by Sharon | Oct 9, 2014
I got up early this morning. Just looking around for something interesting to share.
I absolutely love paper crafts with FREE templates. I have a Haunted House on my other website http://oldhauntedstuff.com and thought for here at TwoCansOnAString.com I could do so very much better. I could give you a whole village with a whole lot of micromonsters to add to it. Along with anything else that grabbed my attention.
I understand this is a major undertaking on my part and will be a major project for you. I am very much into family and having a family work together on projects. That’s what makes paper crafts so very much fun as far as I’m concerned.
Haunted Houses are very popular for Halloween with ghosts, ghouls, witches, vampires, zombies and all things creepy.
This is a wonderful craft project you can use as a centerpiece on your dining room table. It may look nice on your mantle. Or any space you would like to decorate for Halloween.
When people realize you made these yourself, be prepared to print out some more or tell them about TwoCansOnAString.com I would greatly appreciate it.
All right, enough rambling, let’s get started!
I print these free templates on card stock. The instructions I print out on regular printer paper.
All Images and Free Templates compliments of http://ravensblight.com
Haunted House with a Secret Chamber
Ghost House Assembly Instructions
Ghost House
Starc Manor
Starc Manor Assembly Instructions
Starc Manor
Darc Mansion
Darc Mansion Assembly Instructions
Darc Mansion
The Cliff House
Cliff House Assembly Instructions
Cliff House
Gothic Chapel With Hidden Chamber
Gothic Chapel Assembly Instructions
Gothic Chapel
Ravensblight Manor
Ravensblight Manor Assembly Instructions
Ravensblight Manor
Ravensblight Main Street
What’s really great about Ravensblight Main Street is that you can either print out more buildings or change the signs . . . you can even add your own . . . now that should be fun! There are also two backdrops: Moonlit sky or Sunset sky . . . or you can have two different Main Streets . . . one by Moonlight and another at Sunset . . . There’s even a miniature hearse you may make and set up wherever appropriate.
Ravensblight Main Street Assembly Instructions
Ravensblight Main Street
Hidden Cemetery
You can have some fun with the Hidden Cemetery — you can make it as large or small as you choose. You can place it anywhere you like in your Haunted Village . . . or you may want more than one . . . just a thought.
Hidden Cemetery Assembly Instructions
Hidden Cemetery
I’m wondering who or what lingers around this Haunted Village . . .
My, my, my what an interesting group of characters we have here . . . Yes, I do believe they fit in quite well with Ravensblight Village.
I may add just one more for fun: Pop-Up Card Haunted House
Haunted House Pop-Up Card Assembly Instructions
Haunted House Pop-Up Card
Postal Envelope
Parchment Envelope
I hope you’ve found something here you’re going to make and enjoy.
Thanks for stopping by!
by Sharon | Oct 4, 2014
Getting into the spirit of Halloween! Free Halloween boxes are great fun to fill with all kinds of interesting things.
Click Here
Now, let’s see what else I have for your excellent Halloween celebration.
Compliments of Diana Evans dianaevans.blogspot.com
Free Printable
I do love boxes! They are so very easy to stack up . . . also print out some extras so you’ll be prepared for “unexpected” guests.
How about a Halloween Popcorn Treat Box from Jen Goode 100directions.com ?
Halloween Popcorn Box
Here’s another box you may enjoy making and filling with some special treats.
Image and Free Printable Compliments of Cameron Blazer of cottage-industrialist.com
Just Click Here
I do have an added treat for you. It’s a vintage collection of cupcake wrappers and toppers. Just click the words: Vintage Collection
That about wraps it up until next time. Thanks for stopping by!
by Sharon | Oct 2, 2014
Have you met Ezra, Phineas, and Gus?
They’re the Hitchhiking Ghosts from Disney’s Haunted Mansion. They would absolutely love to join your party.
The Image and Free Templates are compliments of http://family.disney.com
These 3D ghosts are excellent to print out and put together and use to decorate various places around the house. They may be used as a centerpiece for your Halloween Party spread. They are absolutely adorable!
Click Here for the Free Printable.
You may also like the Hitchhiking Ghost Masks
They’re fun for kids and stuffed animals. I also put them on pumpkins, brooms and even hang them on the wall. You can probably think of dozens of uses for these great masks to print out on card stock, cut out and have fun.
All three of the Haunted Mansion Hitchhiking Ghosts are in this Free Printable
I’ll be adding more great Halloween stuff for you to make and even eat.
Thanks for stopping by!
by Sharon | Aug 10, 2014
These Halloween Lanterns can hang indoors or outdoors and will be illuminated by a battery operated votive candle light. I buy these candle lights by the dozens to illuminate paper crafts or to put behind them to give them a creepy glow. These hanging lanterns are made from orange translucent vellum paper. They’ll give an eerie glow to wherever you hang them.
The image and free printables are compliments of http://www.marthastewart.com/913799/hanging-vellum-halloween-lanterns
Just click the link above for the directions and the free printables.
Here are links for some items you’ll need:
heavy black paper
Orange Vellum
Clear Monofilament
Battery-Operated Votive Candles
I hope you enjoy this project!
Thanks for stopping by!
by Sharon | Jul 25, 2014
I’ve recently learned about this tradition of Boo-ing Neighbors. You do it a few weeks before Halloween. It’s quite exciting, actually. What you do, for those of you who don’t know about this, is make up some signs one with a poem about “Being Boo-ed” and one announcing “We’ve Been Boo-ed” — it’s a sign neighbors are asked to put on their door or in a window to let others know they’ve been boo-ed and to go boo someone who hasn’t been boo-ed, yet. You put the poem and sign in a container of your choice with candy and goodies. I go with the wrapped candy and goodies, because no one knows from whom it came.
Here’s a Halloween Party Favor Treat Cone Free Template you may like as a container for your “Boo Delivers.” Here’s the link right here at Two Cans On A String.com https://twocansonastring.com/halloween-party-favor-treat-cone-with-free-templates/
Image and Free Printables Courtesy of http://www.sistasfun.blogspot.com
Under cover of darkness you deliver your “boo deliveries.” The fun part is ringing the doorbell and running for cover so you don’t get caught. Kids really like this part, sneaking up to porches, leaving the goodies, ringing the doorbell and running for cover in the bushes, behind trees and maybe they make it down the street to where you’re waiting in the “get-away car.”
I like the idea, because it is a nice thing to do for a neighbor. It also creates a buzz of goodwill around the neighborhood of neighbors doing something nice for neighbors. It’s fun to see the “I’ve Been Boo-ed” signs pop up on doors or in windows. The great thing is when everyone has been boo-ed.
You can start this tradition this year. You can give just one or more. Neighbors are encouraged to do the same to two neighbors . . . then those two boo two others . . . it should spread throughout the neighborhood quickly . . .
Here are the Free Printables:
You’ve Been Boo’ed and We’ve Been Boo’ed
If you’d like to give packages of Pumpkin Poo as treats, here’s another Free Printable: Labels for Cheese Puffs
I make up four of these and place them at houses where I know there are elderly people who don’t normally participate in Halloween, but deserve something special. I leave it on their doorstep without ringing the doorbell. I also make up two more for families with kids. I know they are very likely to participate in this boo-ing activity. That does get the ball rolling — and when I get boo-ed I can make up two more and have some more fun. Or, I can put the “We’ve Been Boo-ed” sign on my door to help keep the mystery going of who started this. . . but, to tell you the truth, I do like getting “Boo-ed.”
