Sun Nov 02, 2014 11:44 am
#90547
Well not quite. I thought i'd show you all a few bits and bobs I made this year to go into my spooky room where I was displaying my pumpkins. No grand grim reapers or gravestones this year just random things. As usual I just tried to use things I had to hand.
I've been hoarding interesting bottles with a view to making them into various poisons and this year I got round to it. Some are whiskey bottles and others lemonade, I keep ones I think look a bit old or odd. I then went on to trusty old google images to find ready made poison labels. I usually fiddle around with them, add different font or a different image or border, so they don't look completely copied.
I used Fuller's Earth to make them look dusty, added keys (metal or tree) or feathers and natural corks to those that didn't already have stoppers. I filled some with different types of twigs, moss, seeds, flour so they looked interesting inside.
I printed off some medical sketches onto some tea stained paper and found some tarot-esque playing cards for a bit of interest on the sideboard. Ive a TON of old rusty keys so whenever I can use some I do.
The teeth you can see on the top right of that pic are made of Fimo and stained with paint. I wanted them for my tooth fairy carve but didn't really make enough for a big pile so I stuck the ones I had to a potato to make it look like I had more.
Next up I made this strange picture. I don't really know what I was doing with this only that I wanted some sort of skeletal face coming out of a picture. I saved the frame from the bonfire heap. It is a genuinely old frame but the moulding was all falling off due to being left outside I salvaged what I could and repainted it to hold the rest on. I made the skull and hands out of paper mache and stuck a bought spider on the corner. A liberal covering of cobwebs hides any dodgy bits.
I thought these picture frames looked like they'd fit in so I printed off a couple or pictures I found on Pinterest and stuck 'em in.
I had kept two old sewing machine drawers because I liked their size and shape so I painted Happy Halloween on the side and added some leaves, monkey nuts, berries and candles for a table decoration. I kept this upstairs, to colourful for the spooky room. I think I might use the other drawer to make a christmas version with white candles and holly etc.
I'll post the Sleepy Hollow box here to seeing as I made it this year. I'm storing craft things in it.
I wanted to make a creepy Fiji Mermaid and display case but only got round to making mermaid so next year I'll display it properly. It's made with a cheap skeleton from B&M. I took the legs off and attached and wrapped wire round to make the tail. It's covered with cling film and heat gunned so it shrinks and looks like old dried skin. Painted with wood varnish and I added some Hessian threads for wispy hair. Pretty gross.
And lastly (sorry long post) I'm late making this one but here's a sneak peak:
I've been hoarding interesting bottles with a view to making them into various poisons and this year I got round to it. Some are whiskey bottles and others lemonade, I keep ones I think look a bit old or odd. I then went on to trusty old google images to find ready made poison labels. I usually fiddle around with them, add different font or a different image or border, so they don't look completely copied.
I used Fuller's Earth to make them look dusty, added keys (metal or tree) or feathers and natural corks to those that didn't already have stoppers. I filled some with different types of twigs, moss, seeds, flour so they looked interesting inside.
I printed off some medical sketches onto some tea stained paper and found some tarot-esque playing cards for a bit of interest on the sideboard. Ive a TON of old rusty keys so whenever I can use some I do.
The teeth you can see on the top right of that pic are made of Fimo and stained with paint. I wanted them for my tooth fairy carve but didn't really make enough for a big pile so I stuck the ones I had to a potato to make it look like I had more.
Next up I made this strange picture. I don't really know what I was doing with this only that I wanted some sort of skeletal face coming out of a picture. I saved the frame from the bonfire heap. It is a genuinely old frame but the moulding was all falling off due to being left outside I salvaged what I could and repainted it to hold the rest on. I made the skull and hands out of paper mache and stuck a bought spider on the corner. A liberal covering of cobwebs hides any dodgy bits.
I thought these picture frames looked like they'd fit in so I printed off a couple or pictures I found on Pinterest and stuck 'em in.
I had kept two old sewing machine drawers because I liked their size and shape so I painted Happy Halloween on the side and added some leaves, monkey nuts, berries and candles for a table decoration. I kept this upstairs, to colourful for the spooky room. I think I might use the other drawer to make a christmas version with white candles and holly etc.
I'll post the Sleepy Hollow box here to seeing as I made it this year. I'm storing craft things in it.
I wanted to make a creepy Fiji Mermaid and display case but only got round to making mermaid so next year I'll display it properly. It's made with a cheap skeleton from B&M. I took the legs off and attached and wrapped wire round to make the tail. It's covered with cling film and heat gunned so it shrinks and looks like old dried skin. Painted with wood varnish and I added some Hessian threads for wispy hair. Pretty gross.
And lastly (sorry long post) I'm late making this one but here's a sneak peak:
They're coming to get you, Barbara!