(This will probably be my last official Halloween project for the season. I’ll start working in the office of our little local grain elevator for harvest very soon. I won’t be anywhere near my craft room but I will be making lots of digital files and other fun crafty things, so don’t go far.)

Today’s project is a thaumatrope. Don’t ask me how to say it, I just know that it’s cool. I saw it the other night on the Mentalist and thought it would be a fun project for Halloween and the kiddies. Here’s the Wiki on them. I followed this sweet tutorial with a few changes noted below:

For the grown up version, I finished the inside edge of one side with a crepe paper medal. If you don’t know how to make these, here is my tutorial video.(I used a larger circle as a template, as shown.)

Then add your paper circle. This one is using some patterned paper, but I also used plain cardstock and book pages.

If you use thin paper you are going to want to make a cardboard circle to go in the center. This one is from a cereal box.

Just remember to flip the images so that one is upside down. I used all matter of scrapbooking and crafting supplies to make mine. Remember that skullman file I posted other other day? I used it here and mounted glitter paper behind the eyes. It looks so cool with it spins!

I used a thick string and just adhered it to the inside center before adding the other side. I found it easier for the kiddies to do this rather than making a hole and tying the string. And this way you can make a thousand of them in no time.

I made them using all sorts of scrap supplies, stamps, printed images, stickles, stickers, and book pages. I found making them became quite addicting.

Enjoy!