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  • The Frightful Flourishes Halloween Calligraphy Worksheet Has Arrived!

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    Lindsey Bugbee

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    Whether you’re planning festive projects or simply practicing your strokes, Frightful Flourishes will keep you entertained this Halloween season. Today, we’ll talk about what makes this worksheet special—and give you a peek at the eerie exercises inside.

    Flourishing a skull in order to make Halloween calligraphy

    October nights are the perfect time to embrace all things spooky—and what better way to channel that eerie energy than through calligraphy? Frightful Flourishes, TPK’s 2024 Halloween calligraphy worksheet, offers relaxing seasonal drills to help you improve your pointed pen techniques. This set of drills is designed to improve your skills while helping you to relax and celebrate the spooky season in style.

    The Frightful Flourishes Halloween Calligraphy Worksheet
    Through Tuesday, October 22nd, you can purchase this worksheet set for an “early raven” price of $6.00. For best results, print it on 32# HP Premium laserjet paper (affiliate link).
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    What’s Inside the Frightful Flourishes Halloween Calligraphy Worksheet

    This year’s Halloween calligraphy worksheet is packed with (literal) twists and turns to help you practice your calligraphy technique. Each page challenges and inspires, offering unique Halloween-themed drills that are as spooky as they are satisfying. You’ll start with several traceable drills that were created to help you tune out and relax.

    The worksheet begins with four pages of relaxing and helpful warm-up drills.
    The first four pages of drills in the worksheet set include plenty of traceable practice.

    Next, you’ll practice writing a classic spooky quote from Macbeth: “Double, double, toil and trouble / fire burn and cauldron bubble.”

    Halloween calligraphy: "Double, double, toil and trouble"

    Then, for a fun palette cleanser, try making some “potion labels” to apply to wine or sparkling juice bottles.

    You can add playful fun to any Halloween gathering by filling in these potion labels and applying them to a bottle of wine or sparkling juice.

    Finally, you’ll come to my favorite drills in the worksheet: the Flourished Frankenstein and Midnight Raven. These drills double as fabulous Halloween-themed artwork!

    A Flourished Frankenstein and Midnight Raven calligraphy drill
    These two calligraphy drills moonlight as sophisticated Halloween artwork.
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    Why This Worksheet Set is Special

    First, all calligraphy worksheets offer great mindfulness benefits. In a world full of screen time, it’s incredibly refreshing to step away and focus on the calming act of writing. Once you have a playlist or a podcast going and your pen in hand, the rhythmic motion of each stroke helps you to focus. Calligraphy encourages you to slow down, notice the details, and enjoy the process, not just the end result.

    Creating witch's hat Halloween Calligraphy Drills
    Most of the drills will require you to rotate the page to your liking. Figuring out your preferred page configuration is part of the process!

    Beyond mindfulness, this particular worksheet set taps into the magic of Halloween with its designs. It’s not just about improving your calligraphy skills—it’s about having fun while doing it. From Flourished Frankenstein to Midnight Raven, the calligraphy drills are challenging and enjoyable. You can use most of the exercises in the worksheet to craft your own Halloween decorations, cards, or mail art.

    Even though this is a Halloween calligraphy worksheet, it's not just for practice! You can directly apply what you learned to projects like greeting cards and mail art.

    This worksheet is the perfect way for calligraphy lovers to embrace the Halloween spirit. It’s filled with playful exercises, but don’t be fooled—the practice it contains is no joke. Each drill is carefully designed to help you refine your calligraphy skills while also allowing you to have fun with the season’s eerie charm.

    A Halloween calligraphy label that lists the ingredients of a potion
    Apply the potion labels that you create to any wine or sparkling juice bottle for an instant spooky transformation.

    Tapping Into the Halloween Spirit

    I enjoyed every minute of putting together this year’s Halloween calligraphy worksheet. I hope that you love the exercises inside as much as I do! If you’ve missed worksheets from years past, check out the Not Your Average Calligraphy Drills: Spooky Edition and the Halloween Fun Art + Calligraphy Worksheet. For free Halloween-themed tutorials and printable worksheets, browse the Halloween category on the TPK Blog.

    "Sleepy Hollow" Skull Halloween Card Tutorial
    The TPK Blog has plenty of free Halloween-themed tutorials like this Sleepy Hollow skull.

    Thanks so much for reading, and I hope you have a blast working through the new Frightful Flourishes worksheet! For those of you who prefer digital calligraphy, keep an eye out for the Procreate version, which will be available on Monday, October 21st. “Remember, Winnie, remember” that all TPK Halloween worksheets will vanish from the Digital Catalog on October 31st! Happy Halloween, and happy creating!

    Warmly,

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