Make It With Mason - Spell Books

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When the leaves begin to change color and there is a crisp in the air, I can't help but get excited for Halloween. Lets be honest though. I'm thinking about Halloween all year long. Every once in a while I like to find a project that me and my friends can all do together. To kick off this season, I chose to to make Spell Books. They really are quite easy and took everyone about 3 hours to make their books from start to finish. There are many How To's on pinterest and the internet so I won't post a How To here.

Basically you get an old book, glue on objects or cut out shapes from cardboard or foam sheets to design the look. Then take a paper towel or napkin and using only a single ply portion of it, you glue it on over the cover, spine and back and on top of all your objects. Then spray paint it all black. Then using a dry brush technique, lightly brush on copper, gold or silver to get the raised areas to really pop! I love how different everyones turned out but how cool they all look together!

Nibbler Plant How To

Here is a jpg of the instruction sheet should you choose to make your own. Watch your fingers!

Ok so here is my latest creation! A few years ago I made an eyeball plant that was huge and I love it. (I'll post it soon). Then I made small little eyeball plants. I called the big plant "Eyegor". Ever since, i've wanted to make a plant with teeth. Well, i recently watched a youtube from Stiltbeast Studios on how to make teeth using Hot Glue! Here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtpoCzC5qRY

After watching that, I knew I had to begin my creation! Here is how my teeth turned out. I wanted to make sure I had a recognizable teeth pattern so I made two big front teeth, small bottom teeth and some incisors.

Next, I began with a tennis ball size styrofoam ball. I cut a wedge out of it with a hot wire but you could use a knife i'm sure. Then I cut a groove where I was going to insert the roots of my teeth. I ran some glue in there and placed the teeth.

Then, using an elmers glue and water mixture, I took paper towel pieces and dipped them in the mixture and covered the entire ball. Using a wire I made a stem and wrapped that as well. I would roll the wet paper towel like a worm and create lips and veins. I would also leave pieces hanging away from the ball to act as leaves. 

Next came painting. I began with a dark green color and painted everything. Then I did a dark brown and black inside the mouth. 

Then came a few rounds of dry brushing lighter shades until i got the look i wanted. I would then go back and highlight the veins and pop the lips to stand out more. 

Then I added some moss to the pot and distressed it some. I love how it turned out!

Creepy Candles How To

I've seen lots of tutorials and how to's on how to make candles out of cardboard tubes and hot glue. I've even seen them out of PVC pipe. I decided i'd try and make some myself. I chose to use Paper towel tubes and toilet paper rolls. I also like the look of thick and thin candles so i even went to a shipping supply store (UPS) and got some bigger cardboard tubes. I cut them to various heights and then trimmed the tops to look like a melted candle top. I've attached my How To so feel free to take a look and make some yourself. I lot of them on a mantle just looks amazing! 

Jack-O-Lantern Contest

For Halloween at work, we held a Jack-o-Lantern contest. We gave everyone a small foam pumpkin a couple weeks before halloween and told everyone to decorate it however they wanted. They could go scary or cute or disney or a theme. Then at our Halloween party we had a "pumpkin patch" where we displayed everyones creation and voted for the most creative, scary etc. It was a lot of fun and they were all so different from each other. 

I made mine by starting with arm and finger shapes out of bendable wire. Then I wrapped the wire with tin foil and added up areas where I wanted a thicker arm and elbow and such. then I covered the tin foil with tissue and a maché glue mixture. I carved the pumpkin with a hot wire and then painted everything. I added leaves from some cheap fake flowers. I loved how it turned out and didn't take very long at all. 

I also made the candle inside the pumpkin. See another blog post for how to instructions. http://amasonsayswhat.blogspot.com/2015/07/creepy-candles-how-to.html

Frankenstein Face Makeup

Here is another makeup I did on my sister. She actually slept with this on so that she could have it done the next day on Halloween. To our amazement, it still looked really really good.

Links to my other makeups and costumes:

Day of the Dead:
http://amasonsayswhat.blogspot.com/2014/01/dia-de-los-muertos-makeup.html

Carl Fredricksen:
http://amasonsayswhat.blogspot.com/2014/01/carl-fredricksen-from-up-movie.html

Big Teeth:
http://amasonsayswhat.blogspot.com/2014/10/big-teeth-makeup.html

Day of the Dead Part II:
http://amasonsayswhat.blogspot.com/2015/07/dia-de-los-muertos-part-two.html

Frankenstein:
http://amasonsayswhat.blogspot.com/2015/07/frankenstein-face-makeup.html

Dia De Los Muertos Makeup - Part Two

Ok so i've had some more practice with face painting. This time i've added some jewels around the eyes. The hat she is wearing is one that I made for my day of the dead costume. It looked so good with her makeup. We were able to show it off at a Halloween in summer festival. So much fun!

Links to my other makeups and costumes:

Day of the Dead:
http://amasonsayswhat.blogspot.com/2014/01/dia-de-los-muertos-makeup.html

Carl Fredricksen:
http://amasonsayswhat.blogspot.com/2014/01/carl-fredricksen-from-up-movie.html

Big Teeth:
http://amasonsayswhat.blogspot.com/2014/10/big-teeth-makeup.html

Day of the Dead Part II:
http://amasonsayswhat.blogspot.com/2015/07/dia-de-los-muertos-part-two.html

Frankenstein:
http://amasonsayswhat.blogspot.com/2015/07/frankenstein-face-makeup.html

Michael Jack Skellington

If you know me then you know that i love Michael Jackson and I also love Jack Skellington. So, i decided to combine them and came up with this illustration. Ha! Its a classic smooth criminal pose by MJ and the face of Jack. Whats not to love? I've put the image up on Etsy for download if you too love these characters.


To download click link:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/203755633/michael-jackson-jack-skellington-michael