Zombie and Ghost

After I made the Zombie cheerleader, I thought I should do at least one boy version of a zombie.  I had a lot of fun making her ugly/cute face.  This guy was just as much fun as the cheerleader, though I maybe not so clever. 

 

He is dressed in too-short black pants and a grey and black striped shirt, all sculpted from clay.  Somewhere along the way, he lost his shoes!  But he picked up a little friend along the way.  The ghost has a head made from clay, and then I draped him with cheesecloth and tied it with a bit of baker's twine.  I soaked the whole thing in some watered down black paint to give it an aged appearance.

 

He has a skull-and-crossbones belt buckle and a crepe paper collar.

 

A detail of his face.  He has creepy eyes that are rimmed in red and I gave his pale flesh a wash of black paint to give him that fresh-from-the-grave look.  He has a wild bit of black wool roving hair.

 

Those of you who are drawn to the cuter side of Halloween probably won't be to taken with these zombies.  But I think they are sort of fun and different.

 

You can find Zombie and Ghost in my etsy shop.

 

Stay tuned!  More fabulous Halloween spooks are coming!

Lisa



Go, Zombies!!

I honestly don't know where I come up with these ideas sometimes! 

I was lying in bed one morning, wide awake before the alarm went off.  (I have a strict policy of not getting out of bed until the alarm goes off if I can help it. LOL!)  My brain was already in full 'work' mode, thinking of all the fun and frightful characters I could make for this Halloween season.  Zombies popped into my mind, and through stream of consciousness, a Zombie cheerleader!  WHAT?!?  Where did that come from? 

Not one to run away from an unusual idea, I went for it.  And this is how she turned out:

 

She is dressed in a classic cheerleading uniform:  a white sweater with a felt 'Z' for Zombies and a crepe paper collar, a black pleated skirt, all trimmed with stitched grosgrain ribbon.  Her little saddle shoes even have tiny striped shoelaces! 

 

 

Of course, she had to have pompoms!  These are handmade (after about 4 tries) from black and white crepe paper and tied to her wrists with black wire.

 

 

I love her face!  I think this is probably about as cheery as a Zombie gets.  Her pale flesh is accented with paint to give her that just-risen-from-the-dead look.  Her wool roving hair is tied into pigtails with tiny ribbon.

 

It was really fun working on something other than a witch or a mummy or a ghost.  (Not that I don't love doing those characters as well!)  I love the path my creativity takes me on! 

 

What on your agenda for the day?  Me?  I'm making more Halloween dolls! 

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope the Zombie didn't scare you!

Lisa

 

OH--Go, Zombies! is now available in my etsy shop, here.