Classy canister from old lamp
Spotted in the MAKE Flickr pool: user b_light made a cylindrical canister from an old lamp tube and some scrap wood. Great for treasure maps, if you plan to be a polished pirate for Halloween!
Halloween
Halloween Craft Videos at Mylifetime.com
All ready to get crafty with Halloween? Take a visit to Mylifetime.com and check out their Halloween craft videos. Pictured above is Vickie Howell’s Skully Crocheted Skull Applique and Crafty Chica’s Day of the Dead Halloween Mask.
Halloween Cuisine – Eyeball Caprese
Lenore at Evil Mad Scientist Labs gets her food in the Halloween spirit with her recipe on how to make Eyeball Caprese.
Halloween raw materials – Van Dyke’s taxidermy
It’s always exciting to get the Van Dyke’s catalog in the mail – they have hippo forms, who taxidermies a hippo??!! Some things are a bit pricey – $22 a pair for fake duck feet! But there’s lots of strange stuff with great Halloween potential. Those pit-bull-looking things are actually bear head forms. (If I […]
Lion mask Instructable
If you started RIGHT NOW, you could *possibly* get this incredible lion mask done by Halloween. Solion has put together an incredibly detailed Instructable for an animatronic lion mask with stereo night vision and amplified hearing – 117 steps! See his other animal costume work on his site, Lion of the Sun.
Bleached Skeleton Dress
If you’ve been reading the CRAFT blog for a while, it’s likely you’re familiar with bleach strenciling–well, check out this killer bleached skeleton Halloween dress created by Craftster user Smarmyclothes. She shares several tutorials that will help you get prepped for the spooky season: bleaching, creating ruffles, and making circle skirts. Related: • T-Shirt Designs […]
HOW TO – Gnome Costume
OK, so I apologize for the fact that this photo is so small–it’s all that the source had to offer–but holy moly, is this a cute gnome costume or what? My Paper Crane linked to the tutorial teaching you how to make this hilarious gnome-on-toadstool getup on FamilyFun. Look at the little fake legs crossed […]