Peekaboo Pods: Part 1

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.

Each one has been topped with a styrofoam ball (almost had a heart attack when I thought I didn't have enough. There are few things more irksome than finally getting into the groove of a project only to realize you don't have the materials to continue).

Next step is to attach branches and smaller eyeball blooms.

I will confess, I am not looking forward to the amount of toilet paper mache this will call for.

Updated later in the day:

It takes a surprising amount of time to wrap wire around a stem and push two tiny styrofoam balls onto it.

A shocking amount of time.

The next update will show the mache stage. Not sure when I'll get to that.