halloween canvases

My 5 year old, Aislynn, and I made these canvases Saturday afternoon and I thought I would share because they are super easy and really cute:)

For Frankenstein, we used a 5x7 canvas and painted it green. When it was dry, we went through my cardstock scraps and punched a green nose with a 1" punch. Then we made eyes with white and black cardstock using a 1.5" and a 1" punch. We used my 2" square punch for the ears and glued them onto the back of the canvas. Then we used some more black scraps and cut the edge with decorative edge scissors for his hair. Finally, we cut some yarn for his mouth and eyebrows and glued them on. Viola!

The pumpkin was made on an 8x10 canvas that we covered with black paint. Then going through my cardstock scraps again, we cut out tiny pieces from orange and green. We drew a pumpkin with a white crayon just so we had an idea of where to put the paper. When we glued everything down, we added glitter here and there just to add a little extra! This was Aislynn's favorite of the two, although I am partial to Franky:)

I love how they look on our shelves!
P.S. Coming soon...how we made the hurricane candle holders you see there-they look so cool lit and this was a BIG hit with Aislynn.