Haunted House carved pumpkin

 Happy Halloween 👻

My carved pumpkin for this Halloween is a haunted house.  

I painted the pumpkin using matte black acrylic paint. 

I cut out the windows and added popsicle sticks which I painted brown.

Next I made the chimney by rolling up cardboard and cut up tiny rectangles for the bricks. I painted them and glued them on in a staggered pattern. 

I added bats to a skewer which I painted black and stuck it into the stem of the pumpkin.

I made a spider from pipe cleaners. I added a pompom and painted it all brown.

I made stairs from popsicle sticks and cardboard. I painted them brown and attached the stairs to the pumpkin with skewers.

I added spider web around the chimney and to the stairs.

Thanks for having a look. x

Beetlejuice pumpkin

 Happy Halloween 👻

I made Beetlejuice as a carved pumpkin for Halloween. He has a sandworm on top of his head.

I carved out his mouth and made some rotten teeth using air dry clay.

For his eyes, I used styrofoam balls that I cut in half and then painted. 

His hair is neon green yarn that I hot glued on to his head. I painted him white and sponged on some green paint for mold. 

For the sandworm, I used brown packing paper and wrapped that in duct tape for the black and white stripes. 

The head is cardboard and paper mache. His lips, eyes, teeth and tongue are made from air dry clay that I painted. 

Thanks for having a look. x

Gary the Snail Pumpkin

Happy Halloween 👻

Here is a pumpkin I made of Gary the snail from the cartoon Spongebob Squarepants. 

I made the base from cardboard and his body is a plastic bag stuffed w paper. I went on top of that with paper mache and hot glued around the edge for his slime.

His eye stalks are dowels that I hot glued to the base. 

His eyes are styrofoam balls that I painted yellow-green with black pupils. I hot glued them on top of the dowel stalks. I painted his body and stalks blue and the slime neon green.

The pumpkin is his shell which I painted pink with a red swirl and purple dots. I cut off the stem and turned the pumpkin upside down.

I painted a container green for his food bowl and wrote Gary on it with black paint.

Thank you for stopping by and having a look. 

Evil Witch Decorated Pumpkin

Happy Halloween,

Here is an evil witch I carved and decorated for 2018. Her chin, eyes, nose and teeth were all done separately and added on.

I carved out the mouth and left a bit to form her gums so I could stick her teeth in later on. I scooped out her eye sockets so her eyeballs would sit inside them. 

I formed her chin and nose using an aluminum foil form and paper mache. I used equal parts white glue and water along with cheap 1 ply napkins to give texture. 

I attached these with hot glue and toothpicks to give stability, then paper mached a couple layers over the entire pumpkin to blend them into the surface.

Overall, I did about 3 layers of paper mache.

I painted her with green acrylic paint all over. The eye sockets are black and the gums and mouth are red.

Next were her teeth. I made them out of pink polymer clay and baked them in the oven for about 5 mins. I painted them white then added a watered-down brown which I wiped off. I added hot glue and some thin wire onto the back so that I could stick them firmly into the gums.

I used bouncy balls cut in half for her eyes. I painted them white, then made a red iris and black pupil. I attached them using toothpicks and hot glue into the black sockets.

I made a couple warts out of air dry clay and attached them with hot glue to her nose and chin. 

 I added a black wig which I hot glued to the top of her head along with a witch hat.

Thanks for having a look.

Talk to ya soon. xx

Pennywise Carved Pumpkin

Happy Halloween,

Here is a carved pumpkin that I did of Pennywise the clown from the movie It. 

I cut the stem of the pumpkin off first. 
I then cut a hole in the bottom in order to scoop out the guts. 
I carved out the eyes and mouth and used Pumpkin Teeth which I inserted into the gum. 
I painted the entire pumpkin white. 
I painted the eyes and mouth red, blue for the eyelids, pinky red for the gums and black for his eyebrows.
I glued on a clown nose and his hair is made from red wool which I pulled apart and hot-glued to his head.

Thanks for having a look.

Talk to ya soon xx 

Zombie Minion Pumpkin 2015

Happy Halloween!

Here is my carved pumpkin for this year--it's a Zombie Minion!!

I painted him with yellow acrylic paint and then sponged on some neon green paint to "dead" him up a bit. hehe

I painted a plastic top silver for his eye goggle and printed out a Minion eye. I painted the strap for the goggles with black paint.

The only part of the pumpkin that I carved was his teeth. I gave him a startled mouth and only 3 teeth. I added some blood with red paint.

I painted his overalls blue and added some white dash stitching lines. I added 2 black buttons and printed out his logo which I attached to his pocket.

Now for my favourite part of the entire pumpkin--his exposed brain! haha I used pink Sculpey Clay and added lots of blood...I even made some worms. 

And lastly, I took some plastic drinking straws, painted them black and stuck them into the top of his head for hair. 

Thanks for having a look.

Talk to ya soon xx

Carved Shark Pumpkin for Halloween 2014

Happy Halloween,

I thought I'd share mine and my mom's carved pumpkin for this year...a Great White Shark.

I built up his nose with Paper Clay and the blood on the severed hand is red acrylic paint. His fins are made from chipboard and his eyes are plastic eyeballs that were painted with black Gesso. I carved the teeth out then shaved down his gums {which are my favourite part} He's painted with Acrylic Paint that I bought @ Michaels. 

Here's some close ups of the different parts:

severed hand

eyeball

teeth and gums

gill slits

without the hand

Thanks for having a look.

Talk to ya soon xx