Turning Thrift Store Items into Halloween Decor!
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- čas přidán 19. 06. 2024
- It's the mOOOST wonderful timmeee of the YEAAARRR. To kick off this year's autumn season, I wanted to get a head start on decorating for Halloween. I had so much fun with my older video of transforming thrift store finds into something new, so I figured: Let's do it for HALLOWEEEN. Any chance to ruin and rain destruction is an immediate yes from me, dog.
ANYWHO I take 4 different items and give them a new life, much like Victor Frankenstein. Hope you have fun!
Love yOOUU
Chapters
00:00 Intro
01:31 To ze Thrift Store!
02:20 The Plan
03:53 The Broom
06:19 The Clock
08:46 Frog Butts n' Stuff
11:32 Painting TIME
13:57 The Terrarium
15:34 The Jars
16:52 The Reveal!
17:43 Wrap-Up & Bloops
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You should mount the broom with a plaque that says 'Witch's 1st Broom'.
Yaaassssss 🎉❤
Thats a super cute idea. Gives it a story for being so small. That's endearing as heck.
im obsessed with this comment, i truly hope rachel does this
Cuuuute!
YES! That's exactly what I was thinking.
“But Rachel, Autumn doesn’t officially begin until September twenty-“
PHOOEY!!!
Literally the most relatable thing I’ve heard in months.
The Spooky Community has *OFFICIALLY* declared that Halloween Season begins on July 5th. Because the 4th of July is the last major holiday that stores put out decorations for.
Therefore given that stores start selling stuff for the next holiday as soon as the last one is done. The Halloween Spooky Season *OFFICIALLY* begins on July 5th.
🎤 ⬇️
Right?
In Australia, spring starts on the 1st of september.
We keep things simple, here.
i literally put up all the fall decor we have in the house and the convo i had with my mom goes as follows:
Mom: "its not even fall yet"
Me: "its Sep 1st, its fall for me"
That's astronomical autumn, when days begin to get shorter. meteorological autumn occurs as soon as the weather shifts. Psychological autumn begins as soon as the right vibes smite you
I find it highly amusing to imagine how a robber would react to breaking into Rachel’s house at this point- “It looks like wood but it doesn’t feel like it… what is this?!!?!”
I love this thought!
I'm honestly impressed how well sculpted the frogs butt is
What an odd sentence
He must work out
It's the most important part
@@sunnydoom2726 I wheezed with laughter, I hope you're happy!
The frog worked hard for it, and is really proud
genuinely impressed that you and your grandma managed to make a roll of tin foil last 15 years
YES! I may have just bought a refill and kept that Magic Box going hahaha
Mary Poppins' Aluminum Foil @@grizeldaxxx4568
😂😂 me too
I'd hate to see what the expiration date was on that 😬
@@kg2096foil doesn't spoil 🤪
Rachel: What are we gonna do?
Me: FUTZ AROUND AND FIND OUT!
Rachel: Make it look like wood.
Me: Oh. Or that. Yeah.
LOL EXACTLY
I love Rachel making wood look like wood with clay as if it wasn't already wood 😂
As a scenic painter for theatre, fully 80% of my job is painting wood to look like wood. It seems silly sometimes, but it's oh so necessary. :)
I mean, im pretty sure it was bamboo, but your point stands xD
yes it is bamboo. @@Furarugaa
"Things that try to look like things often look more like things than things. It's a well known fact." -Terry Pratchett, Wyrd Sisters
As the proud owner of a jumbo size box of Aluminum foil, so old I was unable to decipher when was manufactured, I can attest to the sadness I feel now it’s finally almost done. ❤ Rachel you relatable queen.
I have button clasps from West Germany, bought by my great grandmother, I dread the day I eventually use them all
@@DannyDevitoOffical-TrustMeBro I love that, what a nice heirdom, I hope you have them for a very long time.
@@DannyDevitoOffical-TrustMeBro I have a cookie tin full of buttons from mine, I love them.
Thank you for your commitment to making a spooky clock. Potentially tainting your Pinterest algorithm for us has not gone unnoticed. 🥺💕
I doubt Rachel minds seeing spooky things pop up on her Pinterest!
@@Sharie_mabari lol those clocks were not whimsical they were cursed
You think Rachel’s entire pinterest feed isnt absolutely filled to the brim with halloween content from August on?? Lol
@@sandy80334 I don't think she minds. lol
The Spooky Community has *OFFICIALLY* declared that Halloween Season begins on July 5th. Because the 4th of July is the last major holiday that stores put out decorations for.
