Plants

Here they are. The first 18 mini peek-a-boos.

I would love to come out and find them with my other plants on my porch each morning.

I decided to make an entire gallery in the Art Ghoullery just for my plants. If I ever get around to building for this year's Halloween, there should be more to come.

As you know, me and my black thumb have been working on 28 Peekaboo mini plants. Well, 27 (I spoke too soon when I said I had enough to finish them all in my last post).

Yesterday was spent securing the styrofoam bases and stems to the pots using newspaper strip mache.

Once that dried and all the items were stable, I applied toilet paper mache to the sections of wire that were wrapped around the stem. I didn't want them jostling position when I got to the more delicate task of creating the foliage.

Now that the book is done, I can get back to prop making. One of the final things I'll be making for the Festival of Fear is a collection of 28 mini peekaboo plants.

I spent the morning cutting out circles of styrofoam to fill the base of each pot. I gathered some sturdy little branches for the stem support, and - while standing in my diningroom - used hedge clippers to cut them down to size. Nothing like chasing after projectile bits of tree launched off garden tools first thing in the morning.

Luckily, Yetch was still sleeping at this point.

They say imitation is the highest form of flattery. If this is true, I am humbled by the flattery that has come as a result of my Peek-A-Boo Plant prop.

The first came from KellieG on Haunt Forum. She used ivy leaves for her plant.

The second (seen later in this post) can be found on Haunt Space by Spookymulder76.

I think they are just great, and I love seeing someone else's interpretation of the same item.

If you have done your own version of Peek-A-Boo, I would love to know about it. Send me a picture or a link and (with your permission) I will add it to this post.

And hey, let me know if you happen to spot one too! Added Sept 17th 2008: by ghost37.