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Halloween Subway Art

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       I know, we’ve seen lots of subway art projects lately.

Well I made one too so I might as well share!
Halloween subway art

 

I was inspired by Jen’s Spooky Subway Art project on Tatertot’s and Jello and one from Swainston Vinyl and Design.

 

This project cost me $1
because I bought four 25 cent wooden spiders!
Everything else was stuff I had kicking around:
scrap wood and old paint and I hand painted the words
(which took me 3 days but it was free!)
This whole project would probably only take you a couple hours if you have an ectronic die cutter.  I don’t, so this is how I made mine:
1. Paint a scrap piece of wood grey.

2.  Use black glaze to paint light cobwebs for the background.

halloween subway art

3.  Print out tons of words in different sizes and fonts.

halloween subway art 2

4.  Rub chalk on the back of each word, tape it in place and trace it with a pen.  (A trick I learned here.)

chalk rub
subway art

5. Hand paint every single one of those words with a tiny brush!

(This took me 3 days!!!  No joke!)

6.  Glitter some of the words randomly using good old fashioned Elmer’s Glue and a paint brush.

glitter painting

7.  Decorate some wooden spiders with some black paint and glitter and glue them on with 3D glue dots.

halloween subway art 3

 

9.  Hang it.

Halloween subway art decoratoin

I was going to save all my Halloween projects for October but my miter saw is in the shop for a tune up so it’s all fun projects this week.  It’s amazing how much I use that thing.  I can’t do anything downstairs without it.

Craft room = on hold, Halloween crafts= you’re on!

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Comments

  1. Very cool! I don't have a cricut either so I have to get creative and hand paint too!

  2. LOVE IT!!! Great job, now I see why you were wanting a cricut so bad. Goodness, that was dedication to do all that by hand.

  3. That's amazing! I would have to do it by hand, too, but it would make a great present for my mom.

  4. I like it, just my kind of spooky!the chalk is a great way to retrace, time consuming but efficient! the spiders had a fun touch!Happy September Halloween!So what about candies? I like that part too!

  8. Seriously?!!! I am a new follower of yours and every post gets better. I LOVE your take on the halloween subway art and how to do it without the use of a cricut or silhouette. You are so creative and clever! Thanks for sharing 🙂

  10. That is just scary cute! I can't believe you hand painted it all. I would have to do the same as I have no cutter either. Only mine would be very crooked.

  12. That's cute! Halloween will be here before we know it! Where do you take a miter saw for a tune up?

  14. I love it! Very cute. I am going to have to do this with my new Silhouette. By the way there is a paper you can buy at your local hobby store or Hob Lob. It's like carbon paper but not nearly as messy, comes in black or white. It's called graphite paper, very inexpensive and easy to use instead of the chalk thing. I'm ready to start decorating for fall too!

  15. This? Very cool, Sandra! Love this idea. I second the carbon paper idea; it's what I use for my paintings, and it's a lifesaver.My daughter just asked me today if we could take down the Fourth of July decorations and put up the Halloween decorations. (Yes, I procrastinate). But, on the flip side, you've inspired me to be early in putting out my fall decorations.

  17. Holey moley! I love it Sandra! Love those cobwebs and love the little spiders. It is so cool! Seriously. Fabulous!xoxoJen

  18. WOW! I am super impressed!!! I can't believe you hand painted all those words! It's a masterpiece!

  20. Wow! You are so darn creative! I've never read your blog before but I went back a few pages this morning and I'm so inspired to get going on my home projects!

  26. It's the perfect fit right there between your windows. How festive and fun – especially those little spiders!

  28. oh my gosh this is the best one I've seen yet! I LOVE it!!! I'd love for you to link it up tonight!

  29. Love, love, love this! You did such a great job painting your words and I love the little spiders you added! Ps….Thank you for your sweet comment on my fall mantel. Kendra aka “Domestic Princess in Training”

  31. This is one of the best Halloween Subway arts I've seen! My favorite part is the spiders that stick out & hang down! I had to pin this for inspiration!I haven't attempted any subway art yet, so I can only imagine how time consuming it must be to do it without a vinyl cutter. BTW- Thanks for sharing the tip on using chalk to transfer the letters.

  35. BTW…You saved me sooooo much printer ink! Duh…can't believe I didn't think to do the letters w/ the outline font 😀

  37. Still love this! Thank you for linking up at All About You Monday, hope you come back next week and join the fun, theme next week is riboon but even if you don't have a ribbon post, any fun project is welcomed!

  41. You did an AWESOME AWESOME job!! Hand painting may have been tedious and slow, but WELL worth the effort……I LOVE it!!I hope I have time to make one of these this year!! Great tutorial too!!

  42. HI, love the blog! what program do you use for your fonts to print them out for the subway art?thanks for all the great ideas!

  43. I just used Microsoft Word. I "inserted" word art so I could make them just an outline so I didn't waste ink.

  45. I'm working on one of these right now. I have to say that it is both fun and a little frustrating putting all the words together and figuring out placement.Great idea and I can't wait for it to be finished……

  46. Can I say I love you! Thanks for showing you can do subway art without a diecut machine. It is fantastic!!

  47. Thanks for visiting my blog 🙂 I think the sign looks amazing, and am very impressed that you hand painted all the words!

  48. This is fantastic! I want to make some subway art but don't have a silhouette or anything. I think this would work! Thank you!

  49. Sandra, this is awesome! I love that you DIDN’T use a silhouette, which is the typical “go-to” for making subway art. I don’t have a silhouette machine, so I always feel at a lose to make these types of projects. I had never heard of the chalk rub before, so I am definitely going to try out the technique. Beautiful – love all the colors and different fonts.

    ~Jenna

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