Easy Halloween Craft - Pet Masquerade Party

by Lynn @ Nourish and Nestle

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We started this Pet Masquerade Party several years ago and have made additions over the years as our menagerie has grown or shrunk. This is such an easy Halloween Craft project and suitable for kids and adults…I have just as much fun putting these outfits together as my kids do. The supply list is pretty short and creativity is key for this project. Heck, I could even see making this into a Grown-up Girl’s Craft Night project.

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Here’s What you Need for this Easy Halloween Craft:

Black and White Photo. We used photos of our pets, but there’s no reason you couldn’t use photos of your favorite 2-legged pets as well.

A variety of Halloween Scrapbook paper.

White and Black Cardstock. I used 8″ X 10″, but that’s so up to you.

Bling…adhesive gems.

We also attached some bat stickers .

Scissors

Glue

Frames

Patterns…this is so up to you, but if you would like patterns to use, I’ve included them in my subscriber library. This library is made available to all subscribers immediately upon joining the Nourish and Nestle family. Here's the link to subscribe.

How to Make the Pet Masquerade Party:

Use your printer to shrink down the face of your sweet pet. The patterns give you a guide to follow for the size of the head, relative to the pattern pieces. You can cut that circle out and place the hole over your pet’s head to see if it fits inside.

Cut out your pet’s face. I kept in the ears and a little bit of the neck.

Cut out the clothing. If you are making your own patterns, then it’ll be a little ‘trial and error’ to get the proportions right…just a little snip at a time.

Glue it all on and add some bling.

Put it in a frame so that you can pull it out year after year and it’s still in good condition. Since Kate’s hamster, Scoobi Doo, was one of our party-goers, that means that we did that one 5 or 6 years ago and it’s still in perfect condition.

Presto Magico…you have your Pet Masquerade Party-goer.

Here’s who’s at our party…

First up, we have ‘Puddles the Bad Witch’. There was really no choice but to make Puddles a witch…she is really an ornery and often times downright nasty cat. Her name reflects exactly where we found her when she was 2 weeks old, after a Hurricane blew through our town. We bottle fed her and taught her to use the litter box, and I think somewhere in her soul, she really does love us…kinda..sorta….at dinnertime. But I have to say, there is just ‘something’ about Puddles. She’s smart as a whip, full of character and has easily (and in dramatic fashion) used up every one of her 9 lives.

Then we have ‘Brandy the Sweet’. Brandy left us 6 years ago, but we talk of her fondly and regularly. She loved more than anything to be in the car when we drove through a water puddle! She was a great pup for both my babies and suffered through many dress-up parties…in real life.

‘Flora, the Practically Perfect in every way Princess’. If you’ve been a reader for any length of time you know that this family is quite smitten with this girl. When we visited Kate at school last week, her only request was that we please bring Flora. So, of course, we did. It was only fitting that Flora wear an outfit inspired by ‘Glinda, the Good Witch’

‘Scoobi-Doo…the Hamster’ is next in line. Scoobi-Doo was the final hamster in a string of hamsters much loved by Kate. We had our fair share of ‘interesting’ hamsters, but I do believe that Scoobi-Doo ended up being Kate’s favorite. And doesn’t he look dapper!