling up paper.  When you have a large enough ball place in center of stretched out drop cloth section.

4.  Gather the  drop cloth and cover the paper forming a head, almost as if you were covering a lollypop

5.  Place "head" of rebar and wrap packing tape around plastic to form neck.

6.  Randomly cut up from the bottom of the plastic to form ribbons

7.  Gather at the waist area and tape again
Your ghosts should now look like armless
lollypop dolls at this point.

8.  Cut several long strips of dropcloth to form arms.
These are crisscrossed and tied arround chest area, then each "hand end" is knotted to the next ghost's "hand end" to look like they are holding hands.

9.  Place your heap of lights on the center and plug in!

You can keep these up thru Christmas-
Just add wings and string the lights around them
and they
become
Angels!!!
Just don't forget the aluminum foil halos:) 



And just to keep in with the Pink Saturday theme, wouldn't you just adore these pink wellies to flitter around your garden in?!

I am linking this post to Miss Beverly's PINK SATURDAY- the theme this week is Pumpkins so hop on over and see if there are any ideas that catch your fancy!!












The New Pin-Inspiration Contest!!!

YOUR "PIN-spiration" COULD WIN A SURPRISE BOX OF GOODIES FROM THE PINK PIXIE FOREST!

Hello My Sparkly Friends!  Of course we all LOVE Pinterest darlings- so let's share the projects we have done that were inspired by Pinterest and win a sparkly surprise box!!  The "Surprise Goodie Box" will be filled with a variety of crafty de-stash stuff and a sparkly surprise.
Winner will be chosen every two weeks till December 1st!


Why not  create your own Pinterest board of all the projects you have completed.
RULES:Create a post about a project you have created that was inspired by a Pinterest Pic. 
Let's keep the projects limited to crafting, garden, decorating, Holidays and Tablescapes.
Your post should include the Pinterest Inspiration photo/link, and pics of your project-
either just "after photos" or step by step.
Be sure to LINK ONLY THE POST URL, NOT YOUR HOME PAGE or your entry may be deleted!!!
CMON and Strut Your Sparkle!!!