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?
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!
Awesome! I actually got a few of these the other day. Now I know what to do with them!
Have Fun!