Dave the Dead's Entry

One Pair of Skull Stack Lights

Materials:
2 Cans Greatstuff expanding foam @ $3.50 ea $7.00
1/2 Can Rustoleum Black Primer/Sealer (@ $2.50per can) $1.25
8 Flickering Candle Lights purchased on Xmas
Clearance @75%off ($0.96 ea regular price, $0.24 ea clearance) $1.92
2 6ft extension cords (@ $.079 ea) $1.58
Just a dab of 3 colors of Apple Barrel Acrylic Paints $0.50
3 Hotmelt Glue sticks $1.00
4 Wire nuts $0.32
1 Cranberry Candle $1.00

TOTAL MATERIAL COST $14.50

PROCEDURE:
I made 8 Greatstuff Skulls from a latex mold (yeild is around 4-5 skulls per can) I then arranged the skulls and tacked together with hotmelt glue. I then applied a small amount of greatstuff between the skulls to fuse each stack together. I cut the plugs off of the flickering candle lights, and arranged the candles on the stacks of skulls. I cut holes in the skull stacks, and poked holes clear thu to the bottom to thread the cords thru. Then I glued the candles in place with Hotmelt glue. With the cords extending out the bottom, I wired each set of cords together and spliced to the extension cords with wire nuts. Each skull stack was then painted with flat black primer/sealer. I then drybrushed the black skulls with acrylic paints, mixing paints as necessary to get the desired effect. When dry, I melted cranberry candle wax down the candlesticks and onto the skulls.