That's using your noggin! It's Skull Surgery Makeover week and this one sports quite the hairdo with a philodendron and silk embellishments.
Some minor plastic surgery is all it takes to turn a Dollar Store skull into a skull planter....
On your Surgical tray you will need a drill and a hot knife. Only skilled folks like Dr. Graves should use tools like these ~ definitely no youngsters!
Definitely wear your safety glasses.
You will drill a pilot hole into the skull with a small drill bit...
...and that will allow you to make the rest of your cut with the hot knife. Use lots of care, follow the directions that come with the tool...
Hmmm... Looks like our client won't be needing this anymore...
So... add a layer of rocks inside the skull so your plant has good drainage. My Dollar Store skull already had a little drain hole, but if yours doesn't, just use a drill to make one. Just be sure to set your skull planter on a plate when you water.
Add a houseplant, a rubber rat, some silk Fall leaves and cattails, and this patient becomes quite handsome.
A Skull Planter!
Quite a looker, eh?
Quite a looker, eh?
Fabulous from every angle.
{She'd make a fun party hostess gift.}
{She'd make a fun party hostess gift.}
Looks even classier in glasses, don't you think?
She appears especially smart in your library.
Skull Surgery Makeover Week:
Day 1: Welcome to the Creepy Craftorium
Day 2: Skull Planter Tutorial {you are here}
Day 3: Golden Skull Desk Accessory Tutorial
{hold pencils, brushes and more!}
Day 4: pause for the Wildly Original Linky Party
Day 5: "Sugar Skull" Makeover tutorial {especially easy for kids}
Day 6: Glowing Skull Night Light ~ Phantastic Photos!
Day 7: Glowing Skull Light Tutorial
{I host a linky party every Wednesday. More info *HERE.* I'm sharing Skull Planter Tutorial from Surgery Makeover Week with these fine folks, whose links open on ~ Sunday: Sew Darned Crafty, I Should Be Mopping The Floor, Making Monday Marvelous, Brassy Apple, Craftomaniac, Alderberry Hill, Under the Table & Dreaming, Making the World Cuter ; Monday: Skip to my Lou, Cherished Bliss, Sugar Bee Crafts ; Tuesday: Not Just a Housewife, Elizabeth & Co., The DIY Dreamer, Tip Junkie's Tip Me Tuesday, Savvy Southern Style, What we Wore & Made, Uncommon, Gingersnap Crafts, The NY Melrose Family, Today's Creative Blog ; Wednesday: I Gotta Create! , All Star Block Party, The 36th Avenue, Live-Laugh-Rowe, Handy Man Crafty Woman, The Trendy Treehouse ; Thursday: Scissors & Spatulas, My Repurposed Life, Frugal Girls, Shabby Nest, Romantic Home, French County Cottage, Stuff & Nonsense ; Friday: Funky Junk Interiors, Happy Hour, Anything Goes, Finding Fabulous, My Simple Home Life, Tatertots & Jello, Thirty Handmade Days, One Creative Mommy ; Saturday: Be Different Act Normal, A Bouquet of Talent, Tutus & Tea Parties, Six Sisters Stuff, Sew Country Chick, DIY Showoff, Positively Splendid , Nifty Thrifty Things}
Join me Wednesdays at 7pm CST for
the Wildly Original Linky Party!
That is just too cute! Love the rat and the skull!
ReplyDeleteAdorable,.,well..,maybe I should say spooky! Either way, very creative way to use a skull.
ReplyDeleteOh that is a fun project! Love that you have a skull surgery laboratory and tools! Funny!
ReplyDeleteYou surely have a lot of patients - that's why you're a doctor!!
ReplyDeleteKelly
Paging Doctor Christina..... surgery STAT.
ReplyDeleteBliss
You've inspired me to make mine I got a skull for 25 cents at a garage sale and have been thinking about it. Now I just need a rat. Great job
ReplyDeleteHaha! YES! It does look even classier in glasses:)
ReplyDeleteThanks for linking up To Whimsy Wednesday!
Kelly
Smart! School {House}
http://www.facebook.com/SmartSchoolHouse
that is hilarious, and so super smart! i looove it with the glasses and in the library!
ReplyDeleteChristina, this is really great. So creative and original. I love this scull vase! It's so fun in fact, that I'd like to invite you to come link it up with us.... http://www.finecraftguild.com/party-35/ or choose the HALLOWEEN PARTY instead...
ReplyDeleteDefinitely classier with glasses :) I was scrolling through the links on not JUST a housewife and that picture made me smile. great job, it's very cute!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodnessssss I LOVE him! And I LOVE the surgery "tutorial" that you included :o) looks like you had some help!!! LOVE it! Thanks for the idea and inspiration and for linking up at happy hour! WE love seeing you there!!!
ReplyDeleteJaime from crafty scrappy happy
OH my gosh this is so creative! Your tutorial is even scary, it was so well done. This is definitely one of my favorite Halloween posts! Thanks for having fun with it. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for linking up to our Pretty Things party. Hope to see you back next week!
ReplyDeletegreat (creative) project, but I gotta say the glasses MAKE this thing!! love them!
ReplyDeletegail
I LOVE your skull planter! And a whole week of skull makeovers--oh yeah!
ReplyDeleteI'm really enjoying your site...stopping by from Craft-O-Matic Tuesday Link-Up
TracyAnn
www.crochethappy.com
This is so cute and unique!
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