Eating cereal and making cheerio necklaces are just about the only things that ever occurred to me when I thought of cereal; but this week the Inspire Me Thursday challenge was to grab an empty cereal box and get creative. Since it is the month of October and all things pumpkin and Halloweeny are on my mind, I thought it would be fun and practical to create cardboard Halloween hangings.

To create the pumpkin, the witch, and the son of Frankenstein, I collected 2 cereal boxes, used gesso on the printed sides, sketched my subjects (I got ideas for their looks from a flyer), painted with tempera, and then used a good old sharpy to outline for emphasis. Meanwhile, Annabelle assisted with this project and created several of her own paintings; below you may admire her work:

For more ideas on homemade fall and Halloween decorations, check out my Fall Window Clingers post.

What have you created or how have you decorated to set the scene for Halloween?  Will you celebrate with a spooky and scary Halloween, or a happy kids’ ween?

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