Pumpkins and Party Themes
50 DIY Designs to Bring Your Halloween Extravaganza to Life
Published on 25. August 2020
192 pages
978-1-5107-5117-0 (ISBN)
Description
Bring your Halloween party theme to life with these quick tips and tricks!
Pumpkins and Party Themes features ten unique party themes with five do-it-yourself pumpkin designs for each theme. The pumpkin projects have a variety of decorating ideas that include carving, painting, and mixed media craftiness and easy-to-follow steps on each creation. Author Roxanne Rhoads also includes quick ideas on how to bring the theme to life through décor, costumes, and activities. These fun party themes range from gothic elegance to Edgar Allan Poe, under the sea, let's get literary, and more!
With beautiful full-color images to illustrate the tools needed, steps to follow, and final products, this book makes for the perfect gift for Halloween enthusiasts and party hosts alike!
Pumpkins and Party Themes features ten unique party themes with five do-it-yourself pumpkin designs for each theme. The pumpkin projects have a variety of decorating ideas that include carving, painting, and mixed media craftiness and easy-to-follow steps on each creation. Author Roxanne Rhoads also includes quick ideas on how to bring the theme to life through décor, costumes, and activities. These fun party themes range from gothic elegance to Edgar Allan Poe, under the sea, let's get literary, and more!
With beautiful full-color images to illustrate the tools needed, steps to follow, and final products, this book makes for the perfect gift for Halloween enthusiasts and party hosts alike!
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Roxanne Rhoads is an author, book publicist, mixed media crafter, and lover of all things spooky. The owner of Bewitching Book Tours, a virtual book tour and social media marketing company, she operates Fang-tastic Books, a book blog dedicated to paranormal and urban fantasy books, and she runs the blog, A Bewitching Guide to All Things Halloween, which is dedicated to everything Halloween related. Roxanne's sells handcrafted jewelry, art, and home decor through Bewitching Creations. When not reading or writing, Roxanne loves to craft, plan Halloween adventures, and search for unique vintage finds. She resides in Michigan.
Content
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction
- CHAPTER 1: GET READY FOR HALLOWEEN
- Pumpkins: A Quick History
- The Legend of the Jack-O'-Lantern
- Jack-O'-Lantern History
- Pumpkin Carving Basics
- Working with Faux Pumpkins
- Why Choose a Party Theme?
- Roasted Pumpkin Seeds
- CHAPTER 2: WELCOME TO DR FRANKENSTEIN'S LABORATORY
- Dry Ice Safety Tips
- Frankie
- Bride of Frankenstein
- Dr. Frankenstein (Mad Scientist)
- Smoking Test Tubes
- Bubbling Beakers
- CHAPTER 3: YOU'RE INVITED TO A BLOOD BASH
- Nosferatu: Count Orlok
- I Vant to Suck Your Blood
- Sparkling Glitter Bats
- Coffin
- Blood Splatter
- CHAPTER 4: SIMPLY BEWITCHING
- Pumpkins in Witch Hats
- Owl
- Cat
- Witch Boots
- Smoking Cauldron
- CHAPTER 5: GEAR UP FOR A STEAMPUNK ADVENTURE
- Geared Pumpkins
- Clock Pumpkin
- Teacups Full of Mini Pumpkins
- Steampumpkin with Top Hat and Goggles
- Copper, Gold, and Silver Pumpkins
- CHAPTER 6: GOTHIC ELEGANCE
- Skull and Roses
- Red and Black Pumpkins
- Lace-Covered Pumpkins
- Sparkling Accents: Jewels
- Sparkling Accents: Glitter
- Dracula and Mina Silhouette
- CHAPTER 7: DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE
- Mad Hatter Top Hat
- Keys to Wonderland
- Queen of Hearts
- Cheshire Cat
- Playing Cards
- CHAPTER 8: EDGAR ALLAN POE
- The Raven
- The Tell-Tale Heart
- Edgar Allan Poe
- The Black Cat
- Nevermore
- CHAPTER 9: LET'S GET LITERARY
- Books
- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow: The Headless Horseman
- Sherlock Holmes
- Cthulhu
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
- CHAPTER 10: ZOMBIES AND GHOULS
- Zombies
- Hand Reaching Out
- Graveyard
- Brains
- Bloody Handprints
- CHAPTER 11: NIGHTMARE UNDER THE SEA
- Mermaid
- Sea Shells
- Seahorse
- Glitter Fish and Sea Creatures
- Kraken
- Acknowledgments
- Appendix: Stencils and Additional Patterns
