ferretlady
August 30th, 2008, 05:16 PM
We're doing some homemade Halloween props this year - after seeing some incredible stuff at HalloweenForum.com, Stolloween.com and other places, we thought we'd try a few things ourselves....
Hubby just started these obelisks to put out in our graveyard - he still has to finish them, paint them & make them "stone-like" but this is the basic initial build. They're about 4' tall, so they're not very large, but most of our tombstones are smaller, so these will work well... very inexpensive prop to make - taking in a guess on paint, they'll cost about $3-4 to make.
http://mybargainstuff.com/Halloween2008/Obelisk1.jpg
I've been playing with some styrofoam wig heads, and making them into creepy things.... here's a witch head I did - air-dry modelling compound over a styrofoam wig head, then painted. first pic just her head, then after putting some hair on her...http://mybargainstuff.com/Halloween2008/WitchHead3.jpg
http://mybargainstuff.com/Halloween2008/WitchHead5.jpg
This is the start of a mummy head - it will be a full-size standing mummy out in the yard - hubby's building an armature for the body/arms/legs that the head will sit on. This is just the start of it, after forming the face on the wig head w/ celluclay - it will be "wrapped w/ bandages" and painted, I'm still waiting for the clay to dry all the way...I'm still trying to decide if he'll be creepier with empty eye sockets or if I should put some kind of eyes on him....
http://mybargainstuff.com/Halloween2008/MummyHead2.jpg
On a crochet note, did some of these for around the house...
http://mybargainstuff.com/Halloween2008/Spiderweb1.jpg
Hubby is working on some animated props right now - they look like they'll turn out really cool. We've been picking up all kinds of "stuff" at the thrift store, and he's got some various motors & stuff that he can modify to use for props...
We've got tons of stuff we're still working on, but these are a few starts we've gotten done.... The mummy above is about as "creepy" as we get - we don't do any of the blood-and-gore stuff -- we have quite a few inflatables, tons of tombstones, some cute stuff, some semi-spooky stuff, but we keep it mostly toned down, like I said, Mr Mummy is about the creepiest thing we'll have.... we just have so much fun decorating for the holidays - I love this time of year! Then after Halloween, we can start getting our Christmas stuff going! (Then Valentines, St Pattys & Easter -- then back to boring no-major-holiday time again ....)
Hubby just started these obelisks to put out in our graveyard - he still has to finish them, paint them & make them "stone-like" but this is the basic initial build. They're about 4' tall, so they're not very large, but most of our tombstones are smaller, so these will work well... very inexpensive prop to make - taking in a guess on paint, they'll cost about $3-4 to make.
http://mybargainstuff.com/Halloween2008/Obelisk1.jpg
I've been playing with some styrofoam wig heads, and making them into creepy things.... here's a witch head I did - air-dry modelling compound over a styrofoam wig head, then painted. first pic just her head, then after putting some hair on her...http://mybargainstuff.com/Halloween2008/WitchHead3.jpg
http://mybargainstuff.com/Halloween2008/WitchHead5.jpg
This is the start of a mummy head - it will be a full-size standing mummy out in the yard - hubby's building an armature for the body/arms/legs that the head will sit on. This is just the start of it, after forming the face on the wig head w/ celluclay - it will be "wrapped w/ bandages" and painted, I'm still waiting for the clay to dry all the way...I'm still trying to decide if he'll be creepier with empty eye sockets or if I should put some kind of eyes on him....
http://mybargainstuff.com/Halloween2008/MummyHead2.jpg
On a crochet note, did some of these for around the house...
http://mybargainstuff.com/Halloween2008/Spiderweb1.jpg
Hubby is working on some animated props right now - they look like they'll turn out really cool. We've been picking up all kinds of "stuff" at the thrift store, and he's got some various motors & stuff that he can modify to use for props...
We've got tons of stuff we're still working on, but these are a few starts we've gotten done.... The mummy above is about as "creepy" as we get - we don't do any of the blood-and-gore stuff -- we have quite a few inflatables, tons of tombstones, some cute stuff, some semi-spooky stuff, but we keep it mostly toned down, like I said, Mr Mummy is about the creepiest thing we'll have.... we just have so much fun decorating for the holidays - I love this time of year! Then after Halloween, we can start getting our Christmas stuff going! (Then Valentines, St Pattys & Easter -- then back to boring no-major-holiday time again ....)