Wow that's great! Please post pictures once you have them!! I loved our Beetlejuice theme that year and it got so many compliments. It really put us on the map as far as a destination Yard Display. Happy Crafting!!

It was actually just a big plastic Christmas ornament. I painted it white and turned the top upside down and slid it into the PVC and glued it in with great stuff I believe. I actually originally drew his face on with a sharpie and then painted over it with black acrylic paint. It has lasted all these years with no issues. I think I paid 1.00 for it at the local dollar tree.

Thank you! That is so sweet! We love making them and displaying them every year! Thanks for coming by and for leaving a supportive comment!

Sure! Here are the Amazon links to the items but you can purchase them at any hardware store if you wanted to shop around: The Spray Gun: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07JVLSN11/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 The Professional Foam which has actually gone up in price since I purchased it so you may want to shop around: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0044UYJXG/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 And the Weldbond glue that I use on Styrofoam and pretty much anything I need to glue together: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09HL52W14/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 You can also find the glue cheaper if you shop around. Just make sure that you get the one that is for multi surfaces and dries clear. Thanks for asking and be sure to post pictures of your creation!!

@@CrazyCraftCorner Thank you so much for the info,, happy crafting,,

What’s the hose you used?

www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07VLFSJYM is the exact one we used but its not available anymore. You can find one like it I'm sure either on Amazon or at your local Hardware store. Have fun and thanks for asking! @@toodles29801

So sorry thought It was in the video. I will post it under the comments if I can figure out how!! :) Thanks for asking!

Yes! You totally should! If you have any questions please don't hesitate to post them here and I will try and answer them. I'm planning on doing a quick talk about how I painted it and finished it off after Halloween.

omg awesome. This was 3 of 3; where are the vids to show the work after this?

LOL yeah I really need to get off my tush and put those together. We didn't actually film the painting which was my bad for not thinking anyone would be interested in that part and the fact that we made some huge mistakes with materials. We learned a lot. I do have a little follow up blurb we did about the mistakes we made. I will try and get it put together and posted!! Thanks for giving me that shove I need to get it finished!! Stay tuned as we are building Garrac the bad guy from "Frozen Empire" this year with moving parts!

Thanks Ryan! It was a lot of work and by far the biggest project I had taken on up to that point. We made a lot of mistakes along the way but I learned a lot and as always we had fun doing it! Plus it looked faboo in our display! If you try it please come back and let us know how it went!

Ummm....thanks?

Good Question...if you continue along in the video we show how we paint them towards the end. If your asking why they are tan or brown to start with that is because after I made them I just sprayed a solid coat of paint over them as I knew that would be my base coat. I always start with a solid base coat (spray paint being the easiest) and then do all my detailing over that. The light color is: American Accents Spray Paint, Satin Nutmeg, the darker color is: Satin Espresso and Gloss Kona Brown. Hope that helps!

Yes we painted them. I use a flat sand color paint but any brown will do. Black highlights. I believe the video shows you exactly how we painted them towards the end. Watch it all the way through or skip to the end for the painting!!

LOL Not at all! You would never have to dust again!!

Thanks so much! It was so much fun to make and I feel like I have made 1000 skulls over the last couple years!! :)

Thanks! They have held up great! I haven't had to do a single repair on them since they were first made and I use them every year!!

LOL You can buy one or maybe your son will send you one!

Thanks! You can buy them through Teespring.com

Thanks!! Working on it now and hope to have it out in a couple days! Three days worth of carving footage to sift through! I'm widdling it down though. (see what I did there) Thanks for watching!

That would be great! The location we used them in is up high on a wall so it would be really hard for us to turn them on and off or change out the batteries so we just opted for lighting them from the front with spots. We've used these now for 3 years and they still look brand new. They have aged very well and held up in the California Heat/Direct sunlight and rain without any issues. I have not even needed to touch them up! Thanks for the comment!

