Halloween decorating – Jonathan Fong Style

Candy Corn Candles

admin — Fri, 26 Oct 2018 04:47:50 +0000

Wick or treat! Whether you’re a fan of candy corn or not, you’ll love these DIY candles in the shape of giant candy corn. The secret is the molds made of paper cups. For the full step-by-step tutorial, click here.

Crystal Ball Cupcakes

admin — Fri, 26 Oct 2018 04:28:35 +0000

These crystal ball cupcakes could be my most ambitious cupcakes I’ve made so far. The clear globe is made of gelatin, so it’s edible. I also made the skull head out of candy melts. Check out the full step-by-step tutorial here.

Candy Corn Wreath

admin — Sun, 04 Oct 2015 08:52:11 +0000

Candy corn seems to have had a resurgence in popularity, not because people like eating it necessarily, but it’s so fun to craft with. It’s kind of like Peeps. No one eats them, but in the spring, everyone crafts with them. Here is a candy corn wreath I made for an eHow tutorial. People automatically ask how to keep the ants away. I recommend spraying the candy corn with Krylon Preserve It. Although the wreath is easy to make, it takes a long time to hot glue the candy corn around the wreath. I watched two and a half Doris Day movies while gluing the candy corn. Two of those movies, “Pillow Talk” and “Lover Come Back,” have basically the same plot. But I digress. Find the eHow tutorial here.

Floral Pumpkin Centerpiece Arrangements

admin — Mon, 28 Sep 2015 02:10:08 +0000

I made these floral pumpkins for an eHow tutorial. I love how these floral arrangements are appropriate for the entire fall season, whether you’re decorating for Halloween or Thanksgiving. They also make great hostess gifts.

The eHow tutorial is here.

Ping Pong Eyeballs for Halloween

admin — Wed, 25 Sep 2013 05:17:27 +0000

Chinese people are supposed to be good at ping pong. This Chinese person is good at making things with ping pong balls. Exhibit A: Ping pong eyeballs. I know this is not a new idea, but I found a novel way to make them thanks to Craft Attitude printable film. Craft Attitude lets you apply any image to practically any surface, so I was able to decorate the ping pong balls with an image of an iris. Because I am such a giving person who gives, gives, gives, I drew the iris on Photoshop and have made it available as a free download so you can print your own eyeballs.

Click here for eyeball printable

Print the eyeball irises on a sheet of Craft Attitude film using your inkjet printer.

Cut each iris out by hand or use a hole punch to make it easy. These are one inch.

Rub a glue stick on the ink side of the Craft Attitude.

Peel off the protective backing and press the image onto the ping pong ball.

The eyeballs look cool displayed in an apothecary jar. They are also magic eyeballs, so if you use the iris image I drew, I will be watching you. Oh yes, I see you now. Bwahaha!

Note: I am a designer/spokesperson for Craft Attitude, and links on this post and elsewhere are affiliate links. But you can see how cool a product it is, and how I would use it anyway.

Halloween Decorating Ideas for Disney

admin — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 08:07:33 +0000

For Halloween, the good folks at Disney asked me to create 10 DIY Halloween decorating ideas for their new website spoonful.com. Here are just some of the wacky ideas. For all 10 ideas, plus the step-by-step how-to instructions, click here.

Even toilet paper gets into the Halloween spirit with these disguises.

Toilet paper disguises

Everyone can use a helping hand at Halloween.

Talk to the hand

Doesn’t bunting look like monster teeth? It sure does when you add giant googly eyes.

Monster teeth bunting

I made these spiders out of paper clips and electrical tape, and dangled them from the ceiling.

Dangling spiders