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#1 ·
so I bought some of the flamingos at the dollar store



next i spray painted them mate black



then created my versions of the skeleton ones you can buy
then i painted the white one and on the white i put glow in the dark paint on the feathers



and red ones



simple and a lot less then paying 25 for 2 now to finish the other 12 i bought :)

 
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I've used diferent brands of plastic flamingoes to slowly build up my committee of Vulture-mingoes. Dollar General usually carries pink flamingoes each year as well. I cut the necks off and reinsert it deeper into the body to get more of a vulture look. I haven't made any from the Dollar Tree ones yet but I want to because they have a shorter neck, and can be painted as is. I look forward to adding a few more vultures this year.

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Oh and an update... my DT Ugly Mummy- Mingo got adopted and has a new mummy. hahaha Get it? A new mommy? Bah dum tish. (Sorry. LOL)

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#80 ·
Thanks! Yes. She was a Mrs. Claus. Poor Mrs. C. Whenever I find another one and bring it home... I can just feel her terror. She wonders what will happen to her. LOLOL
I guess I've been adding the Vulture-mingoes two at a time. I have a few more Union flamingoes here to repurpose, but I want to grab a couple more DT ones to do too. You know, after the fact, cutting off the necks was completely unnecessary. Just added work. LOL There is no disguising what these started life as.... just go with it. That's what makes them so funny.
 
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Love the Mummy-mingo, Hilda. :p
We did 3 vultur-mingos last year but I did cut the necks. Used spiderweb for the neck poof (they were last minute and it was handy.) Want to upgrade that this year.
 

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#88 ·
Oh MC HauntDreams... I LOVE your vulturemingo! The deep red on the head is gorgeous. I was having trouble getting the red right. Now I want to go over mine again. LOL The neck is perfect and the spiderweb 'poof' is great! I like the presentation on the branch too!
After all that... I feel like I should be holding up a score card with a big 10 on it! hahahaha
 
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