DIY Spooky Tree Prop

Tools:
-jigsaw
-heat gun
-exacto knife
-drill with 3/8" bit
-measuring tape
-caulking gun
-staple gun
-tin snips
Materials:
-fabric (2 tablecloths)
- 1 inch screws
-concrete forms 6'
-chicken wire
-monster mud (1 box joint compound/ 1 gallon latex paint)
-latex gloves
-8 pool noodles
-washers
-liquid nails
-craft paints
-isopropyl alcohol
-4" cardboard tubing
Steps:
1. Take your concrete form and measure down 22" from the top and cut straight across.
2. Cut three 3" pieces of pool noodles and prop up one side of your 22" concrete form. We're creating a more organic feel to the tree by creating a slight angle to the trunk.
3. Wrap your chicken wire around your concrete form, giving yourself about 4" overlap and cutting with tin snips.
4. Screw in 1" screws on either side of your cut concrete form, then wrap your chicken wire around and tie it to the screws tightly.
5. Use liquid nails to glue your form back together. Don't worry if it doesn't feel too secure. Once the glue dries and we add the fabric with monster mud, everything will be very secure.
6. To add the arms of the tree, take your 4" cardboard tubing and place them where you want. Trace around the tubing Use your drill to pilot a hole and cut out the rest with your jigsaw.
7. Push your 4" tubing through the cutouts and screw and chicken wire them together just as you did to the trunk.
8. Add chicken wire to the ends of your tubing and bunch it up to give a tapered tree branch effect.
9. Draw and cut out your spooky face.
10. Cut your pool noodles lengthwise down the middle.
11. At the base of your trunk, take your pool noodles and heat them with your heat gun at about 12" from the end. These will serve as your roots. We're creating the bend of the roots from the trunk to the ground.
12. Secure your noodles to the trunk with 1" screws and washers.
13. Twist the noodles around your trunk and secure them in place to give your tree a twisted park appearance.
14. Mix your joint compound and paint together in a 5 gallon bucket to create your monstermud. I recommend getting a mixing bit for your drill gun. It saves a lot of time and effort.
15. Cut your material into 2'w x 4'L sections and dip them into your monster mud. Make sure your material is completely saturated.
16. Start from the bottom, staple your material down and pull tightly around your form. Make sure to staple on either side of your pool noodles to further define your twisted bark look.
17. To create the vines, take 3'sections of your fabric and, after you've coated them with monster mud, twist them and staple them in place.
18. Repeat this process for the entire tree and let it dry overnight.
19. Paint your tree with a base coat of black.
20. I used cheap craft paint thinned down 50/50 with isopropyl alcohol to airbrush the bark details.
21. Enjoy your creations.

[@HauntCollective365]

This DIY was featured on tonights episode of the Haunt Hour!! kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5zSf6GaaNqtoac

[@CarvalhoCreations]

Just watched it! Wow this is so cool! Thanks for the feature 🙏 glad to connect with more cool people in the haunt community! Definitely got a follower out of me. Keep up the awesome work!

[@teresastephens8422]

Fantastic tree!!! I'm so going to make this.

[@CarvalhoCreations]

Thank you and have fun with it.

[@larrysteele696]

nice job looked cool at the completion, as always great job.

[@CarvalhoCreations]

Thank you. We'll probably be making another one of these trees soon. I have a few new ideas on this. Thanks for watching!

[@MsSwitchblade13]

I haven't seen this method of making a spooky tree before. Nice work

[@CarvalhoCreations]

Thank you. I've seen quite a few spooky tree videos so I wanted to bring something a little different.

[@rufferstuff9148]

That would look great in any Halloween yard. Thanks for the material list.

[@CarvalhoCreations]

Thank you for the compliment and you are welcome.

[@knowyourjoe8826]

Have not seen this particular method of building a spooky tree before. Thanks for the parts list and instruction list and most importantly, Thanks for sharing.

[@CarvalhoCreations]

I'm trying to bring you guys some new techniques to try out. My pleasure I hope it helps.

[@knowyourjoe8826]

@@CarvalhoCreations It did. I enjoy learning new ways to to things. Even if that particular item my may not fit into our display at the moment, many techniques are applicable in other props or concepts. This particular prop is something that fits our current display.

