Halloween Birdhouse

Glenda Aldrich’s Halloween birdhouse also includes a spooky bat and a spider crawling in its web.

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Halloween Birdhouse
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Materials:

12" plastic cauldron
enamel acrylic paints: white, black, yellow, purple, burgundy, green, orange
acrylic paint for plastic: orange, green, purple, black, white, gray
assorted paintbrushes
V-shaped branch or 2 branches
black, white and yellow craft foam
2-1/2" plastic foam ball
1-1/2" plastic foam ball
1" plastic foam ball
1/4" purple acrylic jewels
5mm red acrylic jewels
birdhouse
small octagon-shaped wooden box
counter-sinking screw
staple gun and staples
high-temp hot-glue gun with black glue sticks
waterproof glue
2-3 black mouse pads
4 black chenille sticks (pipe cleaners)
small battery powered light
wooden plaque (slightly larger than birdhouse base)
16 lbs. of plaster of Paris dry mix
water
rags
safety glasses
sharp handsaw
drill with 1/8" bit
jigsaw
black rebar tire wire-#16
3' of 1/8" armature (soft aluminum) wire
4 sections of 5' of 14-gauge galvanized wire
toothpicks
scissors
craft knife
pliers