October 31, 2013

Happy Halloween !!


My birthday came a little early this year - my niece made me this wonderful decorative Halloween witch's hat.

It's a tall piece - it stands about 14" tall and looks wonderful as the centerpiece on the dining room table.

She made it by starting with some papier mache items from the craft store - a cone and a round box.

After painting a base coat of black on the outside, she covered the hat pieces with decorative Halloween paper.  I think she did a super job selecting the paper to have a great contrast between all the elements of the hat.

But wait!  It's not just pretty to look... there's so much more!






The top of the hat has a countdown calendar!


In this photo you can see that the card says "It's Halloween".  I think you can make out the opening on the tag holder on the right.  There are cards that start the countdown 10 days before Halloween, and you just reach in and change the cards as the days count down.






... and there's CANDY!

The top of the cone is hinged to add little treats.  The treats dispense at the bottom of the cone.

The trick-or-treaters are actually a door.  See the long green nose on the character on the left?  It's longer than it looks and the tip is holding the door closed.  If you move it, you can get some candy (there's an orange piece on the left).


The interactive elements are so much fun I had to make a movie...check it out, and have a Happy Halloween!


1 comment:

Linda Fahlberg-Stojanovska said...

Absolutely cool hat. All those parts and interactivities. Wonderful warty nose closer. Love the top opening. So clever. A mega credit to your niece (and credits to you too for helping her expand her creativity).