Painted Skulls

In a dollar store nearby I found these really cheap black sugar skulls and I thought it would look nice to paint them with 3D glitter paint, that I bought in a craft store. But when I started painting the skulls, the paint turned out to be white. Also great, I thougt.

Then came the picturing part. Suddenly the skull I painted first, didn't wear white paint at all anymore. The paint I bought turned out to be a sort of glue (nowhere to be found clearly recognizable on the packaging) and after drying up, only the glitters remained. Could be nice, except that my skulls are black, which is not a great background for glitters that have to stand out.

So, here are the skulls before the glue dried up.  



And after.



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Comments

  1. Wendi@H2OBungalowOctober 28, 2015 at 3:21 PM

    These are super creative. I love all the designs you added to the skulls..such a good way to to upcycle:)

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  2. memorial garden benchesOctober 29, 2015 at 7:31 AM

    Oh wonderful! Looks like a character in "The Book of Life" movie!
    I love what you did on the skulls. Lovely! Thanks for shring!

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  3. lorraines resources and rewardsOctober 30, 2015 at 3:09 AM

    love what you did to them liz so cool will have to try this next year have a great halloween

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  4. UnknownNovember 3, 2015 at 4:20 AM

    How cool & spooky! Thanks for linking up to Merry Monday! Sharing on our Mm Pinterest Board & My Halloween Board! Have a great week!
    Kim

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  5. UnknownNovember 3, 2015 at 10:51 PM

    these are so cool! love them!

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  6. MimiNovember 9, 2015 at 2:58 AM

    Hi Liz. I featured your skulls at Five Star Frou-Frou this week. Thanks for linking up! Mimi xxx

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  7. AnonymousNovember 9, 2015 at 8:53 AM

    These skulls look great! I bet they were a ton of fun to decorate! Thanks for sharing at Submarine Sunday!!

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