Thread: Cooler tombstone!

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I worked on a few Halloween projects during the hurricane, and this is one I finished. It is a dollar store cooler, a $10 gargoyle from Walgreens, red acetate and paint. I printed out the text on my printer, taped it onto the cooler and used an Xacto knife to cut out the letters. I saved the insides of the "A"s and glued them onto the red acetate once it was positioned and dried on the inside of the cooler.

I painted it dark gray first, then dry brushed the texture. I repainted the gargoyle to match.

I plan on using a pumpkin light (maybe on blink) to light it up. I'll attach it to the ground with coat hangers.

hi there glad to see you made it trough the hurricane ok

i love the tombstone ,great idea and great job i actually got those coolers last month for the same idea (great minds think alike hehehe) except i am hoping to do a nevermore raven on top with mine

That looks great Frankie's Girl!! Gives me ideas....

I forgot:

I paper machéd the top so that it was smooth. The cooler bottom was sort of obvious, so I used phone book pages and glue/water mix and it looks fine painted.

Love it...but I am confused on what you did with the inside of the "A"'s? I must be having a brain fart or something...

That looks great!

That's a neat idea and looks really good.

Originally Posted by netsirk

Love it...but I am confused on what you did with the inside of the "A"'s? I must be having a brain fart or something...

I didn't want the stencil look (where the insides have to be attached by a thin strip to the outside) so when I cut out the letters, I saved the inside of the "A" (that little triangle piece) and glued it onto the red acetate.

Here's a image that I hope makes more sense:


See that the tall skinny triangle part of the inside is "floating" and not attached to the rest of the cooler? It was just glued onto the acetate.

Looks great!! The only suggestion I might make is to monster mud or somehow otherwise color the gargoyle's wings. The burlap is a tad distracting.

But very creative and awesome prop!!

Maybe some grey spray paint on the wings..