Hi Beth! Sorry no we never really did a video on that part. I sum it up basically at the end of the video on how we finished him up. I took a really cheap felt Santa suit from amazon and put it on him then cut it in the back where it wouldn't show and hot glued it back on in order to make it fit properly. You just have to cut out all the extra fabric. I used that extra fabric to make the tails on the jacket. Took about an hour to fit it all properly. The felt was easy to work with and the hot glue holds felt very well. The only thing we had to paint was the head. We painted it white with spray paint and then I used carbon paper and a print out pattern I found to put the face on and used black acrylic paint to paint it with. His boots are just the faux leather boot toppers that came with the Santa outfit wrapped around the PVC and Noodles. I added the white fur to give it more contrast around his hands and boots. This will be our third year using him outside with hot sun and rain and so far I haven't had to touch up anything! He has held up incredibly well! Thanks for asking and I hope that was helpful!

Beth, No I don't believe we did. His face I just painted on a big white ornament. We do have a hands making video separately you can look for here. His clothes are just a felt Santa suit that I cut and hot glued onto him. It has sun faded over the years and I just touch it up with red spray paint when it starts to look too faded. Hope that helps. I am learning that I need to show everything in these videos! There is so much I just do on my own at home that I think no one would be interested in but I guess I need to stop thinking that way!! Thanks for your comment and the push to film more!

Steven I'm not 100% sure what your asking here....

LOL you are correct. If only he could find some time to help guide us again! I'm sure he will appreciate your vote of confidence!

Check out facebook.com/kieandcraigscrazycraftcorner for pictures of this years decorations!

Yeah thats weird!!

The fingers are individual. They are actually plastic finger tips like kids get at Halloween. You can get them at the Dollar Store and I think they come 5 in a package. These are similiar to what I am referring to: www.amazon.com/BinaryABC-Halloween-Fingers-Cosplay-Accessory/dp/B08GS13YLR Hope that helps.

Yes it worked well in the rain and sun. We had it on our roof for about a month total. The Styrofoam will stand up to pretty much any weather and I used all weather outdoor house paint that I got discounted (returned) at the hardware store. It was really cheap that way. A couple coats and that pretty much guarantees that it stays nice and weather proof. If you have strong winds you may need to secure it like we did to something sturdy otherwise it's all weather!

We also used it over the Christmas Holidays as a fireplace for our Nightmare Before Christmas scene that we did. So really it stood up to 2 months of California weather! We still have it stored and will use it again this Christmas. Very sturdy and easy to repair if anything gets damaged. I really recommend the glue we used that I listed in the comments. It has worked for me for years on Styrofoam and pretty much any surface I need glued together. Thanks for the question!

@@CrazyCraftCorner awesome thank you so much for the quick reply! I did a diy miss Argentina last year and it was a huge hit in my neighborhood, so much so that families took pictures with me haha (I'm probably in someone's photo album)

Just to let you know we have now used it outside for another Christmas season and it still has not needed any repairs so it has held up incredibly well. It's stored inside during the rest of the year.

We used a resin skull for the base. You can get one on Amazon or Micheal's. They run around 20.00 and that is your entire investment. This is the exact skull I used: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B017XSJ6BK

Hey sorry I didn't get back to you sooner thanks for the question! I got this skull at Micheals a few years back. You can use either plaster, resin or actual bone skulls. The initial investment is probably around 20.00 for a good one. Make sure it has as much detail as you can as that really helps with the molding especially in the teeth area. I drilled a hole in this one and mounted it on a body form I had just to make it easier to use and get it up off the floor and make it a bit more stable. Hope that helps and let me know if you have any other questions! I would love to see pictures of your skulls!! Happy Halloween!

Here is the exact skull I used from Amazon: www.amazon.com/gp/product/B017XSJ6BK

@@CrazyCraftCorner and no issues with the plastic sticking to it or melting on it?

@@TheXerosyn None at all. If for some reason its sticking then try cooling it down more with ice water. I personally have never had that problem while making these with the above mentioned skull. Hope that helps. I linked the exact skull in the comments.

@@CrazyCraftCornerthat really is a good one for the detail. Thanks for sharing. 💀

Do you think they need legs or no legs? I think once I put the cape on no one will know any better! :) I'll post pictures of them hanging around Halloween!

Happy holidays!

Thanks so much 😊 Be sure and check out the other videos in the series!!