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carving foam, creepy tree, DIY, Eerieville, foam, halloween, Haunt, haunted attraction, haunted trail, sculpting, sculpting in foam, skeleton tree, skull, skulls, styrofoam, tree
It’s time to reveal another creepy tree for the haunt! Woohoo! Just in case you missed it, here’s the first one. This one was kind of a different process. I used the corners from the first block of foam that I’d trimmed off to shape the original tree. I glued them together, then sculpted a bunch of skulls from some other waste pieces of foam from that first tree. Then I got messy. I adhered the skulls to the core with spray foam, and once that had dried, covered the whole thing with foam coat. Then I slapped a few layers of paint on that bad boy and now we’ve got ourselves another fun set dressing!
Because I love you dearly, I documented the process along the way:

On the right, you see just the foam core, skulls, and spray. On the left, you see the foam coat that’s applied on top.

First, I painted the whole thing dark brown.

Then I added lighter browns and greens on top to make it look more like bark and bring out the skulls.
These are so cool!
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Thanks!!
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Very nice! And also creepy!
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Lol, thank you!
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This is the second time I’ve seen you make magic out of art supplies “leftovers.” (And I’m new here so I’m sure this is a habit)
Not only is are the creepy trees amazing, but loved seeing several of the key steps along the way. Makes me want to visit your sip and paint studio.
Keep creating!
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Thanks! I can’t stand waste, so I’m always trying to find ways to use the leftovers. I still have a TON of styrofoam waste that I haven’t been able to bring myself to throw out but haven’t found a use for yet…
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Stunning. The detail in this is incredible!
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Thank you! They’re kind of fun, kind of a pain, but definitely a challenge since I’m still learning!
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