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Just started making my Halloween tree...which will go behind my Grinning Gertrude Witch.
This is what I ditched my friends for on a Saturday night haha.
Supplies: (not shown are the metal sheers and the gloves which you definatly need!)
What you also need to make this Halloween Tree is a pumpkin spice candle and "Night of the Living Dead" on the TV...
The chicken wire shaped into the trunk and then split at the bottom to help it stand while i make the roots
I'm making the tree in two removable parts so that it can be more portable...what you see below is the trunk and the top of the tree (no branches have been added yet)
Next: Wrapping it in dry paper and then Paper Mache!! (I'm scared)
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Just started creating my Halloween Tree
Crypt Keeper
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Just started creating my Halloween Tree –
10-03-2009,04:18 PM
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Crypt Keeper
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10-03-2009,06:10 PM
EDIT/UPDATE:
The mache...hm...so far so good...
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The Great Pumpkin
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10-03-2009,07:36 PM
Looks like you're off to a good start - and wisely planning ahead for storage by making it come apart in manageable pieces.
What look are you going for with the tree - dead and twisted with an owl or vulture; or something else?Demon Dog
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Crypt Keeper
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10-03-2009,08:20 PM
Yep! Exactly Demon Dog! A thin, black, dead and twisted old tree with bats and creepy faces in it
Originally Posted by Demon Dog
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Devilishly Dutch
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10-04-2009,01:50 AM
See....paper maché wasnt as scary as you thought eh?
"A true friend stabs you in the front."
- Oscar Wilde
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Crypt Keeper
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10-04-2009,11:00 AM
haha...well it was a LITTLE scary...but it's going well so far...
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Girl Gone Mad
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10-04-2009,12:14 PM
More pics please
"We accommodate the living, but who shall accommodate the dead?"
"We say haunted, but we mean the house has gone insane."
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Crypt Keeper
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10-04-2009,12:59 PM
Thus far, I actually don't like it.....I'm hoping once I get more coats of mache on it and I make the roots a bit more...root-like...rather than looking like a coat rack I might change my mind about it.
This is as far as i got last night...its not very sturdy right now, its still very much a blank canvas... and there are no branches or details...The roots are what I'll be consentrating on tonight after work.
THINKING AHEAD, I'm actually thinking about paper mache-ing purple lights right into the tree...via wrapping the lights around the tree and then covering the cords with the mache...thoughts?
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Crypt Keeper
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10-04-2009,11:49 PM
Hey there... nice effort you are doing. I have not done any mache. New to the site.. and just learning how much actually can be done with mache! Keep up your creative work! Will check back in to see how you are doing! <Applauds effort!>
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