After you finishing making your DIY washi tape Halloween invitations, and invite all your friends to your rockin’ Halloween party, you can now set the table with some spook-tacular (yes, I typed that) tombstone place cards to set the table! Another ridiculously awesome DIY tutorial thanks to Ribbons & Bluebirds!
How to make DIY Tombstone Placecards
Rolling with this Halloween theme, let’s make some placecards! These would also make great food or drink labels for your party spread, and are a cinch to make.
Let’s get started:
- Template, available here
- 8.5×11 Grey Cardstock
- Scissors
- White Gel Pen
- Grey brush marker
- Tape
1.      Print out the template (available here) on your grey cardstock.
2.      Cut out your individual tombstones along the thin black lines. If you have a scoring board, not would be a great time to score the cardstock for future folding, at the dashed lines. If you don’t, not to worry!
3.      While your cardstock is still flat, start by adding highlights to your tombstone using the white gel pen. To the left and top of every printed line, trace the shape with the white pen for a highlight effect.
4.      To add shadows to the tombstone, use your grey brush pen and trace to the right and bottom of the printed lines. This will give you a great 3-d effect!
5.      I recommend adding either individual names, or food and drink labels BEFORE folding – it’s much easier to write on the tombstones when they’re still flat. I wrote the name with my grey brush marker, then added highlights like I had done with the rest of the tombstone.
6.      Time to fold! Fold each section inwards on the dashed lines, and press to crease. You should end up with a flat section for the tombstone to stand upright on, and another flap behind. Line the inside of the flap with tape (sticky side out.) Using your fingers to temporarily fold the tape inwards, align the flap with the back of the tombstone, more than halfway towards the top. This will make sure the tombstone is nice and visible, by causing the tombstone to lean back slightly. Press the folded tape to the back of the tombstone to secure.
You’re all done!
Boom!!
