Halloween Tombstones

This year I wanted to add more Halloween things to our garden & thought I would have a go at making my own & plus help to keep the cost down when decorating the garden & hopefully should last longer then some of these shop brought ones.

I started with a thick piece of an old chipboard shelf which was in my husbands garage which I gave a coat of white undercoat.

I then attached some rope with small tacks . 

I had a polystyrene circle which came from a pizza base & the mask I got from the works for £1.

I filled the back of the mask with newspaper & then screwed on & then added some more rope around this. 

Once everything had been glued & tacked down in place I them  used black acrylic paint all over the tomb . 

 The next and final steps was to lightly sponge over the tombstone  acrylic grey & sliver metallic paint .
I'm pleased with my first attempt with the tombstone & will be posting more things that I've made all this week so stay tuned in for more DIY Halloween projects.