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