Easy Last Minute Halloween Projects

**Updated for 2021

New funny headstones to make for the yard Funny Headstones or how about trying a little Halloween mixed media art Halloween Mixed Media Journal Page maybe yarn crafts are more your thing. Join me in trying out this Skullflake crochet pattern

Decorate the front of the garage with these easy grave markers with funny epitaphs. Funny Halloween epitaphs for your mausoleum

Make your Own Halloween Gravestones for your yard
Decorate your graveyard with these awesomely scary headstones - full detailed tutorial

DIY Paper Doll Costume
DIY Paper Doll costume and makeup

Make a coffin prop for Halloween
Add this spooktacular coffin prop to your yard with these easy to follow plans

Fill your yard with DIY upcycled zombie babies
Or recycle your kid's old dolls into zombie babies. Add a plate of brains and fingers and you will get your neighbors talking.

DIY man eating plant prop
This DIY man-eating plant prop with added drool will surely scare all your little visitors.

Are you looking for a last minute Halloween costume? This is by far my most popular Halloween post.

DIY Crayola Costume

Adding rotting flesh to a dollar store prop has never been easier with this quick tutorial.
How to add rotting flesh to a Halloween Dollarstore prop

DIY guillotine prop for Halloween

This static guillotine prop is sure to get your visitors talking. The addition of some red paint gives the illusion that is instrument has been recently used and the head hole is big enough for photo ops for the kids.

Best dressed zombie family 2 years in a row, so I thought I would give you a little tutorial on how I did up my little man's eye to look like he was shot. Very Gruesome.

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UNDER PAINTING IN WATERCOLOR - Grisaille underpainting technique

I chose to use a grisaille technique for the painting of this old man in watercolor. Grisaille is an old technique oil painters used to develop a monochromatic value study, kinda like a road map for your painting. This later served as a base for the addition of transparent layers of color. For this painting, I chose to use a limited palette of dioxazine purple, Naples yellow, alizarin crimson for the face with a pop or 2 of transparent orange and green gold at the end. **This is not a palette I would choose again and here's why. Naples yellow doesn't pack any punch and is opaque. This is not a great mix when you need to cover or mute the purple. Diox purple is also strong stainer, making it difficult to remove pigment. Sometimes this is ok, but didn't really help on this piece. I started this gentleman with an ink sketch that can be found in my Strathmore watercolor 400 series journal. I love the quality of paper in this journal but I wish it wou...

Granite tabletops

Well not really I have a fully stocked canvas corner.. but I just wanted to switch it up a bit. In our home we are all about the 3 r's. Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle so when these off cuts of granite used for counter tops were dropped off at the bin at my husbands work he called and asked if I would be interested. Well I am always up for a challenge. These are 2 garden table tops. The black one is in my little corner of the garden and the pinky one is a thank you gift for all the perenials she filled my garden with this spring. :) She has no idea she is getting it but cant stop talking about the one in my garden. I cant wait to see her face.

Drawing an African Girl in a Turban step by step

Thank you for stopping by for another step-by-step tutorial on how I drew this African girl in a turban. I am not a traditionalist when it comes to drawing. I don't use any fancy tools or grids, gosh I don't even use a pencil, actually using a pencil or eraser has become a hindrance instead of a help. I start and finish all of my work in pen and upside down. Most of us have read or should have Betty Edwards Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain on their to-read list, well one of the most valuable lessons she teaches is flipping your work upside down. You trick your eyes into actually seeing what is in front of you and not what you think you see. Your mind is much better at picking up spatial changes, angles, and values much better when your mind doesn't label an object. As you see from the following example I keep my lines loose and flowing and I develop the overall shapes and form of my subject. At this stage, I am not worried about the details just the of the ...

Eclectic Studio - Tammy Morrison-Koenig

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