Halloween garage door silhouette pattern

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I love Halloween, and I've been looking for an excuse to try out the Dremel tool my husband gave me. I thought an eerie Halloween scene covering my garage door would have a lot of impact. Rather than a standard cut-out pasted on, I wanted to add some extra spook factor by lighting it from behind. So a silhouette was a perfect choice. I'll apologize up front for the photography.

Halloween garage door silhouette pattern

Halloween Garage Door Silhouette by mcorbin. So my thought was, instead of using my garage door as a backdrop, I'd build a shadow box. My garage door has those little fancy windows. In a photo editing program, I combined all of the pictures that I liked that would fill the space in an interesting way. I got a copy of corel trace with my laser engraver. That allowed me to export the picture to a CAD format. In a CAD program, I scaled the size to match my shadow box dimensions. Then I sliced up the larger vector image into smaller panels that would fit nicely onto 4x8 sheets of plywood. Using the old shelving, I built a Shadowbox to fit the opening of my garage door. I had to give the white panels a couple of coats to thoroughly cover the wood grain pattern from bleeding through. NOTE: The cutouts are jagged.

This will help to avoid light seeping through the seams. Attach with floor cleats or make a wooden stand on the back side.

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Halloween Garage Door Silhouette by mcorbin. So my thought was, instead of using my garage door as a backdrop, I'd build a shadow box. My garage door has those little fancy windows. In a photo editing program, I combined all of the pictures that I liked that would fill the space in an interesting way. I got a copy of corel trace with my laser engraver. That allowed me to export the picture to a CAD format.

Halloween garage door silhouette pattern

I love Halloween, and I've been looking for an excuse to try out the Dremel tool my husband gave me. I thought an eerie Halloween scene covering my garage door would have a lot of impact. Rather than a standard cut-out pasted on, I wanted to add some extra spook factor by lighting it from behind. So a silhouette was a perfect choice. I'll apologize up front for the photography. These photos just don't do it justice. I wish I knew how to get better Halloween photos at night.

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It's not too difficult, but it does take some practice. My garage door has those little fancy windows. Purchase the black light hair spray at your local beauty supply store or department store. Next paint with black paint making sure to get all inside edges. The jagged edges made it seem more "Haunty". Can't wait for Halloween! See the links for further instructions. I thought the trees were going to be difficult, but they weren't too bad. The other thing that was a little different, was that I plugged in an LED flame bulb and set it down on the base of the shadowbox behind the cauldron. I didn't get a picture of that either. Use coarse sandpaper or the Dremel to sand off the rough edges.

What about the garage door?

I used 2 bulb strings of orange. Add a 3-D effect by making some of the bats in multiple layers to they stand off the garage door. Just their glow. Attach with floor cleats or make a wooden stand on the back side. Cut monster eyes out of neon poster paper and cut sharp teeth using foam board to create the illusion of an open monster mouth! View Contest. More by the author:. Or, if you'll be painting it black, you could draw it right onto the front, as any drawing lines will be covered by black paint. People will view this from at least 10 feet away, and probably more. Also, our garage door is an old wooden one, and we don't mind screwing things like this into it.