[@CarvalhoCreations]

Right on glad to hear it. We'll be uploading more tutorials soon so keep watching 👀!

[@debbiewalsh1239]

Fantastic work thanks for the tutorial

[@CarvalhoCreations]

My pleasure. We'll be uploaded more tutorials very soon. Keep watching!!

[@debbiewalsh1239]

Looking forward to it

[@celsadelgadp9771]

You make everything look so easy you do amazing work love to watch your videos

[@CarvalhoCreations]

Thank you!!

[@nickvellanoweth3852]

Bravo!!! Good job!

[@CarvalhoCreations]

Thanks!

[@jessicacleaver8484]

awesome broooooooooo

[@CarvalhoCreations]

Thank you!!

[@ddaniels6845]

Great job. Looks so spooky.

[@CarvalhoCreations]

Thank you

[@lisawilson269]

Great job, love the video AND the tree

[@CarvalhoCreations]

Thank you so much!!

[@IRISHCROAT123]

Beautiful !!!!

[@CarvalhoCreations]

Thank you. I appreciate that.

[@margie6940]

Excellent!! Great video and thank you👍 for the list as well as instructions. I want to build a Halloween tree this year and yours is definitely doable. 🤗😄

[@CarvalhoCreations]

My pleasure and thank you. Yeah these monster mud projects are alot of fun and relatively easy to do.

[@andreamuniz9593]

Brasil

[@CarvalhoCreations]

Awesome! Thanks for watching.

[@culture13]

Spooky 👻

[@CarvalhoCreations]

Spooky indeed!

[@nicki5337]

Love this do you have a video of making the monster mud?

[@CarvalhoCreations]

Thank you. Not yet we'll be posting one very soon

[@jennslifeinhuntingtonwv2678]

Spooky🎃💀👻

[@CarvalhoCreations]

Thank you! 👻 🎃

[@WORLD-OF-MERLIN]

🎃

[@anthonycook4297]

Bravo👻🎃🙌🏽

[@CarvalhoCreations]

Thank you!

[@moonowl4912]

Beautiful job. Is this waterproof

[@CarvalhoCreations]

Thank you and I would say water resistant. I've actually had to store it outside for the last year and it's still in great condition despite the weather.

[@TheJoeFletch]

Another great video! What is your monster mud recipe?

[@CarvalhoCreations]

Thank you! I use 1 box of all purpose joint compound to gallon of latex paint. Make sure and pick a color that works for your project to avoid having to paint a base color after it dries.

[@TheJoeFletch]

@@CarvalhoCreations you use a pre mixed joint compound or powder/dry joint compound?

[@CarvalhoCreations]

A pre mixed. I'll be posting some KZbin shorts soon with tips and tricks I use when creating these props.

[@user-mu9yv1hb4n]

I know this is a bit late, but wanted to ask if anyone can tell me why you put in those chunks of pool noodles between the two large tubes please? Thanks

[@CarvalhoCreations]

Yeah no problem. So I added the pool noodle to create to create more of a twisted bark look. It just gave the tree way more character.

[@pedroresendemarcos]

Hi Carvalho, Thanks for the amazing work. Can you please tell me what is the monster mud equivalent in PT/BR?

[@CarvalhoCreations]

Hi there, sorry pt/br?

[@pedroresendemarcos]

@@CarvalhoCreations sorry by the name i assumed you were Portuguese or Brazilian. I love to see DIY crafts but there are always some materials that are different from what i can find.

[@CarvalhoCreations]

Right on and I am in part. All I use for the monster mud is 1 gallon regular latex house paint and 1 3.5 gallon box of joint compound.

[@pedroresendemarcos]

@@CarvalhoCreations Thank you for the help, i really appreciate.

[@CarvalhoCreations]

My pleasure brotha, have fun!!

[@shellyhaines70]

What cloth did u use?and what mixture for monster mud? Tia

[@CarvalhoCreations]

I used a regular table cloth but you can really use anything. The ratio for monster mud is 1 3.5 gallon box of joint compound to 1 gallon of latex paint.