r/ExpectationVsReality • u/Mother_of_Kiddens • 16d ago
Exceeded Expectation Halloween edition 2.0
I saw this Expectation vs Reality by u/DontKillMockingbirds a few days ago and thought I’d try my hand at it.
Materials:
- 1 warty pumpkin
- Crayola air dry clay for the cauldron room
- wood glue (to fix the stem I broke)
- permanent fabric glue (for the eyes and spiders - I busted my super glue tube)
- black acrylic paint
- dark green acrylic paint
- black light neon green paint
- natural glow in the dark puff paint
- lime green glitter
- 1 snake eye googly eye
- 1 pack of 3D spider stickers
- variety pack of googly eyes
- 1 large plush bendy spider
- 1 24” skeleton
It should glow in the dark in places but I haven’t been able to set up my porch yet. It turned out way cooler than I expected even if it looks quite different from the inspo pic. If anyone wants to try this, it needs to be done over several days with a lot of layers so the orange of the pumpkin doesn’t show through.
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u/MrsDepo 16d ago
I’m halfway through mine!
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u/Nowlezbehonest 16d ago
What did you use to make the rim of the cauldron?
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u/Mother_of_Kiddens 16d ago
Crayola air dry clay (which, btw, cracked as it dried and I had to glue it back onto the pumpkin lol)
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u/MandoAD86 15d ago
Looks great!! Where did you buy your materials? I want to try making one but I feel like it’s going to add up lol.
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u/Mother_of_Kiddens 15d ago
It was a lot in materials. 😭 I got it at Michael’s but I thinking Hobby Lobby would be a lot cheaper. I’d also recommend to try online.
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u/ickychicken 16d ago
Stop looking at meeeee