altered treat box for halloween

 

altered treat box
Happy Halloween everyone!  Ok, not quite, but were getting there!  Fall really crept up on me this year.  It seems like just a couple months ago we had our big snowstorm here in Raleigh (meaning it snowed like 3 inches and everything shut down for a couple days.)  And now the summer is over, and the holidays are just around the corner.  Well, at least I’m a couple weeks ahead with this project.

 

I was at the dollar store the other day, and found quite a few things I could use for a halloween project.  I don’t know why I’m so late to the “dollar store art supply” party, but now that I finally made it, I’m pretty happy with the things I’ve been finding!!  For this project, it was a coffin shaped treat box and a string of plastic skeletons.  Why not create an altered treat box coffin to make a fabulous home for one of these skeletons?

 

He’s so gooey, I just love it, especially against the fabric padding inside.  I used transparent texture paste to adhere the muslin strips to his body, and in certain places it looks like flesh still clinging to the bones.  Awesome!

 

I love all the black and white elements- flowers, buttons, beads, wax seal initial, chipboard…  The cheesecloth and the texture paste I added to the surface of the coffin I dyed brown, to make it seem more dirty and old.  It looks a little like it’s been in a mausoleum for awhile, right?

altered treat box coffin for halloween
halloween altered treat boxaltered treat box for halloween

 

So, what do you guys think?  What colors and elements would you use to create a mixed media coffin?  What colors?  I’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments!

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