How to Make a Halloween entry and welcome trick

Add some personality to your entry and welcome trick-or-treaters with a pumpkin topiary in the shape of a totem pole. All it takes is a few faux pumpkins, basic craft supplies and a little imagination.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT52Zb4ccVhzi-IMljk-NEr6iOexI4AL1mQulrVSyNU20qQURdtz5asqr3CH6t4-qyo-8ZozrtKbkQrqYwGy20YDy1A-dSFGdBP6Mq6T-35PicJuZXaplJYD4fNNUSJ9lLaPgJ0GaY/s1600/Halloween-entry-and-welcome-trick.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT52Zb4ccVhzi-IMljk-NEr6iOexI4AL1mQulrVSyNU20qQURdtz5asqr3CH6t4-qyo-8ZozrtKbkQrqYwGy20YDy1A-dSFGdBP6Mq6T-35PicJuZXaplJYD4fNNUSJ9lLaPgJ0GaY/s640/Halloween-entry-and-welcome-trick.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="color: orange;"><b>Materials Needed:</b></div><ul class="list"><li>3 faux pumpkins </li><li>spool of 3/8" wide black craft ribbon </li><li>black acrylic craft paint </li><li>white acrylic craft paint </li></ul><ul class="list"><li>small craft paintbrush </li><li>hot glue gun and glue sticks </li><li>pumpkin-carving tool or sharp knife  </li></ul><h2 style="color: orange; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">Select Pumpkins</span></b></h2>Select three similarly shaped faux pumpkins.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihyphenhyphenZ0rY_TOrZ7Y4hoXDfUgmmVcbgQHB1aMCpgjGdNWhleJ4Nz0-Ep0aWuRkFKhfvMkBGXiQqfabxJSZd23Aef8Dr5IueRxRqu2IoVTou5XtQU7xWAo_TZXPa6yBvgr3pLWTi6VG98O/s1600/Halloween-entry-and-welcome-trick-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihyphenhyphenZ0rY_TOrZ7Y4hoXDfUgmmVcbgQHB1aMCpgjGdNWhleJ4Nz0-Ep0aWuRkFKhfvMkBGXiQqfabxJSZd23Aef8Dr5IueRxRqu2IoVTou5XtQU7xWAo_TZXPa6yBvgr3pLWTi6VG98O/s640/Halloween-entry-and-welcome-trick-2.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><h2 style="color: orange;"><span style="font-size: small;">Cut Hole</span></h2>Use a sharp knife or pumpkin-carving knife to cut a hole in the bottom of the first pumpkin. Make sure the hole is big enough for the stem of the second pumpkin to fit into. Repeat this step on the bottom of the second pumpkin.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6PaEq9-no3tbhoLQmokbGJB5ikJozjL3Qnjn7CsFqHnoiPP7goLNZ2fo2_e3TFgp1H_EMw3kXLfTiECHq-TNdEEHVX_mmC3tU7iyPukJU7h1_GF0d-fB8lVMqjHkRN4lmkBUU07e9/s1600/Halloween-entry-and-welcome-trick-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6PaEq9-no3tbhoLQmokbGJB5ikJozjL3Qnjn7CsFqHnoiPP7goLNZ2fo2_e3TFgp1H_EMw3kXLfTiECHq-TNdEEHVX_mmC3tU7iyPukJU7h1_GF0d-fB8lVMqjHkRN4lmkBUU07e9/s640/Halloween-entry-and-welcome-trick-3.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><h2 style="color: orange;"><span style="font-size: small;">Adhere Ribbon</span></h2>Cut random lengths of craft ribbon and hot glue them to each of the pumpkins to form mouths.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmlzLGzP0EqwTIocMtZegHznHYxixEHGWdzQVaRmA403pZLQdMoAvPBICRHH02mejk2mglC68w53fL6VBH6ZhGpHXoZi1x8nUiNJxKUQZYTeiTQrMF762drn4xNxOBPiBzrp2XLJJn/s1600/Halloween-entry-and-welcome-trick-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmlzLGzP0EqwTIocMtZegHznHYxixEHGWdzQVaRmA403pZLQdMoAvPBICRHH02mejk2mglC68w53fL6VBH6ZhGpHXoZi1x8nUiNJxKUQZYTeiTQrMF762drn4xNxOBPiBzrp2XLJJn/s640/Halloween-entry-and-welcome-trick-4.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><h2 style="color: orange;"><span style="font-size: small;">Paint Eyes</span></h2>Paint eyes on each of the pumpkins using a small paintbrush and some black and white acrylic paint.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9hhc4GKxCmz5AoyiUDbnc5AVsr7jfi0o4h-g2cAHUBDU2fXpP4Yl3z3cgYlbJt1_q2uYr56NEHYKp70-clj0x-RPKR-ca_t7DwOCVq0KBMDALp0vhPszyoijYdl-2_-KliTzPIzsP/s1600/Halloween-entry-and-welcome-trick-5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9hhc4GKxCmz5AoyiUDbnc5AVsr7jfi0o4h-g2cAHUBDU2fXpP4Yl3z3cgYlbJt1_q2uYr56NEHYKp70-clj0x-RPKR-ca_t7DwOCVq0KBMDALp0vhPszyoijYdl-2_-KliTzPIzsP/s640/Halloween-entry-and-welcome-trick-5.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><h2 style="color: orange;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hot Glue Pumpkins</span></h2>Use hot glue to attach the first pumpkin to the second and the second pumpkin to the third.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMQHShW4CDPBYxskkX3qhQr4nIuZbkqI2z1cvvngmyavccRRRFlNwFAPUrrCACxDanTZSlJoHQht9DIT4ZT0_AQarJJ7qyYlLDjJpmwRA9-YXVZH3zHPGLZq6NuF6eq8dxOwMHD__d/s1600/Halloween-entry-and-welcome-trick-6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMQHShW4CDPBYxskkX3qhQr4nIuZbkqI2z1cvvngmyavccRRRFlNwFAPUrrCACxDanTZSlJoHQht9DIT4ZT0_AQarJJ7qyYlLDjJpmwRA9-YXVZH3zHPGLZq6NuF6eq8dxOwMHD__d/s640/Halloween-entry-and-welcome-trick-6.jpg" width="480" /></a></div>

