I just pulled these out to put in my mudroom/entryway thing and had to share! I know it looks like it’s outside but my house is weird lol.
I made these for a themed movie party. I call my movie parties “Forbidden Movie Nights” and this time we watched Shrunken Heads (which is literally the most batshit insane movie I’ve ever seen) so the theme was voodoo.
I felt like shrunken Heads are pretty grizzly looking so I cutified them by making then neon and a little silly looking! They’re made from dollar tree plastic skulls, dollar tree neon colored spiderweb stuff, dollar tree bones, and press and seal. Then yarn and paint.
There was just something about the title of this project that made me think I wonder if RagingSloth made that, lol.
You really went all out for the movie night, which undoubtedly made it more fun for everyone! I like that you made the heads more cute than scary. There’s a nearby house with a giant skeleton in their yard - well okay, there are a lot of nearby houses with giant skeletons in their yards right now, but the skeleton at this one particular house looks like it has reddish orange mummified skin on it. And you’re right, it’s not pleasant. So, nice job of taking something grizzly and making it fun. Nice job all around!
I am very happy that my reputation is like this. Thank you!! Yes I feel like social gatherings are not just much less common but also a lot less effort is put in to make things special anymore. We wear casual clothes to major holidays and we use paper plates and things like that. So I wanted to make a fun gathering like this.
So cool. That bunting looks fabulous and your cookies super disturbing (in a good way).
I had a movie night with friends as well tonight! Though my decorations were less elaborate: a blow up mylar bat and a science-defying bone spider on the front porch. Both store bought.
But we did have lots of fun watching Hocus Pocus!
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What a fun craft!
I like themed parties. You can really go all out or just do a few simple things to get people in the mood to have a good time!
Dollar Tree has become one of my favorite places to find things to craft with. Mine is next door to the Chinese take out so while I wait for my food (I like ordering in person), I browse the Dollar Tree! ha
These are hilarious! There is no mistaking what they are, but your color choices have really “funned them up”! Using them as a bunting is genius: festive, but also a little bit sinister.
Omg the bone spiders and stuff drive me CRAZY. I saw a bone SNAIL this year and bone beetle.
And ya just GOTTA watch Hocus Pocus every Halloween. It’s mandatory.
Oh also I just realized it looks like this is outside my house but I wouldn’t put everyone’s hard work outside! Lol it’s in my mudroom thing. So just letting @AudiobookLover@AIMR and @TheMistressT and all know that if they have a a house it is safe!
Dollar tree is great for crafts!! I’m glad they finally got the hint and made a big craft section since people would go there and make do with the random stuff from all over the store.
That makes more sense! I hope that’s what the people who made these were thinking. Animal anatomy inaccuracies make me crazy for some reason. There is this platypus beanie baby I see everywhere and it’s missing it’s tail! It’s been like 10 years and they haven’t fixed it! But not just that, the original beanie baby from the 90s was ALSO missing a tail! I get so irrationally mad about it. I need to go see someone about this. Lol
WHen it comes to the animal skeletons available this time of year, I am the same. The octopus skeleton is even worse than the scorpion and spider skeletons, because at least those have an exoskeleton! I have decided, though, that I need more animal mummies in my Halloween decor and making some with these skeletons feels right/funny to me. The bone ears on the mammals makes me crazy, too!
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I guess the manufacturers guess correctly that most people don’t know osteology/anatomy even on the most basic level. I suppose the ear bones are needed for most to recognize the animal. To me, it just looks off. Scale as well has to come into play. I image a large rat skeleton could be very scary and mistaken for a lot of other animals.
It is super cringey to me that people don’t understand basic animal anatomy. I know I’m a weirdo and I know way too much about animals but the fact that people don’t know spiders and octopi don’t have bones is really infuriating. Sometimes I see people call an animal a different name on a thread or something on the Internet and that drives me nuts. Or when people mistake an art doll for a real animal. That stuff drives me equally as crazy.
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I totally get you! Spiders have 8 legs. Not 6. I would scream it from the rooftops if I could climb a ladder.
Thank you!! Yes I feel like social gatherings are not just much less common but also a lot less effort is put in to make things special anymore. We wear casual clothes to major holidays and we use paper plates and things like that. So I wanted to make a fun gathering like this. 
I get so irrationally mad about it. 
And the octopus. ,uuugghh. 
I know I’m a weirdo and I know way too much about animals but the fact that people don’t know spiders and octopi don’t have bones is really infuriating.