Booquet

This cute Booquet is so fun to make and not too hard, either!  Could fit into any decor for Halloween!

MADE BY: AMANDA TIBBITTS   |   TIME: 45 MINUTES
LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE-ADVANCED |  SIZE: VARIES

Supplies:

• Glue Dots® Permanent Glue Squares

Die Cuts:

• Skull (2) cut at 3.75” h
• BOO cut at 3.04” h
• Ghost (2) cut at 4.62” h
• Jack-O-Lantern (2) cut at 3.92” h
• Bat (2) cut at 3.5” h
• Witch Hat (2) cut at 3.83” h
• Spider (2) cut at 3” h
• 7 Leaves cut at 4” h
• 2 Circles for Skull cut at 2.64” h
• 2 Circles for Ghost cut at 1.85” h
• 2 Circles for Jack-O-Lantern cut at 2.58” h

Materials: 

• Lost Shadow Distress Oxide Ink and applicator
• Wilted Violet Distress Oxide Ink and applicator
• Crackling Campfire Distress Oxide Ink and applicator
• Rustic Wilderness Distress Oxide Ink and applicator
• Scratch Paper to work on
• Craft Mat
• Pipe Cleaners
• Ghosted Mason Jar
• Shredded Paper Filler

Tools:

• Electronic Die Cut Machine such as a Cricut 

Directions:

1. With the applicators, add some around the edges of each of the coordinating colors of die cuts.   And since it’s Halloween, distress as much as you want, rip them or wrinkle them up if you’d like!
   
2. With the Glue Dots® Permanent Squares, add some to the inside of the skull.  Be careful to mind the eyes and nose cuts.  Place one of the circles into the Dots and burnish it one there.  Then, run a small row along the circle and place a pipe cleaner on the Dots. Once the pipe cleaner is attached, run a few more Glue Dots® Permanent Squares around the circle, place the second circle directly on top, and then add a few more Glue Dots® Permanent Glue Squares to place the top of the skull on top of the pipe cleaner and the other skull.
   
3. Follow the same steps in Number 2 with the Jack-O-Lantern, and the Ghost, being careful to not place a Glue Dots® Square in the spot where the mouth and eyes will be. 
4. Run a row of Glue Dots® Permanent Glue Squares directly onto the Witch Hat.  Add a pipe cleaner, then more Glue Dots® to glue the top of the hat to the bottom.
5. Glue the letters of BOO together with a few Glue Dots® Permanent Squares and their offsets as well.  After you’ve glued them together, add a row of Glue Dots® to the middle, or you can opt to have two pipe cleaners on this one.  A row at each end, and two pipe cleaners.  Then glue the topside to the bottom.
6. Add a pipe cleaner to the bat and match up the two pieces to glue them together.
   
7. Begin adding your Booquet elements to the Ghosted Mason Jar.  If they need to be bent, try to bend them along the bottom and push them into the jar.  Continue adding the elements to your liking. 
8. Add some of the shredded paper filler in between the elements and fill it as full as you’d like.  More will help really hold the elements.  
9. Bend each of the leaves in your fingers and stuff them into the paper filler.  It’s okay if they get wrinkly, or torn.  Halloween is a great time to grunge up the cuteness!  
   Arrange your Booquet how you’d like, and you’ll be done in no time with a cute new little decor piece for Halloween!