One of the scenes I remember vividly from season 2 of Stranger Things is the rotting pumpkin patch. My love of pumpkins bias might be showing, but that was a very creepy prop to me. So of course, that was where I went. Plus, it ties into the idea of the demodogs emerging from the underground there. Now, it was pointed out to me at some point that I could use real rotting pumpkins. True. Cheaper. Less work involved. However. Smell--yick. Clean up--yick. Possible kids who think it would be okay to kick the rotting pumpkins, leading to more clean up--ugh. So I'm left with making fake pumpkins. Buying them is super expensive--they're like $25 each. So instead, I got some round bowls at the dollar tree (for weight and for a base) and some of the old reliable great stuff foam. I also got some large 16" balloons to provide a base for the foam that I could then pop.
Putting the foam on was difficult at first--it got easier once I got a rhythm and remembered to have a light touch with the foam. And of course, they're not
exactly pumpkin looking--you kind of have to be assuming they are pumpkins anyways. But I'm intending to add some vines and such to help the illusion along. I sprayed them with a combo of a light orange with highlights of a neon orange. I might do a sealant coat later when I do the demo dogs, but these are essentially done. I'll add a yard stake to the bottom so that they don't blow away in the inevitable wind, but yeah, done. And onto the next project!
One of the scenes I remember vividly from season 2 of Stranger Things is the rotting pumpkin patch. My love of pumpkins bias might be showing, but that was a very creepy prop to me. So of course, that was where I went. Plus, it ties into the idea of the demodogs emerging from the underground there. Now, it was pointed out to me at some point that I could use real rotting pumpkins. True. Cheaper. Less work involved. However. Smell--yick. Clean up--yick. Possible kids who think it would be okay to kick the rotting pumpkins, leading to more clean up--ugh. So I'm left with making fake pumpkins. Buying them is super expensive--they're like $25 each. So instead, I got some round bowls at the dollar tree (for weight and for a base) and some of the old reliable great stuff foam. I also got some large 16" balloons to provide a base for the foam that I could then pop.
Putting the foam on was difficult at first--it got easier once I got a rhythm and remembered to have a light touch with the foam. And of course, they're not exactly pumpkin looking--you kind of have to be assuming they are pumpkins anyways. But I'm intending to add some vines and such to help the illusion along. I sprayed them with a combo of a light orange with highlights of a neon orange. I might do a sealant coat later when I do the demo dogs, but these are essentially done. I'll add a yard stake to the bottom so that they don't blow away in the inevitable wind, but yeah, done. And onto the next project!
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