{"id":29556,"date":"2016-09-12T10:49:07","date_gmt":"2016-09-12T14:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/?p=29556"},"modified":"2016-09-12T10:49:07","modified_gmt":"2016-09-12T14:49:07","slug":"how-to-make-diy-2x4-black-cats-and-a-pumpkin-just-in-time-for-halloween","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/how-to-make-diy-2x4-black-cats-and-a-pumpkin-just-in-time-for-halloween\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Make DIY 2×4 Black Cats And A Pumpkin Just In Time For Halloween"},"content":{"rendered":"

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These super cool, super easy to make 2×4 black cats and pumpkins will make a perfect addition to your holiday decor this Halloween!<\/p>\n

Check out the step by step instructions below! These would make great gifts too! They are awesome and easy sellers at craft fairs also!<\/p>\n

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First mark your cuts with a pencil and cut to length. (I used our chop saw to cut to length)\u00a0 Mine are 12″, 10″ and 8″ tall.\u00a0 The ears are 2″ tall. \u00a0Measure 2″ down from top middle and made a mark, use\u00a0a ruler and make a line from each corner to the 2″ mark.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Next use\u00a0the jig saw to cut out the ears. \u00a0Clamp the 2×4 to the table and then got to cutting.\u00a0 Be sure to wear your safety glasses!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Next smooth out all the rough edges using the mouse sander and some medium grit paper.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Now for painting. \u00a0Use black acrylic paint and a sponge brush to paint them. \u00a0Paint all sides except the bottom and let them dry.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Use\u00a0the mouse sander again to distress the front edges only.\u00a0 Lastly tie a raffia bow around the neck and add googly eyes.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Now for the Pumpkin!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Cut my 2 x 4s at 5″ and 4″ (2 of each size). \u00a0Use the mouse sander to smooth all the rough edges.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Next, use a\u00a0hot glue gun and glue the pieces of wood together.\u00a0 The two 5″ pieces go together in the middle and one 4″ piece goes on either side.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Next, using some orange acrylic paint and a\u00a0sponge, brush them with a good coat of paint.\u00a0 All sides except the bottom.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Add a wood stem. This one measures at 2 1\/2″ tall by 1″ square. \u00a0Glue it on the top middle. \u00a0You can then distress the\u00a0whole thing with the sander and add a raffia bow.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  These super cool, super easy to make 2×4 black cats and pumpkins will make a perfect addition to your holiday decor this Halloween! Check out the step by step instructions below! These would make great gifts too! They are awesome and easy sellers at craft fairs also! First mark your cuts with a pencil and cut to length. (I used our chop saw to cut to length)\u00a0 Mine are 12″, 10″ and 8″ tall.\u00a0 The ears are 2″ tall. \u00a0Measure 2″ down from top middle and made a mark, use\u00a0a ruler and make a line from each corner to <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29570,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1564,1,29],"tags":[513,600,3382,950,3490],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29556"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29556"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29571,"href":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29556\/revisions\/29571"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29556"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=29556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}