Crystal Skull Fun and Easy Bling Project by LuLu Lancaster

Hello There This is LuLu Lancaster and I have a little project for you that is easy and fun and full of spooky  bling!

There is always room in my home for another skull and this one has some sparkle!

You will need a tub of assorted acrylic gems

2 styrofoam balls

xacto knife

Creative PaperClay®

Black Acrylic paint

a couple toothpicks

Triple Thick Gloss Glaze

Available at Michaels craft stores

First thing you will do is to cut a styrofoam ball in half.

poke the half with a couple toothpicks

Push the half into the whole styrofoam ball

Now cover the styrofoam with Clay.

with your fingers you can push out the eye sockets and the nostrils, using your exact knife cut a slit for the mouth. This is really only need for a guide where to put your gems.

wet the entire head with a few drops of water so that the clay is sticky.

Once your skull is covered in gems and has dried go ahead and paint the eye sockets and nostrils and a line for the mouth.

Once your paint has dried you will cover the entire skull in Triple Thick gloss.

While it is still sticky you can pop on some more gems if you like or even take it one step further...Cover it in sparkly glitter!

Thank you so much for reading along and I hope you have a Blingy Spooky filled day!!!

LuLu

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Jess B's - Day of the Dead - Sugar Skulls

Hello Everyone 

Yesterday we had a huge rain storm and the power went out!

Enough said. lol

Today I wanted to share my

Hispanic culture with you

In November Mexico celebrates

Dia De Los Muertos

Day of the Dead

Day of the Dead

(Spanish: Día de los Muertos)

 is a Mexican holiday celebrated throughout Mexico and around the world in other cultures. The holiday focuses on gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died. It is particularly celebrated in Mexico, where it is a national holiday, and all banks are closed. The celebration takes place on November 1 and 2, in connection with the Catholic holidays of All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day. Traditions connected with the holiday include building private altars honoring the deceased using sugar skulls, marigolds, and the favorite foods and beverages of the departed and visiting graves with these as gifts. They also leave possessions of the deceased.

Scholars trace the origins of the modern Mexican holiday to indigenous observances dating back hundreds of years and to an Aztecfestival dedicated to the goddess Mictecacihuatl. The holiday has spread throughout the world: In Brazil, Dia de Finados is a public holiday that many Brazilians celebrate by visiting cemeteries and churches. In Spain, there are festivals and parades, and, at the end of the day, people gather at cemeteries and pray for their dead loved ones. Similar observances occur elsewhere in Europe, and similarly themed celebrations appear in many Asian and African cultures.

First roll out some Creative Paperclay® found this silicone skull ice tray

at the Dollar Tree.  I filled each cavity with Creative Paperclay® and bake according to the

instructions 

 

My gave me a sugar skull coloring book and used that for reference

but of course you can go on the world wide web and find inspiration

 

I carefully designed my flowers and vines with used

Faber Castell Pitt Artist Pens and Sharpie Markers and Paint Pens

 

INGREDIENTS

Creative Paperclay®

Small canvas

Sharpie Markers and Paints

Faber Castell Pitt Artist Pens

Mulberry Flowers

Puffy Paints - white pearl and gold

DON'T FORGET!!!

Do you LOVE Halloween and Creative Paperclay®?

Well this is the LINK UP Party for YOU

Just make a Halloween Paperclay Project and post it on our Link UP party on Oct 5th on our blog

http://creativepaperclay.blogspot.com/

You will post your project on your blog or somewhere on the internet and 

LINK it up to our blog post on OCT 5Th. 

project MUST use 

Creative Paperclay® and be a Halloween Theme.

There will be prizes...