I was trying to think of some relatively easy houses to make that weren't too creepy or spooky that families with kids would enjoy so I thought I would make a Candy Corn Halloween House. I wanted it to be structurally easy to make so I could make these houses quickly. So my first attempt was a simple gable house with candy corn-colored paper that was glittered. I used a scrapbook paper for the roof that shows old fashioned images on it. When I made this house I was still having trouble making windows so I outlined them with some orange and white baker's twine to cover up the irregularities in cutting the windows. I liked the house, but it wasn't "candy cornish" enough if you know what I mean.
So the second house was cut in the shape of a piece of candy corn, but the roof had no overhang and I was still having trouble cutting the candy corn shaped windows. (I now have a die that is very close to that shape so I should be able to cut out much better windows.) I also had trouble making it square because if your walls are not straight up and down, you have to angle your pattern. You can see that the bottom is not really flat.
By the 3rd house I had a pattern I liked. First, I could make it square, second I decided that painting the houses for something like candy corn makes much more sense that pasting on colored paper. I also found some nice orange glitter that made the orange color really stand out. The yellow glitter is very nice too.
As is true of a lot of my houses, I do not have a base yet. I tried to make a circular base, but it warped and looks like a melted record. Now I've made a paper press so I can glue stuff like that together and keep it from warping.
Please let me know which one you like best. I appreciate all of your suggestions. Everyone is so kind on this forum. Thank you.
Lucy
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