Saturday, September 10, 2016

Bat Shadow Box

My new years resolutions include crafting six times this year for my blog. Other than the clock, I have not crafted once.  That is, up until now.  The Halloween crunch is on and a years worth of projects are being churned out in the next four weeks.  One of my goals was to make more shadow boxes like the little frog I put together last year.  Inspired by Cat Winterfox at Spooky Moon, I went on the hunt for something to showcase in a  shadow boxe. 

 I found just the thing at JoAnns - a plastic bat skeleton dying for a make over.  First off, the skeleton got a paint job consisting of a coat of black followed by a dry brush with buttermilk and then rubbed with an antiquing wax.  I cut a base board and covered it with cheap gray creepy cloth  (dollar tree) using a spray adhesive. I made a little box from wood scraps in the garage and a frame from the trim leftover from the kitchen remodel.  Everything got a coat of black chalk paint, distressed with sandpaper and rubbed with brown antiquing wax .  A little wood glue holds it together and a chain to hang it completed the job!














8 comments:

  1. That looks really cool. Something I think I could pull off so I ask why the chalk paint? Is it for texture or just effect? I'm not very crafty but I might try something like this.

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    1. Well I happened to have a whole big bottle of black chalk paint so I used it to save money. I think you could use any paint you wanted Bob.

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  2. Thats a really good idea for those bat skeletons!

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    1. I have been looking for other skeletons too - I think a snake would be amazing. The whole spider thing - I don't get that. Arthropods wear their skeletons on the outside so a spider skeleton would just be a spider so I can't mount that. A lizard would be cool.

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  3. beautiful work- love the antique effect you did, really makes it look authentic

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    1. Thanks - chalk paint is great for distressing and it soaks up the antiquing wax.

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