Spooky Goat day nine! SPOOKY CRAFTS

mossygreen posted some pics said Sun, Oct 9th 2022 at 1:25am ET

SPOOKY CRAFTS

I always have plans for crafts and rarely get around to doing them. Many are for Halloween, most of them are not technically spooky (like, dipping pumpkin candles in colored wax and then carving through it to make them look like multi-colored gourds/heirloom pumpkins; that one may still happen if I FIND THE DAMN WAX DYE).

So all I have to show right now is a couple of caps I made a few years back, decorated with vintage pins: enter image description here

And this painted rock I found on a forest preserve walk this afternoon: enter image description here

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Lynnerizer said Sun, Oct 9th 2022 at 2:04am ET:

Cool! I’m excited to melt different color crayons over the top of a pumpkin that is painted white. If only I can remember what happened to that HUGE bag of broken crayons I was given.
I miss crafting SO DARN MUCH!!

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- @Lynnerizer That sounds GREAT! You could even sprinkle broken pieces under the melted wax to mimic heirloom gourd textures.
  
  mossygreen said Tue, Oct 11th 2022 at 1:58am ET
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mikey said Sun, Oct 9th 2022 at 9:08am ET:

Those caps are so cute!

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- @mikey Thanks! If you or someone you know crochet the pattern is here:
  http://allcraftsblogs.com/crochet_hat_patterns/cap_and_scarf_1969/cap_and_scarf_1969_crochet_pattern.html
  
  mossygreen said Tue, Oct 11th 2022 at 2:00am ET
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kjady said Sun, Oct 9th 2022 at 4:50pm ET:

Halloween 'mingos, skeletons, twine, and some hot glue.

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- @kjady Those are great.
  
  Kyeh said Sun, Oct 9th 2022 at 5:18pm ET
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- @kjady Are they racing or setting out on a quest?
  
  mossygreen said Sun, Oct 9th 2022 at 6:46pm ET
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- @mossygreen Your choice!
  
  kjady said Sun, Oct 9th 2022 at 6:49pm ET
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- @kjady
  Take it you live in fl or something lol
  
  Star2236 said Mon, Oct 10th 2022 at 11:10am ET
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- @kjady I have decided to assume that the two sharing a flamingo are a reference to the Knights Templar and that they are questing.
  /image knights templar seal
  
  mossygreen said Mon, Oct 10th 2022 at 1:01pm ET
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- @kjady Oh I love this SO much!
  
  SpoopySkeleton said Mon, Oct 10th 2022 at 2:12pm ET
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- @Star2236 Nah, I live in Nebraska.
  
  kjady said Mon, Oct 10th 2022 at 2:19pm ET
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phendrick said Mon, Oct 10th 2022 at 4:09am ET:

That rock – possibly Kiowa Art?
Maybe you should return it to the sacred burial grounds? Or risk having a headless Kiowa warrior come looking for it?

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- @phendrick It’s already been passed out to child as a school prize (not by me), who has in turn already reached out to the artist, and everyone is excited. So I hope there are no headless Kiowa warriors en route.
  
  mossygreen said Mon, Oct 10th 2022 at 1:37pm ET
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- @mossygreen
  I’m sure the recipient enjoyed it; I would have.
  
  BTW, as to the Kiowa, interesting people, but I’m at least 9.99% serious in any of my postings around here, in case anyone missed that.
  
  phendrick said Mon, Oct 10th 2022 at 2:03pm ET
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- @mossygreen @phendrick I found a painted rock in the park years ago and occasionally swapped it out. Then I found this:
  
  and it’s mine forever. I should paint something and replace it.
  
  sammydog01 said Mon, Oct 10th 2022 at 4:46pm ET
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- @mossygreen @sammydog01 Interesting; was that on a rock, canvas, or what?
  Any idea as to what that is above the subject’s left shoulder and/or ear?
  
  phendrick said Mon, Oct 10th 2022 at 5:56pm ET
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- @mossygreen @phendrick It was a tile. Are you talking about Freddy’s knife fingers?
  
  sammydog01 said Tue, Oct 11th 2022 at 9:58am ET
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- @mossygreen @phendrick I think is the back of the hat.
  
  speediedelivery said Tue, Oct 11th 2022 at 10:05am ET
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- @mossygreen @sammydog01 Ah! I didn’t recognize either the hand or that that was Freddy Krueger.
  
  (And I didn’t relate to the topic theme here.)
  
  phendrick said Thu, Oct 13th 2022 at 10:41am ET
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Thumperchick said Mon, Oct 10th 2022 at 11:14am ET:

Our spooky crafting is coming in the form of treats. I found a couple of rice crispies treat decorating kits at Aldi for the @puppycat. One is for pumpkins, the other for ghost-pops.

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sammydog01 said Mon, Oct 10th 2022 at 4:47pm ET:

@mossygreen Someone here is in possession (like me) of a paintable doll house from dollar night at Woot. Is it you? I keep meaning to do it up for Halloween but it’s still in the box. Maybe this year?

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phendrick said Mon, Oct 10th 2022 at 5:38pm ET:

For those putting pumkin out on your porch,
just so you know:
https://weather.com/science/nature/video/bear-porch-pirates-feast-on-pumpkins
And the riper they get, probably the tastier they’ll get – and provide more attractant scent.
Or, could be raccoons, possums, skunks, …
[At least have your cameras ready.

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- @phendrick On a related note, just how IGNORANT are people now-a-days??? [see till the end and read the inserted message]
  https://weather.com/science/nature/video/bison-hops-onto-yellowstone-boardwalk-full-of-tourists
  
  phendrick said Mon, Oct 10th 2022 at 5:41pm ET
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- @phendrick
  
  https://reddit.com/r/oddlyterrifying/comments/qm816x/naturally_carved_pumpkin/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
  
  sammydog01 said Tue, Oct 11th 2022 at 10:02am ET
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- @phendrick @sammydog01 Stupid twitter considers it “mature content” and wouldn’t show it to me unless I get the app. Hell with that - I found the image by googling the term, but wtf!
  
  Kyeh said Wed, Oct 12th 2022 at 10:23pm ET
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Kyeh said Wed, Oct 12th 2022 at 1:00am ET:

I got this when I was bumping Brainmist’s topic the other day

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- And then @yakkoTDI posted this in a Mediocretee poll:
  
  Kyeh said Wed, Oct 12th 2022 at 1:11am ET
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sammydog01 said Sat, Oct 15th 2022 at 11:54am ET:

I was traveling this summer and met the most delightful woman at a craft fair. She was a huge fan of cemeteries and Victorian lore. One of her crafts was tiny cemeteries made from old thrift store china.

Isn’t that adorable?

I’m stealing her idea and doing some stuff.

I need some more practice.

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- (I probably should have mentioned it’s a zombie hand because looking at the photos it’s not obvious.)
  
  sammydog01 said Sun, Oct 16th 2022 at 1:35pm ET
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- I did another one!
  
  Sculpey does indeed make glow in the dark clay. His eyes, teeth, and the tombstone glow. Because everything should glow.
  
  sammydog01 said Sun, Oct 16th 2022 at 1:37pm ET
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