Halloween is the favorite holiday of so many people, my husband included. In our home, we go all out for Halloween. You can read all about our favorite Halloween traditions we do every year as a
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Halloween is the favorite holiday of so many people, my husband included. In our home, we go all out for Halloween. You can read all about our favorite Halloween traditions we do every year as a
When last left off, the alien cannister was roughly put together. One detail it needed was a large turn valve. I made this on the cheap by cutting out of a 99 cent frisbee. It's support was a short piece of PVC pipe glued to a plastic planter saucer. Detailed with a faux bolt. Once distressed and aged with paint, it looked pretty "first glance" decent. The window was a piece of super thin plastic you find in those cheapo poster frames. It is incredibly light and flexible, I just painted on a metal looking edge and glued rivets to, then simply velcro'd to the tube so can access the inside. After more detailing and distressing, I added the Alien inside with a light and smoke machine. Done. The Alien itself was on the cheap too, using a mask put on a styrofoam ball, glued to a PVC pipe made stand and draped with fabric. This was basically a one day build project, and one that I'll redo again and spend more time on. We used for our kitchen set Halloween show decor. Went with a whole hidden government lab look. Plus made a second with a broken window and missing Alien. The show airs Monday morning on Hallmark Channel. Speaking of which, tomorrow will be a mega post showing all the epic insanity we've been up to this month (which I hope explains my infrequent posting).
Here's how the Alien containment canisters are coming together so far. We started with 2' wide concrete form tubes at 6' tall. Next a window was cut out of. Then painted a classic Army green, so feels from late 1947 when the Roswell crash happened. Next, we created the canister interior using a really old school trick. We crumpled sheets of tin foil in balls, uncrumpled and made flat again, then spray glued to the inside. The wrinkled foil creates amazing texture plus will reflect any light put inside making a great effect. Next we painted on a classic black and yellow hazard band. Hazard stripes on any "industrial" type prop adds character and ALWAYS makes seem more dangerous. We capped the top and bottom of tube with plastic "planting rings" after painting silver. Then hot glued on faux bolts. The faux bolt detail is easy to make. Take off the shelf 1/2" nuts and glue in a small slice from 1/2" wood dowel, then paint all silver. This same trick can be done for smaller or larger bolts. More later...
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Sketch for a DIY we're creating on Monday's show. More later.
October 2022 Halloween Countdown Calendar, Fall Decorations, Halloween Decor Classroom, Countdown to Halloween, Fall Classroom Decor, Halloween Ghost Advent Calendar This is an INSTANT DOWNLOAD wall art printable. You are able to download, print and frame your new wall art prints today! ⇢ This is a DIGITAL DOWNLOAD only. No physical item will be shipped to you. Your purchase does not include a frame or mat. There may be slight color variations due to your monitor display, printer, print paper, and ink used. PRINT RATIOS: 2:3 RATIO - prints 4”x6”, 6”x9”, 8”x12”, 12”x18”, 16”x24”, 20”x30”, 24”x36” 4:5 RATIO- prints 4”x5”, 8”x10”, 16”x20”, 24”x30” 5:7 RATIO-prints 5”x7”, 10”x14” Enjoy!!
