Thread: celtic cross tombstone question

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Does anyone know of a tutorial on how to carve a celtic cross tombstone out of insulation?
Or can someone just tell me?
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Haunters Hangout Celtic Cross
Or just go here Monster Page of Halloween Project Links down towards the bottom of the page is a whole section on tombstone construction.

I did one that is a little more simplified. After I put all the pieces together, I mudded the joints with drywall compound and painted it. I'm hoping to make a couple more before Halloween.

Thanks guys,
I just got the coolest little electric styrofome cutter at Jo Anne fabrics, they had a 40% off coupon, it almost looks like a soldering iron but with a much thinner metal piece, I have used a little battery powered one in the past to cut out tombstones but it was shaped kind of like a c clamp with a hot wire running from one side to the other, so you were kinda limited to what you could do with it, plus it would always lose heat, and I hate using the jigsaw to cut it and having that stuff fly all over. Although it flys all over when I dremel out the words. Since this one is just straight, I can just poke it straight into the middle of a sheet and go to town. I am excited to give this new gadget a try. I also need to some kind of a flat dog shaped plaque or maybe a dog bone to make a "here lies the last dog to poop in my yard" tombstone.
Tina

Sounds like a neat tool! I'll have to go looking for one now.
You can probably find the dog/bone piece at Michael's. Just look in their wood working section - they have a lot of little flat plaques in all different shapes that are meant for painting.