Wait. What I meant to say was the ugliest doll in the world. Not the most beautiful baby. Sorry. My mistake.
He/she looks quite disturbing. I am disturbed.
I was in my local thrift store looking for glass eyes for a Halloween project I'm working on and came across this gal. She's/he's a beaut, isn't she/he?
Plus she (we're gonna go with she from here on in) has a stretchy head.
The doll had the eyes I was looking for, but smaller than I wanted. I plunked down the change and took her anyway. I figured I could do something with her.
Something like this ...
Which left me with this ...
Which with the addition of a glow stick inside ... gave me this.
Onto the bookshelf she will go until Halloween night when she'll be set somewhere in the grass just off the path to my front door.
The lesson here ... I started out with one idea, and ended up with something entirely different. Quite frankly ... something better. Probably 2 of the creepiest Halloween decorations I've ever come up with.
So if you ever find yourself in a similar situation where you can't quite get what you want ... don't worry ... something better really will come along. You may not be as lucky as me ... finding a grungy, broken, hideous doll ... but something equally good will come to you.
I got the idea for glowing eyes from a glow stick off the same post on the Internet many of you have probably seen. It involves a toilet paper roll, cutting eyes out of it and setting a glow stick inside.
As far as I can tell the idea originated here.
I of course had to take it one step further.
One step closer to disturbed.
Janet
Expect any trick-or-treaters after 9pm.....the little ones will by-pass your house during the early shift, afraid they could be your next victim.
Good freakin' creepin' job, Karen.
Nancy Blue Moon
You are one sick chick honey..lol..I love Halloween creepy stuff..When we lived in town we did some awesome scary decorating..now that we live in the country we don't get any one for trick-or-treat..We miss the fun so much..Great job Karen..something so simple turned into so much creepiness..I may have to make one of the glowing eyes heads just for us to enjoy in the house at night..yeah..we are all kind of demented too when it comes to Halloween..HAHAHA..(that was a creepy scary laugh)
Dawna Jones
This is sick and what happens when you have no children. LOL!
ruth
the only merciful thing to do to that doll.
Lisa
That is really awesome!
Is that a voice box thing? Does it speak?
Nan Tee
And that is why I can't watch horror movies. Your glowing doll head ranks right up there with them. Good job, Karen! :)
Sarah In Illinois
Oh my God.
Love it.
Sarah A.
Creepy and fantastic! You've reminded me that I've really got to get started on my decorations!
Jake
I bet we hear on the 11pm news that a neighbourhood of kids are now in therapy for trauma. I think this is great and second the call for pics of your house all 'gussied up'
Sherri
You are totally warped and I love that about you. I'll have to send a photo of an animated Santa's elf doll that my hubby picked up as a gag gift at his work place. It looked slightly demented anyway and was holding a pretty real looking hand saw. When you flipped his on switch, his head moved back and forth and his arms/hands moved as if he were sawing something. We picked up a smallish baby doll with a stocking cap, attached the end of the hat to one of the elf's hands so it looked like he was sawing on the baby's head when his power was on. Used some red nail polish on the saw and strategic red splatters on the baby and the elf's apron front. All this for the birthday of one of our twisted friends. She proclaimed it to be her best b'day gift ever!
Marion
such a great idea! you are a woman of many talents. Do you get a lot of trick-or-treaters in your neighborhood?
mickey
In a word....awesome!!!
Beks
Thanks for the nightmares.
Lisa
You may have fewer little ones at your door on Halloween night with that possessed baby head in your front yard!
tracy
You are truly twisted, Karen. I love that about you:-)
Karen
Haha Love it!!!!
Lisa
Love this! I've been slowly trying to minimize the amount of "cutesy" Halloween stuff I have and move on to scarier and creepier. Time to hit up some thrift stores!
Karol
Ah, a woman after my heart! Love, love it. Who wouldn't. Seriously.
Mary Kay
Great job with the doll - and starting a project with one idea and ending up with something else - this happens to me all the time. Sometimes for the worse but usually for the better!!
We are so doing the toilet paper rolls and glow sticks - I have lots of bushes!!
Mary Kay
PS - I showed the hubby your chicken video last night - he loved it too!
pve
you shall now be named mummy dearest.
pve