2022 PROJECT NO. 2 -- HALLOWEEN OWL...

Post by **Howard** » Sun Aug 28, 2022 4:37 pm

Greetings to all...

Here’s one more Halloween theme project…it’s based on many images of “vintage Halloween owl clip art” on the internet…there are hundreds (more like thousands) of design variations for inspiration…any owl outline and front details will work…

Just a few notes…

the moon is a disk of yellow glittered card stock…

the eyes are transparent yellow office file folder gently sanded with fine sandpaper to make translucent…the pupils are black card stock with a pie shape cutout…for more light diffusion, I backed up the yellow file folder with ordinary waxed paper…super glue was sparingly used to assemble the pieces…

I made the spacer block out ready-to-assemble furniture foam packing…and edge banded with thin cardboard…

A black fine point ballpoint pen plus sharp and broad point permanent markers were used for the face and feathers…

The feet were cut from yellow card stock with permanent marker details…

I think all the other parts are detailed on the patterns and the pictures…the patterns will be posted shortly...

Stay tuned…there may be one more Halloween project similar to the jack-‘o-lantern Irecently posted...

Howard…

Post by **Howard** » Sun Aug 28, 2022 4:40 pm

Here are the pattern sheets for the owl...I'll post a picture of the owl illuminated with the tea light later...

Apologies for not being able to send patterns as PDFs...scanner not working right now...

Howard...

Post by **Lee** » Mon Aug 29, 2022 5:40 am

Howard, I love this!!! Just the right amount of spooky, creepy but not scary!

Post by **Howard** » Mon Aug 29, 2022 9:27 am

Here's the owl illuminated with a tea light...

my screen shows a distorted image of the finished owl...I'll fix or perhaps it's just my monitor...

Post by **maria** » Mon Aug 29, 2022 10:15 am

I love love love this!

Post by **Lynn** » Mon Aug 29, 2022 11:27 am

This is a great owl Howard, I love the way it lights up!!

Clinton · Post by **Clinton** » Mon Aug 29, 2022 6:15 pm

Awesome project Howard! So-- how do you mount that light in the back to illuminate your owl? I guess my IQ isn't high enough to figure it out!

Post by **Howard** » Mon Aug 29, 2022 6:37 pm

Clinton wrote:Awesome project Howard! So-- how do you mount that light in the back to illuminate your owl? I guess my IQ isn't high enough to figure it out!

The top part of the oval hole shape area let’s the big part of tea light go through…then tea light drops down and the smaller base of the bulb settles into the lower part of the hole…the light is wedged in between the small part of the bulb and the cardboard…it works for me…give it a try…

Howard…