Make Halloween Party Invitations
Here is a semi-quick and easy Halloween Party Invitations. These are for Mom's on the go who are a bit crafty. Get the kid's involved! They will love to halp make these and since alot of what it takes to make these is just peeling off the backing and sticking em' on there's room for any age child to help out!
Tools needed to make these Halloween party invitations:
Step One: Getting the words onto paper. Since these Halloween party invitations are set on black cardstock obviously we cannot print directly onto them. So what you will need to do is set up the text for the inside of 
the card on some plain white printer paper. I reccomend setting the text up to fit on a regular 8 1/2 by 11" sheet of paper so that it is printed four times to a page (or 4-up). Once the text is printed out all you need to do is cut the paper into quarters and glue them to the inside of the invitation.*If you want to make this step really, really easy just go here and print an invitation template out for free or print out the same Halloween Party Invitation template I used as shown in the pictures on this pageclick here to download the printable file for $1.00.
Step Two: Cutting the paper for the Halloween party invitations. Ok this is relatively easy to do by hand but if you feel especially lazy or simply want to make this task as easy as possible then feel free to visit a local copy shop and have them cut all the paper for you. It's cheap and very fast. But if you do decide to do it by hand I hope you have a good paper cutter. 
If you have printed out the text for the inside of the cafd then of course you will cutting this into quarters. Next you will need to cut the black cardstock in half. If this has been done correctly then you will have two sheets measuring 8 1/2" by 5 1/2". Last but not least you will need to cut your chosen decorative halloween paper into squares to fit onto the bottom of the Halloween party invitations. These should measure about 2" by 4 1/4".
Step Three: Using your decorative scissors. By decorative scissors I mean the kind that cut a pattern into paper. I chose a pair that cut a jagged kind of edge onto the paper. You will use these scissors to cut this decorative edge onto one side of the halloween paper you chose. This edge should be cut on one of the sides that measure 4 1/4" across. Ok, so here's how to make sure you get a perfectly straight cut. If you try to freehand this cut it will most likely come out looking a little off. What I do is turn the paper over and use a ruler to draw a straight line about 1/4" from the edge of the paper. Use this line as a guide when cutting with the decorative scissors.
Step Four: Fold the cardstock for the Halloween party invitations. This should be easy. If the cardstock is regular 65 lb. weight paper then you should be able to fold it easily by hand. If the fold is coming out a little wrinkly then go over the crease with a flat edge like a ruler or something similiar. It kind of "irons out" the wrinkles.
Step Five: Assemle the Halloween party invitations. Ok so you should have your folded cardstock cards, some decorative paper squares, the plain white paper with your text for the inside of the card, and some Halloween embellishment stickers. You can find an array of really cool stickers like this at any arts and crafts supply store. They usually have entire aisles full of stickers and embellishments. You can also find them online! The ones I used came as a pack of two which can be mixed and matched. They were about a dollar per pack. There was a frankenstein, a skeleton, a spider web, and tombstone. perfect! If you want to find them they are made by Sandylion Essentials and the name of them was simply "Skeleton & Frankenstein". If you look closely you will notice I also used a grass sticker embellishment to decorate the card as well. You can make these yourself by cutting out a grass shape from construction paper but if you want to simply peel and stick like I did then visit the links I provided.
Step Six: The finishing touches! Use Oil Pastels (some know them as craypaas) to write a Halloween greeting on the front of the card. Oil pastels work great beacuase any color you use will show up great against a black background! When you are done using them for the invitations your kids can use them to make all sorts of Halloween decorations and pictures on black construction paper! Oil pastels can be found at any art supply and are very cheap.
* To use all the same exact materials I used here: The decorative Halloween paper I chose is made by K & Company. The name of the paper is Halloween Orange Candy Glitter Paper (code:643077 655065). The Halloween stickers I used were by Sandylion Essentials and are called Skeleton & Frankenstein. * To switch things up a bit buy lots of different Halloween stickers and make alot of different Halloween party invitations using the same basic idea. * You can utilize the blank cardstock in the inside of the card and give your kids a fun project all at the same time. Have you kids use the oil pastels to draw little halloween pictures, scenery, and messages on the inside left hand side of the card.
Other related pages to visit... * Printable Halloween Party Postcard Invitation templates * Make Halloween greeting cards * Find decorative Halloween paper * Find Halloween embellishment stickers
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