Creating your own pumpkin monsters

Step by step how to create your very own pumpkin monsters to terrorize your trick or treaters!

[@Mlvaldez84]

Love them!! Gonna try it this year! Thank you so much!

[@gabs0405]

Came across your channel. Your work is freaking awesome. I had to connect my phone to my TV so I could see the full details. Thank you so much for sharing. Can't wait to see more.

[@mayhemonmidlake7681]

Thank you so much, that means a lot. This channel is just something I play around with whenever I have something good to share. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[@scottlymbery7948]

Love ya work

[@charlesscottbuchanan4188]

Locktite foam would have saved all that foil, and you can spray it with water, wait 5 minutes and shape with your fingers. Then you can spray paint.

[@mayhemonmidlake7681]

Oh believe me, I know my way around a can of spray foam. That's not the look I wanted here though and through the years it will need far more touch up work then this technique. On top of that I have some birds that love to come peck at my spray foam props so I avoid it when I can. Thanks for the watch and the comment.

[@jamesgaudet6538]

Looks awesome 👍👍

[@heathersparlor]

Just wow! Love them!!

[@philipgauthier3570]

Inspirational....thanks...came out amazing!

[@SimplyVatHome]

Very Unique 😄 Thank you for sharing!

[@jessbordeaux9845]

Excellent vid & amazing creation. ❤

[@mayhemonmidlake7681]

@@jessbordeaux9845 thanks so much! Really appreciate it.

[@Raynestorm1968]

Just found your channel. I am a sucker for Halloween prop tutorials. you got a new subscriber! Everyone needs a neighbor like you! Someone who is willing to spend time just to do something nice for someone else. Love your pumpkins, I think the one you made looked super cool and spooky when he was painted the dark grey. Awesome tutorial. Thank you for sharing!

[@mayhemonmidlake7681]

Thanks so much for the kind words and the sub. I almost didn't want to paint him green because I thought the same thing but alas it wasn't for me so green and friendly it was.

[@mauriciorodrix]

Awesome work!

[@TheXerosyn]

Just found your channel, just want to say huge thank you for this. I've seen these on my Halloween decorations pages etc. and always wanted one, but no way I could afford what they charge. Ill be making one or two of these for next year now.

[@mayhemonmidlake7681]

Thank you and you're most welcome. I'm just a amateur goofing off in my basement but I'm so happy you got some good information out of it. I've seen some of those pumpkin guys your talking about and the price is def high but they are on a whole different level. The ones I've seen are nothing short of art sculptures. I definitely pulled inspiration from those but for my needs and budget I had to go a different direction. I would never stick one of those other ones out in my yard for a month, it would be on my mantle! These guys are meant to be rough and tumble foot soldiers.

[@GreenLadyDV]

💚💚💚👻 Love It! Thank you so much for the fantastic tips. 👍

[@mayhemonmidlake7681]

So happy you liked it, thank you!

[@didjbusker]

Not only is your pumpkin monster so beautifully done, your video gave me multiple ideas to incorporate into various applications. Most unexpected is the simplicity of the plastic drop background. I plan on using large black plastic for some simple outdoor walls/area dividers. What I did last year was use Gorilla Glue duct tape to attach the large plastic to some of the taller fiberglass rebar pounded into the ground. It makes it a mess to try to take down, and the tape can make much of the plastic not reusable. Funny thing is, I planned on picking up some more of those fiberglass rebars on the way home from work today. Now I will pick up some clothesline as well. Clipping the plastic to the clothesline should make it easier and much quicker to set up, and take down.This should also allow me to just get the rebars in place in early Oct., but wait till the 29th or 30th of Oct to attach the plastic "walls", so I don't have to fret so much over potential bad weather (wind) taking down what took some effort to put up! There is a wealth of good info in this vid. It also started sparking more ideas in my brain. For one, I love the two-sided aspect of the jacko head. Being able to change its face from more or less menacing is a great idea. Also makes me think it would be cool to add a motor to make it possible to switch from one face to the other. It would certainly add some complication to the prop build overall, but I don't see it as impossible by any means. Another idea to add to the pile of things I must eventually make - lol Kudos, and thanks for sharing your build.

[@mayhemonmidlake7681]

Thank you so much! I'm just a amateur goofing around in my basement but and so happy you enjoyed it and love that you found some unintentional ideas in it too! I really dig the idea of a 2 faced jack o lantern. It never even crossed my mind as I literally had 2 faces carved in everyone of them for a period of time 😂. And motorized you say??? My friend you just raised the bar! I freaking love that idea! There would have to be a dividing wall inside his head so you couldn't see the other face through the front and then you could have two different color lights in there as well. A yellow on the happy side and red or green on the more menacing side! This is totally doable. Thank you for the idea. Halloween people really are the best!

[@didjbusker]

@@mayhemonmidlake7681 Yes, a dividing wall inside was what I was thinking. Even with different color lights for each side, you could still maybe add to that effect with the divider itself being colored differently on each side. I haven't incorporated any motors into any of my builds yet, but I imagine this effect would best be served by a motor that could very quickly turn the head exactly 180 degrees. At least a 1 second or less switch from happy face to a menacing red-lit face would certainly have a more powerful effect than a continually turning head at a slow or moderate steady pace. Of course, the effect would be even more powerful if you could rig up short music or sound effects that got seamlessly and immediately triggered just as fast as the quick 180 head turn. Keep creating! I look forward to all that you come up with.

[@jacquelinee.ponson9094]

Aaaammmmaaaazing loved them thx 4 the idea

[@creepworksstudios4631]

Very nice work

[@CorinneCollette]

This is amazing and well thought out. the technical stuff was a good help. Thank you for sharing.

