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Pottery Barn Knockoff Dollar Store Skull Transformation

DIY Pottery Barn Knockoff Dollar Store Skull Transformation at The Happy Housie

I love pouring through the online “page” of Pottery Barn and ogling over their holiday décor… so many beautiful vignettes and stunning cozy spaces. Last year I spotted this beautiful Mercury Glass Skull and I knew I wanted to give it a DIY try.

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 To make this you will need:

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  • A plastic skull (mine is from the Dollar Tree)
  • Spray Paint in black and silver (or you could do gold)
  • Vinegar and Water (50/50 mix) in a spray bottle
  • Paper towels

Here is my little friend skully-skull before his transformation. A good prop for Halloween décor but looking like he had just arrived home from a dollar store (which he had).

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I started by giving him a thorough coat of Flat Black Krylon Spray Paint:

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Once the base coat was totally dry I moved on to part two.

The next part of the process is really hard to photograph because you have to work super quickly, so here is the verbal run down:

– set your spray bottle so that it sends out beads of vinegar/water spray and not just a fine mist

– spray the skull with your vinegar/water mix -you want the vinegar/water to look beady

-immediately spray paint the silver over-top of the vinegar/water mixture

– immediately again spray the vinegar/water mixture onto the silver spray to remove some of it in a beaded fashion

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Ta-da! Let it dry- you can wipe it off with the paper towels –  and you now have a customized skull that looks much more expensive than the dollar store fella you began with.

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Thinking of heading to the dollar store to pick up your own plastic skull?

This is awesome! Pin it to remember it!

How to makeover a dollar store plastic skull - Pottery Barn Knockoff Halloween Decor at The Happy Housie

A little more inspiration

Check out what my cohosts are sharing today…

Get Your DIY On Challenge Fall Projects

Mason Jar Luminaries at Just a Girl and Her Blog / Halloween Cabinet Door Wreath at Confessions of a Serial DIY-er / Dollar Store Skull Transformation – you are here! / A Ghostly Halloween Tree at House by Hoff / Fall Pallet Flowers at The Hankful House

 Have you gotten into fall decorating? Any Halloween crafts on the go?

 

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