Therefore given that stores start selling stuff for the next holiday as soon as the last one is done. The Halloween Spooky Season *OFFICIALLY* begins on July 5th. 🎤 ⬇️
Also when it comes to Spooky stuff you can *NEVER* have too many bats. 🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇🦇
Mic officially dropped
Spooky season starts November 1st.
Fight me.
(Don’t actually, I just love da spooks 😂) I do like this thought process though
I start getting spooky feels around May 1, Halfway To Halloween - when I also half decorate my yard. It's good to visit with those props more than once a year. (Of course, I then have to decorate for May The Fourth, but my Count Down Sign starts now.
🐸💕
Ghosts are my favorite 👻👻👻👻👻👻😊
Your froggy could be the Halloween version of elf on a shelf. 🐸💚
Frog in the grog
@@Edencool13frog on the log
frog in the bog@@SPOOKS125
Fun fact! That corgi lantern was a trophy someone won at a dog show 😊
These projects turned out amazing!
If Dunkin Donuts and Taco Bell haven't sponsored Rachel yet, I don't know what they think they're doing with their lives. It's effective advertising without even trying. Every time I watch her I just want to go grab some! 😋
Right? Now all I want is a coffee and some thrifting!
Halloween for Rachel is what Christmas is to Mariah
I don't want a lot for Samhain
There is just one thing that I need
I don't care about the candies drop'd within the pumpkin bucket
I just want thrifted spooky trinkets
More than you could ever know
Make my wish come true
All I want for Samhain are spooky vibes
I'm more of a Thanksgiving person 😂 !
...but RM is much easier on my ears than MC singing dog whistle notes, imo.
@@valariebrown3768Mariah Carey’s voice has indeed become a scourge and a plague, I’m there with you
Edit: just reading and typing her name was enough to get that infernal, Heaven forsaken song stuck in my head. I now understand why y’all either used her first name only or an acronym.
Fun Fact: The first day of Autumn is actually August 1! September 22 is the Autumn Equinox which is the middle of Autumn! And Samhain (Halloween) being on October 31 is the last day of Autumn -- the last of the harvest festivals, because Winter begins on November 1, (so that way Winter Solstice on December 21 is the middle of Winter). This means that February 1 is the first day of Spring (which is why Groundhogs Day is on Feb 2), Vernal Equinox is on March 22 -- the middle of Spring, and the first day of Summer is on May 1 (Beltane/May Day) with the middle of Summer being Summer Solstice being on June 21!
Celts knew what they were doing. My country has a similar thing as groundhog day but with storks. If you see a stork flying around by Feb 3rd, spring is coming soon.
only correction is on the spelling of Bealtaine, but as an Irish person I've always been baffled at Americans' timing of the seasons
That makes so much more sense! I always wondered why the "beginning of winter" was mid-December when winter had obviously begun long before that (same with summer). I also love the idea of celebrating the mid point of something; it helps you get over the hump if you're getting bored, and sidesteps the obsession our society has with beginnings and endings rather than celebrating the process.
@@rowan_like_the_tree Bealtaine is how I originally spelled it, but my spell-check did the red squiggle underline until I spelled it as I did in the original comment D: -- that red squiggle makes my eye twitch (I am trying so hard to ignore it right now for the sake of replying. :'D)
@@justrachel4496 I do enjoy a good Wednesday for that same reason!
Not sure if you set the dirt and pebbles, but an even mix of PVA glue and water in a spray bottle will be thin enough to get out of the nozzle, and will seal in all the wayward friends trying to escape. I thank Studson's Studio for that one- he makes amazing miniatures, and he makes everything out of salvaged materials! Honestly right up your alley.
This video was super cute! :)
Rachel Maksy is the kind of chaotic creative I aspire to be
I’m a simple human… I see Rachel Maksy and thrift store items, I click.
It's not truly September until Rachel drops a video. THE SEASON OF AUTUMN IS HERE. PUMPKIN TIME.
This season, I've already made 3 crafts, planned out my entire Halloween costume, bought pumpkin spice soap, pumpkin spice coffee, and one spooky ghost holding a candy-corn (mug). And now that I see this video.. I *create.*
Yes.. just *create.*
That little froggy friend is my favorite part - such a friendly little noodle! (Also, thank you for not painting over that ridiculous and wonderful corgi. I love that somebody did that.)
