Mini Halloween Collectible

"Come forth and join the pleasure throng,
Forget your sorrow and forget your wrong,
In one glad hour of joyous song,
To honor Hallowe'en!"

Materials/Tools Required:

Soldering wire
Paperclay
Orange acrylic paint
Grey acrylic paint
Brown acrylic paint
Black acrylic paint
Oregano leaves or artificial grass
Toothpick/stylus
Matchstick
Black ink pen or marker
Clear drying glue

   STEP 1: To make the spooky dead tree, twirl the soldering wire about 8 times height of about 6.5cm.
    Then pull open some of the wires for the root and branches of the tree. Paint the tree with black acrylic
    paint and let it dry completely.

STEP 2: Roll clay into tiny balls smaller than the size of a pea. Use a toothpick/stylus to make grooves for the pumpkins. Insert a tiny piece of soldering wire for the stems. Let the pumpkins dry completely and then paint them with orange acrylic paint. Paint the stems with brown acrylic paint. Once the paint has dried, draw a pumpkin face on carefully.

STEP 3: Knead a little grey acrylic paint onto the clay and shape a tombstone. Once the clay dries, write the words “RIP”. Cut a matchstick to make a wooden cross.

STEP 4: Sculpt a clay ghost by rolling first rolling a tiny carrot shape. Then press top portion of the carrot shape out making it look like a skirt which would form the base of your ghost. Roll 2 more tiny carrot shapes and attach to your ghost for the hands. Press it into the ghost body. To smooth any cracks or fingerprint marks, stroke the clay by dabbing little water onto your fingers. Once you are satisfied with your sculpted ghost, let it dry completely. Use a black ink pen to draw 2 tiny dots for the eyes.

STEP 5: Roll a ball of clay and flatten it to make the base for your collectible. Push the dead tree slightly at an angle into the clay base. Now let the base dry. Apply glue all around the base and sprinkle oregano leaves completely covering the base. Let the base dry completely. Then glue on the pumpkins, tombstone, wooden cross and ghost onto the base carefully.

Happy Halloween

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