Watch
the video here.

As
I was looking through some images online of Halloween decorations for
real front porches I ran into several different designs of windsocks
for the holiday. I remember how much fun the ghost one was that we
made on the channel in the past so I decided to pick one and make it
for this week’s tutorial. There were a lot of choices but the
monster one was just so cute I had to go with him today. And besides
it was a great excuse to play with some of the metallic paints I
recently picked up.

The
main part of the windsock is just a strip of medium weight card-stock
that I cut to ¾” by 3” I just used some that was leftover from
one of the Cricut projects we have done.

I
then painted both sides of the strip with some of the Metallic Lime
Green paint, of course you could use a regular lime green paint or
any green color you want for this. Paint both sides of the strip and
allow to dry completely.

Next
we need to add the streamers to the bottom of the windsock. I like to
use embroidery floss for this. For a windsock this size I like to use
about 12 streamers and I cut them 3” long. This time I decided to
alternate black and dark purple. The real ones had a variety of
colors, some were the same green as the main part, some were black
but a couple had the mix of black and purple and since purple is my
favorite color I had to choose that combo. To cut the floss I wrap it
around a piece of cardboard that is 3” wide then cut at each side
where it bends around the cardboard. That is the easiest way I have
found to cut multiples the same length.

Now
wrap the painted strip around the barrel of a marker (I use a
Sharpie) and mark just where the point is where it will start to
overlap. We want to just add the streamers to the layer against the
pen barrel.

Now
lay a bead of glue to the edge of the strip at the bottom edge on
that area that will be against the marker and add the streamers. This
is much easier than it looks on the video if you aren’t trying to
stay under a camera and can just add the pieces it is pretty quick to
do. Once the streamers are in place add another bead of glue over the
ends of the streamers and pat everything down so it makes really good
contact with the strip of card-stock. Allow this glue to dry
completely before the next step.

Start
by wrapping the strip of card-stock around the marker to make it
start to curve. Then add glue like I did in the video and carefully
wrap the strip around the marker to create the windsock. Most of the
time I find it I hold the end in place for about a minute it will
stay just fine. If it wants to come unwrapped just add a small rubber
band to hold it in place. (mine stayed just fine even with the paint
on the surface) Allow the glue to dry.

Now
the fun part starts we get to add the features. I like to start at
the top with his hair. For this I used some of the black metallic
paint but any black will work just fine. Add a narrow kind of crooked
band of paint at the very top of the windsock then use something with
a point (I used a toothpick) to pull down points of his hair. Then
allow this dry so it doesn’t smear as we work on his face.

Next
up add the whites of his eyes by dipping something like the handle of
paint brush into white paint and making 2 nice big eye balls. Allow
to dry.

Now
for some personality. I started with a tiny dotting tool and added a
mouth and a scar with the same black paint I used for the hair. Then
changing to a larger dotting tool add a black dot to each eye. Where
those eyes are placed will really affect his personality so think
about how you want your monster to look. Now let this paint dry.

Now
we can add a string to hang him up with. I just cut some of the same
black embroidery floss to about 5” long and glued the very ends to
the inside on each side at the top of the windsock. You can adjust
the length of the string depending on where you are going to hang
him.

Allow
the glue to dry and he is ready to hang on the porch of the
dollhouse.

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