How to Make a Halloween entry and welcome trick

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Halloween Welcome Sign for a Front Porch 2012 Ideas from HGTV

This project is easy and inexpensive and certainly one in which the kids can help. We took a thrift-store frame, wrapped the inside with yarn and cotton to make it look like a spider web. Then spiders and a "Welcome" message were hung within the webbing. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo7nzROedRfKwlLnDlM3UWvVgLdMOo9fAZs2y9TOoBvIJmQf5SM-RCw-2fykV8bGG4qL28b5FD1u_i6kZZCSnmE1hvKyzhUZkjyPxV36ksxAA6Z-nrRkrKiBIR27af-Crv6ma0cXSvY8XQ/s1600/Halloween-Welcome-Sign-for-a-Front-Porch-2012-Ideas-7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo7nzROedRfKwlLnDlM3UWvVgLdMOo9fAZs2y9TOoBvIJmQf5SM-RCw-2fykV8bGG4qL28b5FD1u_i6kZZCSnmE1hvKyzhUZkjyPxV36ksxAA6Z-nrRkrKiBIR27af-Crv6ma0cXSvY8XQ/s640/Halloween-Welcome-Sign-for-a-Front-Porch-2012-Ideas-7.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><h2><span style="color: orange; font-size: small;">Tools and Materials</span></h2><span style="font-size: small;">scissors<br />hammer<br />black paint and a paintbrush<br />large wood frame<br />small wire nails<br />4 to 8 felt furniture pads <br />small toy spiders<br />white cotton spider webbing<br />yellow or orange yarn<br />black letters<br />picture hanging kit if not already attached to frame</span><br /><h2></h2><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: orange; font-size: x-large;">Paint the Frame</span></h2><div style="text-align: center;">Paint the frame black and let it dry.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuiB2HapLd_M7Yt1VBWcPIHnHPL8IKFMiFzYXOu1Jl9WslDJvJl-xPcWEIyS4cQwaWZlTCQF2N6Pl6HPGiC0-0D08j7obMkONBGyIw54LN_gv-tNcXUfBQlCqg7t0W7-CAe1a_mNDWhzW5/s1600/Halloween-Welcome-Sign-for-a-Front-Porch-2012-Ideas-6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuiB2HapLd_M7Yt1VBWcPIHnHPL8IKFMiFzYXOu1Jl9WslDJvJl-xPcWEIyS4cQwaWZlTCQF2N6Pl6HPGiC0-0D08j7obMkONBGyIw54LN_gv-tNcXUfBQlCqg7t0W7-CAe1a_mNDWhzW5/s640/Halloween-Welcome-Sign-for-a-Front-Porch-2012-Ideas-6.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: orange; font-size: x-large;">Nail and Pad the Back</span></h2><div style="text-align: center;">On the back of the frame, along the edge, hammer in the small wire nails. Insert the nails so only about a 1/4" is sticking out of the frame. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Place the felt pads on the back of the frame along the corners so the nails will not scratch the house or door.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpDE19Uh17ZFaZ0EihP4HTYTQheq4MFKuXJ-TmT7gTwEVM7chXtLs77RO9w2LFI3ItDsSc9tYmjq-U3AroyWiVoVnuK0qo2ZQlYUvH4sHdXABT_dhg7pJwXoZdF_MaM2Dko56SqI8ck8HG/s1600/Halloween-Welcome-Sign-for-a-Front-Porch-2012-Ideas-5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpDE19Uh17ZFaZ0EihP4HTYTQheq4MFKuXJ-TmT7gTwEVM7chXtLs77RO9w2LFI3ItDsSc9tYmjq-U3AroyWiVoVnuK0qo2ZQlYUvH4sHdXABT_dhg7pJwXoZdF_MaM2Dko56SqI8ck8HG/s640/Halloween-Welcome-Sign-for-a-Front-Porch-2012-Ideas-5.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: orange; font-size: x-large;">String the Yarn</span></h2><div style="text-align: center;">Wrap the yarn on the wires going back and forth across the frame in a random pattern. Tie off the yarn periodically.