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Sugar Skull Candle Holder

Halloween clearance put to good use!

I found these candle holders after Halloween at a Goodwill for .65 cents each! They were horrible and ugly... so I thought that I'd update them for my skull themed swap partner on another craft site :)

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Since the skulls were made of plaster, I used a sharp knife to scrape away the price tags and to reshape the skulls a little.
The skulls were meant to be scary looking so they had fake cracks and really sharp features... So I scraped them until they looked much more soft and friendly :)

I did a base coat of white for the sugar skull look...

Then I painted the eye sockets and candle holes black....
I used the paint to paint on swirls, dots, and flowers...

Then I used the permanent markers to outline the designs and to add the little stripes around the top and jaw line and teeth.

Using the mod podge, I glued glitter to the teeth, and the jaw line for a little "bling."

Then I sealed both of the skulls in clear spray sealer!

*note about sealer*
be careful with this stuff... Mine went on a little thick and had some drips on the back... They aren't terribly noticeable.. but it still annoyed me!

Thanks for looking :)

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katie

May 29th, 2008 12:05

wow they're beautiful!

FoxesinBoxes

May 29th, 2008 12:39

What an improvement!
I would have never have thought to make them sugar skulls, good idea

Cat Morley

May 29th, 2008 13:14

Those are gorgeous, I love sugar skulls :)

Polly

May 29th, 2008 13:25

These are AMAZING! Lucky swap partner!

Nicky love's cupcakes!

May 29th, 2008 15:53

kewlio!!! I totaly love it!!!! ^.^

skettio's

May 29th, 2008 19:04

drop dead gorgous (i have horrible humor)

Lady Lolita

May 30th, 2008 05:26

FANTASTIC!

Kat P.

May 30th, 2008 12:38

Awesome!! I've always wanted to something like this, but couldn't figure it out!

MIHO

May 31st, 2008 06:40

Whoa! Stunning! I love the colors, they're so psychedelic <3

Emily

June 1st, 2008 13:57

i love them,

that was a really good idea

queenfairypants

June 4th, 2008 10:29

those are really beautiful I love sugar skulls cuz skulls arent very nice to look at but then sugar skulls look nice with all the colour and pattern, like two different concepts brought together.