Sparkly Halloween Paper Mache Box

"Sparkles, sparkles, sparkles!" cackles Beaulah,

and I have to say I agree!  

Here is a sparkly box we whipped up to help with

the Halloween decor (not that we aren't bursting 

at the seams already!!)

While whipping up a similar item for our craft

group, only for Christmas, I had to have 

some purple and black Halloween fun.

We were looking for a ten inch bristle brush tree

that we could bleach and dye orange, but when I

couldn't find one, I decided to spray paint this one

that I found on Factory Direct Crafts.

It actually sprayed up really easily.

We purchased the paper mache box at Hobby Lobby.

Then we painted Mod Podge on it, about half of

the box at a time, so the Mod Podge didn't dry out,

and then sprinkled glitter over it.  We repeated that

to finish covering it.  If it doesn't cover completely,

just brush a little more Mod Podge over the

thin spots.  We tried spray adhesive, but it has a

chemical reaction to the glitter, and it kind of 

shrinks up, so we prefer the Mod Podge.

We pulled apart a jewel spider ring I had, and

added some black rose leaves, black feathers and

this fun ribbon like crafting item to doll it up.

The box is centered and glued onto a painted wooden

candlestick, then everything is blinged up

with glittering bats and spiders.

Assemble the box by putting a hole in the center

for the tree stem to go through (after you remove the

wooden stand of the tree), then topping the box with

a round of decorative paper, and then a lolly, which 

you have pleated and glued.

(We had to go to Youtube to see how to make those,

and I bought the Martha Stewart board to score

the lollies.  I love that board!)

The Boo was in a package of papers I had

purchased at Michaels last year.

Even Beaulah wants to get a little sparkle on!!

Abracadabra - in no time, we had a beautiful

paper mache box in our favorite Halloween colors.

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