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBjcwhe7KEwn5EFgDdpm5QU5TY8EDLrbbGCrpAVdpL-nUg7FfAoXcpgMdFfNdkKYq88gqQbrkUV0wExfI8BZotJqNd5xd3BwxDmgWAPVZRZROYr76B8rJI9C-hQ8qSj_QFOr2OCrL5mpHG/s1600/Halloween-Welcome-Sign-for-a-Front-Porch-2012-Ideas-4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBjcwhe7KEwn5EFgDdpm5QU5TY8EDLrbbGCrpAVdpL-nUg7FfAoXcpgMdFfNdkKYq88gqQbrkUV0wExfI8BZotJqNd5xd3BwxDmgWAPVZRZROYr76B8rJI9C-hQ8qSj_QFOr2OCrL5mpHG/s640/Halloween-Welcome-Sign-for-a-Front-Porch-2012-Ideas-4.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: orange; font-size: x-large;">Add Webbing</span></h2><div style="text-align: center;">Behind the yarn, stretch out some of the white cotton material along the same nails.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheD7M1xDsFMySFp61xFTLWG2ucgImYJKfCRu9mzq4J2LFSKF4vbvmiVGAZIEiQgrKk6Alm0YJwzR1YZNqF8pVFoN92JJfFNLJHzI35An7HHJlvaP-z4RNDLsiQHEdJ0GOrW5hBbm60jXLl/s1600/Halloween-Welcome-Sign-for-a-Front-Porch-2012-Ideas-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheD7M1xDsFMySFp61xFTLWG2ucgImYJKfCRu9mzq4J2LFSKF4vbvmiVGAZIEiQgrKk6Alm0YJwzR1YZNqF8pVFoN92JJfFNLJHzI35An7HHJlvaP-z4RNDLsiQHEdJ0GOrW5hBbm60jXLl/s640/Halloween-Welcome-Sign-for-a-Front-Porch-2012-Ideas-3.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: orange; font-size: x-large;">Place Your Message</span></h2><div style="text-align: center;">Place the letters in a random pattern onto the yarn, close enough together so you can read the word "Welcome". We used self-adhesive, store-bought letters, but you can print out your own message on sticky paper.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil7WnywyKvt-boltA2E9Li3qnKI5LNoZSRyAU6HkVkxxmsZuK3oHyzxWLmMG5j8UlJte6hk5U77_CPiuxNr2JmMMhtXxxT39CZmQw_m2w4DXKWVeBJYmXVb2fkwAyMUMjB39WRzVAJRO5u/s1600/Halloween-Welcome-Sign-for-a-Front-Porch-2012-Ideas-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil7WnywyKvt-boltA2E9Li3qnKI5LNoZSRyAU6HkVkxxmsZuK3oHyzxWLmMG5j8UlJte6hk5U77_CPiuxNr2JmMMhtXxxT39CZmQw_m2w4DXKWVeBJYmXVb2fkwAyMUMjB39WRzVAJRO5u/s640/Halloween-Welcome-Sign-for-a-Front-Porch-2012-Ideas-2.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><h2 style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: orange; font-size: x-large;">Add Spiders</span></h2><div style="text-align: center;">Place the spiders along the front and tuck into the yarn and webbing.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEdLNnaEKjYOzJsygSaTJEIU4PAHbLpDuRL29BRPPxN9qLio7-zodmbSDjbsrkUI3EElxNNNuiS898_KjOP-_0vhwCykS379g2lKu7gqE0P09Y8xz9gFj7ZKsIKTj6wFfAn15adVFUEgsB/s1600/Halloween-Welcome-Sign-for-a-Front-Porch-2012-Ideas.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEdLNnaEKjYOzJsygSaTJEIU4PAHbLpDuRL29BRPPxN9qLio7-zodmbSDjbsrkUI3EElxNNNuiS898_KjOP-_0vhwCykS379g2lKu7gqE0P09Y8xz9gFj7ZKsIKTj6wFfAn15adVFUEgsB/s640/Halloween-Welcome-Sign-for-a-Front-Porch-2012-Ideas.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Halloween Welcome Sign for a Front Porch 2012 Ideas from HGTV

This project is easy and inexpensive and certainly one in which the kids can help. We took a thrift-store frame, wrapped the inside with yar...

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