I know! And the corgi-painted glass would make such a cute kitschy wall decor piece.
You don't even know how QUICKLY I clicked away from video I was watching to this ❤
Same ❤I literally just did this 😂
Agreed. The devotion to her content is frantic.
Same 😭😭
Meeee toooo😅
Me too lol
Yesterday it was 93° in my city. Today, it was 66° and raining. Fall is here!
Rachel, if you read this, I think you should follow the calendar of old. Fall starts September 1st, winter December 1st, spring March 1st, and summer June 1st. Which I think makes way more sense! You and I are akin in that while it might not yet feel like fall during the days. To those of us attuned to nature, we can feel the whisper of crispness in the morning and evening air. And you can just start to smell the promise of falling leaves, decay, and chilly air starting to pepper the day. It's the beginning of fall, and you can sense it if you know where to look.
Rachel's animal is now officially Frogs. Relatives of Rachel, you know what to do.
Nah, it's just the peepers in the backyard, telling her things and imprinting themselves on her in her sleep.
This is one of the only channels on YT that I can blindly click on any video and be thoroughly cheered, motivated, and laugh crying without delay. Bless you Rachel, you are our spirit animal 😆❤❣
You’re literally one of my comfort channels ❤️
That’s probably the most relatable thing I’ve read today!
Same!! So comfy and cozy!!
Those jars are SHOCKINGLY accurate to the movie!!! Well done ma’am!
I went around work all day today saying “it’s September first, summer is dead to me, happy autumn everyone”. Can’t wait for all of the cozy autumn content from the autumn queen herself
The eligibility period for a music contest it happens in Europe every year is September 1st. So the fandom kinda treats it as New Year and we tweet and post a lot of New Year stuff on this day.
"Wreck It Rachel, as they call me on the streets" is one of the funniest things you've ever said. I loved this video! I want to make a little graveyard terrarium.
Cemeterrarium? 😊❤
How is everything Rachel does so freaking cute?
I genuinely want a bat clock now. I thought I'd grown out of the goth phase a decade ago but here we are
She has talent, time and tenacity.
Once a goth, always a goth.
Can one ever truly out grow goth esthetics? 😅
It's always just waiting to re-emerge.
Girl I’m sitting here sewing gray gauze into a velvet hood cape to audition for a swamp witch role in a Halloween show ❤ thank you for the inspiration
Wishing you great success!
Break a leg!!
@@RaeC5280 aww you are sweet as pie , thank you!
@@clarerichardson8770 I did! I broke both! 😁 waiting to here from HR , I’m pretty sure that’s a great sign!
Too many bats??? My good lady, there be no such thing! Your projects turned out super cute and I love your sculpting. Thanks so much for the video 🦇
The Halloween onsie is finally out and I can feel the autumn breeze in my bones 😭👌
Y’all get an autumn breeze?
@@DannyDevitoOffical-TrustMeBroof course we do 😌
For me and my household, I go by the meteorological seasons (its science)::
Autumn: September, October, November.
Winter: December, January, February.
Spring: March, April, May.
Summer: June, July, August.
Rachel’s my ultimate comfort CZcamsr 😌
100% for me also ❤
Yes. Just yes
I'm not a fan of Halloween, but I AM a fan of watching people be passionate about the things they love. Keep it up!
I like how the stores get on Halloween 🎃 but I myself don't get too into it either. I loved it as a kid.
The lil glass panels from the terrarium could be a new set of dogs in costumes! Ones already done!
One for each season!
"(Rachel hums tunelessly)" is such a brilliant caption i'm obsessed with it
That tiny broom is like the child sized grocery carts. For children witches in training
I literally discovered you yesterday morning, and to say I’m OBSESSED is an understatement! I binged on your content ALL day while I was cleaning and decorating my mantle for Halloween. You’re an absolute doll and so inspiring!!
My 8th grade students and I started making Halloween decorations for our club "Decorating Committee". We save it all up and then hang it up afterschool the last Friday of September. That way Oct. 2nd we get the wow effect! I'm breaking out my Halloween decorations at home too. Rachel, you are an inspiration! 🎃
rachel: what are we gonna do?
me: weather it!
rachel: make it look like wood!
me: 🤔
Lol, that's where my brain went first too 😅
I thought dremel 😂😂
Just for next time…put a pot of water on to boil, turn off heat. Stick your candle in the pot of hot water. Let it sit until it gets melty. Using a plastic fork, dig out candle. You can use the fork to remove wick. I put the candle on parchment paper to cool. Then you could use it as a wax melt. Hope that made sense!😬 Love your projects! 🎃
Rachel I (and I canNOT stress this enough) could watch you making things that aren’t wood look like wood for hours and be perfectly content. Delighted, even
The memorial segment for the Valentines aluminum foil did it for me... and, autumn Rachel is my favourite.
