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October 10, 2012

How To Make a Creepy Crawly Halloween Canvas



What’s Black and White and Orange all over? It’s my Creepy Crawly (but not so scary) Halloween Canvas Art hanging out here At The Picket Fence! 
 
You can make one yourself, it’s super-duper easy using Krylon’s fabulous paints and products! 

Here’s What You’ll Need

and the Krylon Paint you’ll want to have on hand
and here’s how you can create your own


Creepy Crawly Halloween Canvas

Glitter Blast your spiders in the color of your choice, I chose Orange Glitter Blast, let dry.
Using Black Krylon spray paint, mark out the areas you would like for your spider webs, let dry.
Spray one side of your spider web stencil (I used a spider web cut-out purchased from the Dollar Tree) with Easy Tack Repositionable Adhesive. 
Place spider web over the black paint and coat the entire canvas with White Dual Paint + Primer, let dry.
Layout the words Creepy and Crawly with your Chipboard Letters and paint with several light coats of the white paint.
Position your letters on canvas using a ruler and glue down.
Draw a straight line onto canvas using a paint pen.  Glue Spider to canvas.
I just love how this Halloween Canvas turned out! My daughter is already trying to claim it for her room.
But I think it looks rather cute here in the living room….
With my Creepy Crawly Halloween Vignette!
Next week, I’ll share how to make this fun Glitter Blast Spider Web Bling Pumpkin! 
Here’s some other fabulous Krylon Paint Projects from
Jennifer Rizzo
Eclectically Vintage
and
Unskinny Boppy
Be sure to head over and see what they came up with using fabulous Krylon Products!

Also, check out our “Krylon at Halloween” Pinterest Board 
or be inspired by the fabulous projects in Krylon’s Projects in a Can.
Krylon is also having a sweepstakes called “Make it Gr8 in 8” where you can submit a quick fix for a chance to win great prizes.
Thanks for creeping and crawling with me here At The Picket Fence!
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Krylon has provided products and compensation for this post…but all creepiness and crawliness is strictly my own! 

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  1. Eclectically Vintage says

    October 9, 2012 at 12:31 PM

    Glitter blast is amazing – I think I may need to get it in every color!

    You really know how to spin a web of craftiness!
    Kelly

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  2. Finding Home says

    October 9, 2012 at 1:11 PM

    I just saw the glitter blast in the store the other day and was wondering what I could do with it and now I know!

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  3. Beth@Unskinny Boppy says

    October 9, 2012 at 1:20 PM

    Heather this looks SO cute! That glitter blast is so pretty. Great job on this one! 🙂

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  4. DIY Show Off says

    October 9, 2012 at 3:25 PM

    Adorable, Heather! I love it! Definitely have the glitter blast sitting on hand. Must give it a try!

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  5. Jennifer Rizzo says

    October 9, 2012 at 4:38 PM

    So SO cute~! I love the Pumpkin and the sweet canvas!!!!

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  6. Yvonne @ StoneGable says

    October 9, 2012 at 9:42 PM

    Heather, this cute canvas is cute… but even more… it is very upscale!!! I would hang this in my home! LOVE it!!!! Great tutorial… thanks!!!!

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  7. Kim @ Savvy Southern Style says

    October 10, 2012 at 1:18 AM

    Great looking project. I love the letters being white.

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  8. Savvy Seasons says

    October 10, 2012 at 3:27 AM

    Super cute project, love it! You make it look so easy. Thanks for sharing! XO ~Liz

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  9. Sherry says

    October 10, 2012 at 3:38 AM

    What a fun Halloween decoration…this would be super cute in our playroom. The “creepy crawly” just tops it off!

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  10. Linda @ it all started with paint says

    October 10, 2012 at 12:32 PM

    Okay, I’m seriously in love with that glitter spray paint! Seriously! How cool. And your canvas and vignette is the perfect mix of creepy but not at all skin crawly. I mean, who would be afraid of a glitter spider?

    🙂

    Linda

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  11. Shelia says

    October 10, 2012 at 12:34 PM

    Hi Heather! Oh, this is so cute! How in the world do you think up these things? I love it and you’re the best!
    Hi Venessa, I wanted to thank you so much for your sweet kind words to me and they mean so much.
    You both are the sweetest ones,
    Shelia 😉

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  12. Heather SettingforFour says

    October 10, 2012 at 3:01 PM

    Love this project – you guys are so creative! That glitter spider is the cutest! I am featuring your DIning Room makeover today on my blog – thanks so much for linking it up to the Traditions Thanksgiving Linky Party! https://www.settingforfour.com/2012/10/features-from-week-1-thanksgiving.html

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  13. Pamela says

    October 10, 2012 at 4:13 PM

    What a cute project!

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  14. Amanda @ Serenity Now says

    October 10, 2012 at 4:58 PM

    Too much fun! That glitter blast is lovely. I really like the vignette. 🙂

    Reply
  15. Maranda says

    October 11, 2012 at 3:27 PM

    This is really cool! c:

    Reply

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