A Dollar Tree shopping trip supplied the pieces for a Halloween display: a silver-colored tray, a light bulb, steel-wool pads, napkins, and skeletal decorations. The bulb became a decorative object in the arrangement, not a working light.
Decorate the bulb and age the tray
I used Mod Podge with a Halloween napkin on the light bulb. Then I lightly painted the tray with black craft paint and rubbed it with steel wool. I wrapped pieces of the steel wool around the decorated bulb.
Add red paint and glue strands
I splattered a little red craft paint on the tray to suggest blood drips. I hot-glued the bulb to the tray, then drew thin strands of hot glue around it for a web-like effect.
Attach the hand and bone
A Dollar Tree skeleton hand was hot-glued beside the bulb, and I glued a bone across the tray.
Other Halloween displays
The Gothic Halloween mantel used more skulls, bones, and netting.
The napkin-covered pumpkins were another Mod Podge project.
The Deep Plum Halloween wreath brought the seasonal decorations outdoors.
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