I’ve always wanted a haunted grandfather clock to tick ominously in a darkened hallway. Same aesthetic.
Petition for Rachel to use her amazing creations as incentive/reward for a monthly Patreon raffle to her subscribers 😍
A Rachel Maksey video (A summary)
Act 1, Rachel is very excited about her new idea for a project.
Act 2, Rachel goes shopping.
Act 3, first attempt ends in tears, yes nonetheless she pursues.
Act 4, Rachel lays on the floor.
Finale: reveal.
Giving off over-enthusiastic aunt vibes and I am HERE for it!
O.k., thanks for this video! I am an elementary school librarian who is planning our fall book fair in the coming months, and I was dismayed to find that Scholastic (the biggest, and oldest book fair vendor) no longer provides decorating themes (with clipart and other printable decor for free) for their book fairs like they used to do! Not that I always used their pre-chosen theme, but some of them were really fun, and now I have to think up everything for myself ... I was looking up different themes that I could realistically do at my school (making and putting up all the decor myself, and paying for it, too), and then realized that our fair is the third week of October. I.e., the week before Halloween! And then I see this video. Perfect! We will have a spooky, Halloween-y, "enchanted forest" theme! Or, whatever I can do with colored paper and put up on the walls ... But the kids *love* Halloween and spooky things, so they should love the vibe!
If I was Rachel, at this point i would already learn the woodworking skills😂
Things just got SCHOLASTIC has gotta be one of my favorite Rachel Maksy quotes
🍁🍂IT'S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIIIIIIME OF THE YEAR🍂🍁
OK, I half expected the Deadly Nightshade jar to be a large cocktail with a gothic parasol in it. :D These were all so much fun, though!
The way you relocated that spider with such grace and poise is something I aspire to. I'd have screamed and high key died if I saw it, but not done anything about it because spiders are important ecologically. ALL HAIL RACHEL THE SPIDER QUEEN!!!
I quoted you today. " "Today is not a great mental health day so what do we do to fight existential dread? We wear Halloween themed items and secret pants and make little froggy friends." Absolute GOLD.
Anyone else see that September had arrived and started singing “this is Halloween”?
So glad to see you settling into cosy autumn content.
September 1st = officially spooky season
I think my kitty likes her new backpack. It was too hot in the car for her today. This thing is a life saver
That broom flying sequence tho 👏
That's how you make an intro. This woman never ceases to amaze.
Hey Rachel! You can suspend your awesome broom using fishing line or any clear line/string you can scoop up. This was a very fun episode! I’m inspired to visit the thrift store and get crafty 🦇
it's raining and cloudy here, so I was fighting the urge to put up my spooky Halloween décor in my room, "too early", but your video opened my eyes, why resist? Thank you sm Rachel
My daughter now wants to be you when she grows up! Thanks for being a positive role model for how to be true to yourself and having fun doing it! When a girl is 13, it's great to show her that it's possible to just be the fun and creative person she wants to be. It's OK to ignore those people that are being "shiddy" (my new fave word).
I saw a leaf fall, its time for Rachel Autumn Content!!!!
I can’t wait for the creepiness to come this crunchy spicy leaf season!
Where I live you can smell the cow manure from the county over once the fog starts lifting from the fields around this time. That _Screams_ Autumn to us. And after how hot it's been here, that first morning was like a spiritual awakening. I'm already baking pumpkin pies, making cinnamon cookies, and dreaming of all the wonderful things I can do once it gets below 100. Your little 'Halloween!' gremlin lives rent free in my brain
That frog! That graveyard in the lantern! ❤️
It's the start of Spooky time!! 👻 🎃 Thank you for helping us celebrate the season.
Oh good Im not the only one who's decided its Halloween time XD These all turned out so cute!
Also I love the Oogie Boogie and Sally vintage dresses you made in the past, it would be really cool if you continued that series. Maybe a Jack? 🤔
OMG I LOVE SPOOKY CLOCK I'M GOING TO MAKE IT FOR MY LIVING ROOM DECORATIONS IDEAS.
