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Saturday, September 12, 2020

Halloween Jeweled Skulls

 

DIY Dollar Tree Decor

It's not too soon for some Halloween crafting is it?  
Ok, good, because I put together a couple of  jewel encrusted skulls and I can't wait to share:


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DIY Dollar Tree Decor

I found my plastic skulls at Dollar Tree, they are lightweight, about the size of a grapefruit and really easy to work with.  I've been seeing lots of great ideas for these skulls on Pinterest, here are a couple:


And of course the jeweled skulls that inspired me:


 If you haven't been to Dollar Tree recently, go!  They have a great selection of skeletal decor...if that's what you are in to 😉  I snagged a bat, a rat, a bird, these skulls, some hands, a full body skeleton and a couple of bags of little bones.  I could't find the mermaid that I saw on there web page, but I'll keep looking.

(You can click here to check out the rest of Dollar Tree's online Halloween decor)



DIY Dollar Tree Decor

The first thing I did was to spray paint the skulls using metallic gold and rose gold.  I wanted to glam them up a little bit in preparation for their jewelry 😎

What I really liked is how well these skulls took the paint; one coat was enough and it adhered well.



DIY Dollar tree Decor

While my paint was drying, I searched through my craft supplies for some fun rhinestone costume jewels.

I also tried a little experiment.....



DIY Dollar Tree Decor

.....and applied a coat of glow in the dark paint to the eyes, nose and teeth of the skulls.  I thought it would be cool if the little faces could glow in the dark but the paint did not work at all.  If you have any ideas about what I did wrong or tips on how to make it work, please comment below!  Thank you!

(The paint that I used was Folk Art brand and I applied one coat)


Here is how they looked after I hot glued on their accessories:

DIY Dollar Tree Decor
DIY Dollar Tree Decor

Rose gold with her medallion and crystal rhinestones.



DIY Dollar Tree Decor
DIY Dollar Tree Decor

Yellow gold with her rainbow jewels and large pearl eye.




DIY Dollar Tree Decor

I only added an embellishment to one eye per skull thinking that the glow in the dark paint would work and give a nice one-eyed visual in the darkness.  As I said, that plan failed but I decided that I liked the asymmetry and left the eyes empty.  A bit more spooky that way anyway, don't you think?

And there you have it, Halloween Jeweled skulls!

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I hope you enjoyed this how-to post, thanks for stopping by!

-Jennifer

© Studio 27 by Jennifer Adams 2020

8 comments:

  1. Saw these over at Follow The Yellow Brick Home and LOVE!! I am pretty sure I also have one or two of these in my Halloween stuff and know I have lots of bling. Thanks for the inspiration!

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    1. I would love to see pictures of your creations! Thanks for stopping by :)

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  2. Oh My God! I love, love these. Great job and so creative.

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  3. Love this! Sometimes a fail leads to something better. Love the bling in one eye. Thanks for sharing.

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  4. Love your choice of colors and embellishments ! Thank you for linking at Meraki Link Party Jennifer.
    Much love
    Naush

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