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This whimsical little witch will look great sitting on your windowsill, kitchen table, or trinket shelf. Simple materials make for an easy craft this Halloween season!

You will need:

12" Acrylic Ball
5" Styrofoam Ball
1" Wooden Egg
Black Raffia
8-10" Grapevine Wreath
Fall Leaves
Small Witch Broom
Witch Hat
Black Fun Foam
Acrylic paint, Black, Desert Sun & green
Sea Sponge, Foam Brush
Glue Gun and Glue sticks
Nail File
Black Sharpee Marker


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What you do

Use nail file to press eyes & mouth in Styrofoam ball. Press wood Egg in center of face at an angle, glue in place, then put a drop of glue on the nose to form mole. Put 1/2" drop of glue in center of each eye to form eyeball. Use foam brush and Desert Sun Paint to paint Styrofoam ball and nose. Leave the eye areas and mouth white. Paint eyeballs Green. Let dry. Use Sharpee to line eyes, mouth and teeth lines.

Dampen Sea Sponge and sponge black paint over entire surface of acrylic ball. When dry, glue ball to wreath, then pop hanger off and glue Styrofoam head on top forcing it over the top hole. Glue raffia on for hair, use pattern to cut arm from black fun foam, paint hands Desert Sun. Glue arms on sides of body with broom in one hand. Glue leaves to gap between wreath and ball. Glue hat on head. Add any other embellishments you wish.



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Project idea courtesy of Ben Franklin Crafts & Frames, to see more great craft ideas visit their website by clicking here.

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