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Halloween/Harvest Placemats

A lovely companion to our sponged tablecloth, these place mats bring an extra harvest feel with their raffia trim. Go wild creating different expressions on the pumpkin and bat; you'll be surprised how much difference the slight angle of a line can make. Experiment with different kinds of paints, try irridescent or pearlized for a cool luminescent glow.

Materials:

	Patterns: Bat Leaf Pumpkin
	corrugated cardboard (possibly from boxes)
	raffia (natural or orange)
	child-safe acrylic paint or pastels
	Polyurethane Satin Finish
	decorator's art paint brush
	cold glue gun
	Tac' n Stik™ Reusable Adhesive
	exacto knife or scissors
	straight pins
	assorted wrapped candies (4 per mat)

Instructions:

1.		Cut a 12" diameter circle or 18" x 13" rectangle out of the corrugated cardboard (depending on your preference for the shape of the place mats).
2.		Paint on coat of Polyurethane Satin Finish (water based) to seal on both sides.
3.		Download our pumpkin, ghost, and leaf patterns and cut out the external shape and internal features.
4.		Using tracing paper, trace over the features bearing down hard. Turn it over and take the eraser side and rub over the lines (The pumpkin image will be reversed.)
5.		Fill in with appropriate colors (orange for pumpkin; white for ghost; greens, brown, reds, and oranges for the leaf). Paint in a green stem on leaf and a brown stem on the pumpkin. For bat, paint the eyes blue. Experiment changing the mouth and eyes into different expressions.
6.		Let dry 20 minutes.
7.		To make trim: take 12 strings of raffia, make a knot 2"-3" from each end.
8.		Pin the raffia to a sofa and divide into thirds and braid (just like hair) about thirteen inches long.
9.		Take cold glue gun and glue the braided raffia to the perimeter of your chosen mat.
10.		Using Tac' n Stik™ Reusable Adhesive place a wrapped candy at each corner.

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