CAST PLASTER MASK PLANTERS......Say that 3 times fast!

 CAST PLASTER MASK PLANTERS:

I love anything that you can use as a mold.  When I saw these 

Halloween masks the first thing I thought of was how to use them to cast

 something in plaster of Paris. Well, the results were 

terrific and it makes my boring garden pots, well, spectacular.

YOU’LL NEED:

Halloween masks that you can fill with plaster

Tape

Plaster of Paris 

Tile adhesive calking

Plastic or Terracotta pots

Goop Glue or E-6000

Hot Glue and glue sticks

White Krylon spray paint

Gray paint

Paintbrushes

Craft knife

HERE’S HOW:

1.  Mix enough plaster of Paris to fill your masks.

DON’T WORRY:  If your mask has holes in it for the eyes and mouth, just tape

 over it on the outside of the mask.  Not on the inside where you will be

 pouring the plaster.

2.       Let the masks dry and remove.

3.   Score the pot and the back of the plaster face. This will make it rough so that the glue has 

something to hold on to.

4.       Using hot glue, Goop glue, and whatever glue you can find, put the 

face on the planter and let it dry in place.  Squeeze in some Tile adhesive calking in 

the edges where the plaster face doesn’t touch the side of the pot.

 

HINT: My pots were cheapie plastic pots and I had to cut off some of the rim with 

scissors to get the mask to fit just right.  However, pots come in many different 

sizes. Take your mask to the hardware store with you to figure out which will work best.

5.       After your face is dried in place, fill the sides with more calking.  I thought this made

 it more finished, but honestly, it would look good without this step.

6.       Spray your pot white after the grout has dried.

7.       Dry brush your pots with the gray paint over the white.  This will make the 

features pop.  Keep doing it until you achieve the look you want.

Fill with a bushy plant and it will look like green hair.

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