Am i the only one that thought to make a little floor troll to hold the broom with one of those tall kids dolls? Just me? Lol ❤❤❤ I love watching Rachel at lunch at work. Best night of the week❤❤❤
I always rewatch your Halloween videos and I’ve seen your thrift flip video about a hundred times! it’s never too early for Halloween!
I needed this. Having a bad night and Rachel brings me joy
This comment is simply to generate more supportive algorithmic interaction because I love your content and how it enhances many morning coffee/cleaning experiences in my life and the skilled creativity and imagination involved deserves it!!
Everything in this video is just perfection, - content, Rachel's clothes, music, et cetera. Well done, lady!
I loved the clock so much!! The details on the bat and raven are so cool and the paint job really brought it all together!
IT’S TIME FOR HALLOWEEN RACHEL!!! BEST TIME OF THE YEAR I SWEAR 🧡🍂
i love you rachel!! 🫶
I think the frog deserved a witch's hat!
Loved the jars with the frogs breath and deadly nightshade. Everything turned out so cool!
Maksy Friday!
The frog queen lives! 👏🐸 these were all so cute, hurray for Halloween season! 🎉
Rachel I was absolutely mortified when the boi did not fit into the jar. I thought you were going to cut his legs off. Thank you for saving him the pain
My favorite videos of yours are the ones where you transform thrift store stuff, so I really loved this one. Especially liked the clock and the graveyard terrarium.
Did anybody make bets on Rachel making a cozy season video, the first day of Sept? Pretty sure we're all winners 🤣
Cozy spooky craft time!
Loving the clock makeover 🖤🕸🐾 the froggy and terrarium too 🐸🕷
RIP Aluminum Foil
He was only 15 years young and will always spark joy in us all. Rest easy young friend ❤
Another great video as always! Have you read or seen Lockwood and Co.? It has some nice spooky vibes without being downright Halloween and I just love it!
First of all we start our Halloween stuff as soon as the fourth of July is over. Second I work at a thrift store and today we started putting out all the Halloween stuff. Third all of these projects turned out so very awwdorable. Loved the little frog. The clock was amazing as was your mini broom. And the terrarium was rather spookily cute.
I think the clock is my favourite too! The froggy's outstretched arms make him look like a zombie frog :)
When Rachel moved the coals out from the fire….it made me think of a scene in Outlander, where Claire is in the modern world and loses patience with the stove and makes dinner in the fireplace, and her guests comment on the lovely smokiness of it all…………also there’s an old guy who used to cook historical recipes from Jefferson and Lincoln….so interesting…..I loved this video ✨so much fun😊
So cute! I may have to do these! Also HAPPY BACK TO HOGWARTS DAY! Youre so lucky lol. I wish i lived somewhere with seasons
RIP to the Executive Choice Aluminum Foil. Gone but never forgotten. It was the Foil that lived
These are the best and most cozy Saturday mornings, because I get to sit down with my coffee to Rachel creating whimsy😍👌🏻
...also I need a pumpkin mug. Looking for it right now😅
I know I don't comment very often, but I would like to say that I absolutely love watching the videos you put out. I love that there are videos ranging from sewing to decoration making to art or craft projects to room makeovers and more. There' always something different and fun happening here. This has been a very rough year for me and this channel has rapidly become my comfort channel. I can just put on a YT mix and just enjoy the chaos for hours on end. Thank you for making all this content for us. There aren't enough words to express my grattute for the good feels and creativity these videos bring me.
Hey,, from one stranger to another, I really hope things get better for you. Sending you love.
@@clarerichardson8770 That's so very kind of you, thank you. I deeply appreciate the good wishes. Things will improve in time. But for now, I take comfort in crafty minds making fun things.
I also always have moss in my studio. You REALLY never know when you need moss… to add a touch of Whimsy to any decor 🖤🖤🖤
when Rachel showed that the frog did not fit i truly felt the facepalm energy, not only is it a "haha silly me did not make sure it would fit in jar" but also the facepalm of choosing to do the full body of the frog which also made it so it wouldn't fit in the jar, for if there was just the top and arms of the frog it would probs fit into both jars, or at the very least could be trimmed to fit
Honestly woman, I’ve just had to stop ironing (😁) & put a pumpkin ramekin on order. Love this vlogg! 🎃 Halowe’eeeen.xx
Rachel, once you join the frog cult, you can NEVER leave it. 🍄🍁🍂🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