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Glitter Glow Pumpkins {Martha Stewart Glow Glitter Review & Craft}

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I was so excited to receive a package of fun Martha Stewart Halloween products from this year’s line. You can get these products at Michael’s Craft Stores or on MarthaStewart.com. I thought it would be fun to have a girl’s craft night and offer up a craft idea where the women could put their own spin on it. We had a blast eating and crafting all the night long!

My girlfriend is also hosting a Halloween Costume Party next week, and I have given her some of the Martha Stewart products to use at her party. I will take pictures and post them on here before Halloween!

I came up with the idea of Glitter Glow Pumpkins.  Here are the materials you need:

Martha Stewart Glow in the Dark Glitter

Black Foam Pumpkins from Michael’s

Pencil

Pumpkin Template Pattern of your choice (You can find fun patterns  here. )

White Acrylic Paint

Tape

Thin tip paint brush

Paper plate

 

How To:

1) Find your chosen pattern, and print out to fit the size that will match your pumpkin size.

2) Tape pattern onto your pumpkin. Make sure it is very secure and will not move.

3) Take your pencil and firmly trace the outline of your pattern so that you leave an indentation on the pumpkin where you have traced. Be sure to check your pattern on the pumpkin before you completely remove the template.

4) Remove template, and paint a small portion of your template with the white acrylic paint within your traced markings you have from your pencil.

5) While still wet, generously sprinkle the glitter onto your paint. Then gently shake the excess off onto a paper plate.

6) Continue to paint small areas of your template and alternate with adding glitter until your entire image is complete.

7) Hold your glitter pumpkin up to the light to activate, and enjoy your fun creation!!

The white paint will show during the day, and the glow glitter will show up at night!! Double the fun!

You can purchase all of Martha Stewart’s Halloween line at Michael’s.

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10 Fun Ways to Decorate Easter Eggs

If you’re looking to go beyond the dye kits at the store for your Easter eggs this year, I’ve collected 10 fun ways to dye or otherwise decorate your Easter eggs. These are fun STEM and craft experiments for kids and are pretty fun for grownups, too.

One of the most popular ways to dye Easter eggs while still using items from the store is to use natural dyeing methods with vegetables, fruit and spices. I’m sharing links to a few different posts here because people have slightly different methods or recipes for achieving different colors, but the basic procedure explained by Real Life at Home is a good one. 

Check the recipe suggestions at Kaleyann, Mommypotamus and Your Home Based Mom, and let kids raid the kitchen or pick some fun things from the grocery store to try. Make sure to keep good records so you can repeat the process next year!

Another easy method to try is dyeing eggs with food coloring. This can make more vibrant colors than you tend to get from natural dyes, but it’s still an easy method and can be done with things you already have in the house. Check out these tips from Studio DIY to get started.

If you want to use food coloring to color your eggs but want to give them a different look, try this method of dyeing eggs with rice from Kids Activity Zone. Or get a marbled look by dyeing eggs with whipped cream, like these from My Home Based Life. So fun and messy!

For less traditional looking eggs, try dyeing eggs with old silk ties or shirts. The pattern from the fabric transfers to the egg in a unique way that’s a lot of fun to try. Get the instructions from A Thrifty Mom.

Use markers and coffee filters for an easy, pretty, low-mess way to color eggs. Learn how at The Savvy Sparrow. Or bring some nature to your egg decorating with these pretty pressed flower eggs from Little Pine Learners.

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