I doodled Halloween images onto a piece of paper. Then, I traced the images in glue on a piece of wax paper. Afterwards, I let them dry about 24 hours. (Yah, I was surprised it took that long for the glue to dry too!)
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| Just realized now that my bat looks like a black golden snitch with eyes |
Tada! Spooky!
As you can see, these clings aren't quite as nice as the ones from the store. They are kind of bumpy and don't completely stick to the window. But, they're one of a kind and fun to make.
Because I lay down the black and white glue at the same time, they mixed together as they dried. (Now my ghosts a bit spookier than I intended. Eek!) When I make window clings again, I'm going to outline my images in black (or whatever color) first. Once that dries, I'll fill the images in with my other glue.
Also, the clings didn't initially stick to the windows. I had to wet the back of the cling with a bit of water and then stick it to the window. (Tip learned here.) Somehow the water helps the clings to stick. Water also dripped down the window as I stuck them up. But not to worry! Once they were sufficiently stuck, I just wiped the smudges and dribbles up.
I think the Halloween decorations are helping Baby Chuck to get into the Halloween spirit. He's so cute. He keeps pointing to the clings and and pumpkin garland and growling.