Gingerbread Zombies

Been making Christmas ornaments.

Halloween is never over.

Usually after I finish my scarecrow I'm so over it that I stop building until the next year. Something changed this time.  I don't want to stop. The following are both 100% paper mache.  I've got several ideas in the works and can't wait to get started.

My Zombie Hunter and his gear

New corpsing technique

This weekend I decided to try using paper clay as an alternative to latex. Here is the result

Coming home

I'm sure that my actions will be viewed as that of a sore loser, but it is simply not the case. I am bringing my scarecrow home early because finances are tight and we cannot afford an extra trip to Knoxville, and I worked way too hard on this one to leave it.

2013 winners

Construction info and pics

This years entry is made from 100% recycled/repurposed materials.  The pumpkin is paper mache, both strip and clay, the goblin has a heat shaped Hawaiian punch jug as the form for it's body, the rest is paper mache.

2013 scarecrows in the park