[@mayhemonmidlake7681]

Thanks I'm happy with it found it helpful. Cheers

[@lunarbloom3587]

Awesome, thanks for the inspiration! Hi from Australia 👋🏻

[@mayhemonmidlake7681]

Hi there! Glad you liked it!

[@truce1121]

I've been looking for a way to do a ribcage on my scarecrow and you nailed it dude!!! ILove your ideas!!!

[@mayhemonmidlake7681]

Right on man, glad I could help. It's a pretty cool technique that I wish I found years ago!

[@sylviaramos8908]

Your work is amazing

[@mayhemonmidlake7681]

Thanks so much, I'm glad you enjoyed.

[@rowandavandenheuvel7672]

That's so cool! I love it 😊

[@mayhemonmidlake7681]

Thanks a bunch! Happy haunting!

[@Oathbetrayer]

Sick dude!

[@dcruicks1]

So dang cool! Thank you! I learned a lot!

[@mayhemonmidlake7681]

Most welcome, I'm glad you liked it.

[@TheFallHorsemen]

Wonderful tutorial. Thank you so much for sharing. I hadn't thought of using carpet adhesive as the additive. Awesome video.

[@mayhemonmidlake7681]

Thank you! That carpet adhesive mixed with paint will stick to anything! It's my go to undercoating.

[@TheFallHorsemen]

@@mayhemonmidlake7681 that’s good to know. It’s been years but I’ve used to Monster Mud before and that was an issue. Very clever. I like it a lot.

[@wherethetatosat]

I need to make a few of these next year!

[@LordHog]

Tremendous job.

[@deoblo85]

turned out really good totally love the pumpkin !! I use carpet glue as well But i didn't know you can add paint to it thanks for the tip HFL!!

[@mayhemonmidlake7681]

You're most welcome. It's become my go to base coating for a lot of props.

[@TrickrTerrorhaunt]

Awesome work! I subbed. 👊👌

[@mayhemonmidlake7681]

Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[@KatherineYoung]

This is cool! I’ll,e this better than what you see at stores.

[@auntiquek2845]

I like the green vine colors as it’s skeleton❣️

[@mayhemonmidlake7681]

Thanks. It only seemed natural

[@Timetravel1111]

35:09 whattt I love its very scary I like the styles of faces, expressions you choose.

[@mayhemonmidlake7681]

Thanks so much. Sometimes it's tricky to make them all look different while still being similar

[@DeborahTurner-ip8zm]

While this is involved it's worth the effort. They are scary cool.

[@mayhemonmidlake7681]

Thanks, I'm glad you liked them. If there is one thing I know how to do it's make a ton of work for myself when I have the least amount of time to do it!😂

[@nel6211]

Very clever using the foil to build up the pvc/metal rods.I guess it takes a few days with the drying time in between to complete one of these.

[@mayhemonmidlake7681]

Thanks! I'd say about a week total from start to finish but could be a bit shorter if you have fans and a dehumidifier going or live somewhere warm and dry

[@HollywoodColt]

The first set of 4 go you have a video on how you did the pumpkin heads?

[@mayhemonmidlake7681]

I don't have a tutorial on the heads unfortunately but I can explain rather easily. After picking out and carving the face I wanted into it. I took paper clay and built up the features I wanted to stand out more like the teeth and eye sockets. The paper clay recipe was from another you tube channel called draconfang and it was the 5 part video where he made a giant paper mache pumpkin. After that I finished it just like I did in this video. Hope this helped.

[@HollywoodColt]

@mayhemonmidlake7681 so the actual pumpkins are the store bought carvable ones? I was thinking about doing that to to make them better. Check out a paper clay called "celluclay". It's a ready to mix one you can buy from a craft store. It's pretty good and easy to use.

[@mayhemonmidlake7681]

They were given to me by a friend but they were store bought foam ones that had faces. I covered the factory made faces and carved my own on the backside. I'll check it out thanks!

[@alarcon99]

Subscribed

[@mayhemonmidlake7681]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it.

[@jeremystruzik6798]

Subbed! Love them! Is the paint to thick to go thru a large needle in a spray gun?

[@mayhemonmidlake7681]

Thanks brother! I suspect that it wouldn't spray well at all. That carpet adhesive is almost like joint compound. Even when you thin it back out it's still a bit thick.

[@Timetravel1111]

28:24 spooktacular and explanations

[@compaSamuelon]

where did you get the pumpkin heads?

[@mayhemonmidlake7681]

So the pumpkin heads were a donation from a fellow home haunter that was moving and downsizing. He gave me about 60 of these on stanchions that he used to light the path through his haunt. I wanted creepy faces though so I covered the traditional faces and went with something more my style.

[@davidjibson4199]

You can foam or plastic pumpkins and carve them out yourself look at your dollar stores they sometimes have great deals on cheap diy things

[@Timetravel1111]

Did you mention, maybe you did? How it will be stabilized in windy weather?

[@mayhemonmidlake7681]

So the ones I made for my haunt will just be slid over a piece of rebar that's pounded into the ground and tied off to the fence. The one in this particular video has legs which have him steady on flat ground but there is also a pvc cross at the base of his spine. His legs go out left and right but the bottom of the cross is open and I cut a small hole in his overalls so a rebar stake can be slid right up his *ahem you known what. That will have him solid out in the most all weather.

[@berniegotmac]

Is the wire insulation strip wire to hold insulation in between floor joists?

[@mayhemonmidlake7681]

It wire used to hold drop panel ceilings