For years I didn’t consider myself a crafter or even very creative. Sure, I always decorated the house for holidays, did crafty projects with my kids, made my own gingerbread houses and face masks, loved to try new recipes, and shunned store-bought costumes for what I think are way better homemade creations, but a crafter? […]
Heidi Kenney of My Paper Crane came up with an awesome way to create silhouettes on her windows for Halloween. She’s combined a “sturdy yet gauzy” orange fabric and black felt cutouts to create these curtains that can work their magic both during the day and at night. Brilliant!
This LED eyelash getup by Soomi Park is pretty neat, and uses a set of headphones to house the tilt sensor and other electronics. A little spirit gum goes a long way for affixing things to your face!
Watch the Iron Guild fire up their furnaces for the 4th annual molten metal spectacular. In the past they’ve brought us fiery hearts, zombie kings, and glowing skulls. This year…pumpkin casting and a giant flaming Jack-O-Lantern!
Dave Gugel, of Davenport FL, knows a thing or two about outdoor Halloween decorating. He does a wee bit of it each year (see above pic). Here, he offers a how-to on turning some PVC pipe, dribbles of hot glue, and flicker lights into some pretty convincing outdoor pillar candles. Halloween Decorations: How to Make […]
Or is it “carton-pierre?” Anyway, it wins. “Ghostess” Deanna did a great job documenting the process of building “Goliath,” who is based on the eponymous character from Disney’s Gargoyles cartoon. Hard to believe he started out as glue, craft paper, and PVC pipe.
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Animatronic zombie
Its creator calls this a “groundbreaker” zombie, and since he obviously knows way more about Halloween gadgetry than I do, I should probably bow to his usage. But I have to say I feel like “groundbreaker” should be reserved for props that actually, you know, appear to break out of the ground.
Semantics aside, this animatronic zombie is so well done I was tempted, for a moment, to believe it was a fake–like, a person in a costume half-buried in a hole. Found it in this thread at Haunt Forum. Well done, Dr. Morbius!
