Introduction: Skull Lamp

You want a creepy lamp to light up your halloween nights? This is your project!

You will need!:

  • No baking clay.
  • A clean pot.
  • Red candles.
  • Molding tools.
  • Water.
  • Fake nails and scissors.
  • Black eye shadow and a make up brush. (Optional.)

Step 1: Let´s Begin!

  1. Cut the clay in strips.
  2. Apply the stips on the pot and go tapping and pressing until it´s all covered.
  3. Wet your fingers with water an smooth the surface.

Step 2: Create the Holes

  1. With a toothpick trace the main lines of the skull desing.
  2. Remove the clay from the eyes, the nose and the mouth.

Step 3: Sculpting Time!

  1. Mold the clay in little tubes with your hands.
  2. Place them around the eyes and the nose.

Step 4:

  1. Create 2 little balls.
  2. Place them next to the nose.

Step 5:

  1. Add a tube of clay down the eyes.
  2. And one big tube under the nose.

Step 6: Prepare and Add the Tooth.

  1. Take the nails.
  2. Cut them in the right shape.
  3. Place them on the mouth.

Step 7:

  1. Smooth the surface with the sculpting tool.
  2. Let it dry at least 24 hours.

When the clay is dry, it will be cracked, witch is perfect for halloween!

Step 8: Let´s Decorate!

  1. With the black eye shadow, paint around the eyes, the nose and down the bones.
  2. Take a candle and let the hot wax fall over the top of the pot.

PD: The nice thing of adding wax its that it will be moving and falling if you put a candle inside.

Step 9: Add a Candle or a Light!! and You Are Done!

Clay Contest 2016

Participated in the
Clay Contest 2016

Halloween Decor Contest 2016

Participated in the
Halloween Decor Contest 2016

Lamps and Lighting Contest 2016

Participated in the
Lamps and Lighting Contest 2016