Get ready for fall with this easy to make Scarecrow wreath! A limited number of kits containing supplies is available at: 2018 Scarecrow Face Wreath Kit Once these kits have sold out, the tutorial will be left up as you can choose other products and follow same instructions for a similar wreath. Supplies XX7488W4 24″ Burlap Work Wreath MD0325 12″ Metal Scarecrow Face RY900985 21″ Natural Chocolate Copper Burlap Mesh RW752420 1.5″ Shimmer Orange Ribbon RN500391 2.5″ Brown Copper Lime Dot Ribbon Note: When first 48 kits are sold, the remaining kits will contain RG01027H3 2.5″ Fall Plaid ribbon as a substitute RG0171620 1.5″ Candy Corn Ribbon RG017275T 2.5″ Talisman Metallic Squares Ribbon Other items you will need but are not included: Scissors, tape measure, zip ties or chenille stems. Summary We used a pouf technique with the 21″ mesh. Mesh was attached at one of the twists starting on the inner ring. You can start on the inner or outer, just whichever you prefer. Attach the mesh and push the raw end of the mesh to the inside of the wreath. Measure a length of 10″, gather and attach in the next twist. Continue working around the inner ring until you get to the last pouf to be made. At that point, open up the first twist where you started (making sure the first pouf doesn’t come out) and attach the last pouf, closing the twist over both poufs. Pull the mesh down snuggly to the outer ring and attach in the closest twist. This is your starting point for the outer ring. Continue measuring 10″ and making poufs around the outer ring. When you get to the last pouf, you secure it in the same fashion as above. End off the mesh by cutting and leaving a tail of 5-6″ and tuck to the inside of the wreath. You can secure the beginning raw end and tail to the work wreath frame with a zip tie to keep it from popping out. Next we cut ribbon strips 12″ in length and did a chevron cut to the ends. There are 18 twists on the wreath, so we cut 18 pieces of each style of ribbon. All the ribbon was wire edge. You can attach ribbon to a wreath using ribbon strips, or you can make bows, just whichever is your preference. We made a cluster of four ribbons, using one of each style, pinched them in the middle and attached to a twist. On this wreath, we didn’t open up the twist and lay the ribbon cluster down on top of the mesh, we just laid the cluster down and gave the twist a few more turns. You can do it either way. Not opening the twist saves you some time. If you find that your ribbon cluster feels looks, then open up the twist and secure the twist over the mesh and ribbon cluster at the same time. We placed a ribbon cluster in each twist on the outer and inner ring. With the ribbon that remained, we made two identical bows and placed one to the left top of the wreath and one to the right bottom. You can make a simple loop bow or cut the ribbon in 24″ lengths and gather up a 6″ loop with 6″ tails, just alternating a wide and narrow ribbon. Another technique is to do the Terri bow and here’s tutorial showing that. Typically, that’s the kind of bow I like to make, I just didn’t have the ProBow here at the house that day. Always check the back of your wreath for anything sharp and fix that. Clip strings and fluff your ribbons. All mesh ravels but you really have less raveling with the pouf technique since you don’t have so many cut edges as on a ruffle wreath. Happy Fall Y’all!
Scarecrow Makeup Tutorial & other thoughts about Halloween
I’m just going to come right out and say it… I don’t really like Halloween. Okay, okay, everyone slow down for just a quick second while I elaborate. I don’t like scary. I don’t like blood. I don’t like spider webs. I don’t like being surrounded by too many girls wearing too little clothing. You get my drift? I do, however, like dressing up and candy corn and pumpkin flavored everything. Basically, I like your grandma’s Halloween.
Now, I don’t dress up for Halloween every year, but when I do it’s always two things: cheap and last minute. I just can’t swallow spending $55 for a costume that is literally going to fall apart before I even get out the door. Plus, that doesn’t give my imagination any chance to have some fun. I prefer waiting until the day before I need an outfit and then showing up at the Goodwill with a $5 bill and sheer desperation. Last year Michael and I were invited to a last minute Halloween outing and did just that, ending up as a couple from the 50’s.
My favorite kinds of costumes are homemade. Pieces of this and that, then glued together with a little creativity (and duct tape.) So, in the spirit of being cheap, or frugal, or last minute, or whatever it is that you want to call it, I recreated a quick little Halloween costume for you all that shouldn’t cost you more than a few dollars (your makeup bag products depending- but you don’t need to follow my instructions step by step!) Now, I say “recreated” purposefully because I’m not the first genius to think that I could put stitches on my mouth and orange on my nose and call myself a scarecrow. There are a lot of amazing scarecrow makeup looks out there and I looked at a lot for inspiration without following one in particular. Just like when I cook something, I often browse multiple recipes picking my favorite parts from each one and then add my own spin. And, that’s just what I did with this look. (Does this suffice as a disclaimer? I’m not a makeup artist. I didn’t invent the scarecrow.)
My video shows you in detail how to create this “if I only had a brain” look, but for those of you who prefer reading to watching, I’ll briefly explain my process.
1. Using a cosmetic blending sponge and Revlon’s PhotoReady foundation in Vanilla I applied a full face, building up to get a nice “blank” canvas to work with.
2. Using Maybellin’s Dream Lumi Highlighting concealer, I highlighted my under eye area, down the bridge of my nose and across my chin
3. With E.L.F’s eyebrow kit I create a bold brow, so they wouldn’t get lost on my face with all the other things that would be going on.
4. From Urban Decay’s Deluxe Shadow Box palette (swatches here) I swept “honey” all over my primed eyelid and then using a crease brush I pushed “shag” into my crease.
5. With black eyeliner I lined my tight-line and water-line from inner to outer corner and using Wet n Wild’s liquid eyeliner I brushed a thin line along my upper lash line.
6. Next came the scarecrow lashes on my under eye. I used the Wet n Wild liquid eyeliner but suggest you use whatever liquid or felt-tip liner you’re most comfortable with (and in waterproof if you hope to wear it all night long.) I freehand drew the lashes, starting at my natural lash line and slowly building up thickness and shape.
7. Using a nude eyeliner I cleaned up the edges around my scarecrow lashes.
8. Maybelline the Falsies onto my upper lashes.
9. With Revlon Lip Butter in Tutti Frutti, I created scarecrow cheeks, an orange nose and colored my lips.
10. Moving over to a felt-tip liner pen by Marabella, I drew on my stitched mouth and nose.
11. Because you can’t have Halloween without glitter (right. ), I used J.Cat’s Cream Glitter Palette and popped the gold color into my tear duct and on the inner half of my eyelids.
12. Lastly I used a white eyeliner to give my orange cheeks a highlight.
And there you have it. Flannel from the boyfriend’s dresser and straw hat from my favorite store in the world, the Dollar Tree, duh.
