Wait. What I meant to say was the ugliest doll in the world. Not the most beautiful baby. Sorry. My mistake.
He/she looks quite disturbing. I am disturbed.
I was in my local thrift store looking for glass eyes for a Halloween project I'm working on and came across this gal. She's/he's a beaut, isn't she/he?
Plus she (we're gonna go with she from here on in) has a stretchy head.
The doll had the eyes I was looking for, but smaller than I wanted. I plunked down the change and took her anyway. I figured I could do something with her.
Something like this ...
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Which left me with this ...
Which with the addition of a glow stick inside ... gave me this.
Onto the bookshelf she will go until Halloween night when she'll be set somewhere in the grass just off the path to my front door.
The lesson here ... I started out with one idea, and ended up with something entirely different. Quite frankly ... something better. Probably 2 of the creepiest Halloween decorations I've ever come up with.
So if you ever find yourself in a similar situation where you can't quite get what you want ... don't worry ... something better really will come along. You may not be as lucky as me ... finding a grungy, broken, hideous doll ... but something equally good will come to you.
I got the idea for glowing eyes from a glow stick off the same post on the Internet many of you have probably seen. It involves a toilet paper roll, cutting eyes out of it and setting a glow stick inside.
As far as I can tell the idea originated here.
I of course had to take it one step further.
One step closer to disturbed.
LOVE IT! but yes it is a bit disturbing ha ha ha! ...but I still LOVE it
Why does Sid from Toy Story 1 come to mind??
Love! I think playing a scratchy old record with kids singing is pretty creepy. It would go nicely with your head.
So very disturbing...I actually was taken aback at first then laughed at myself how creeped out I was!
I know! It's a very good creepy craft. ~ karen!
I'd give you my standard, "Yes, it's all fun until someone puts an eye out," but... that appears to have been the point!
Good job. Make Fella take pictures of you running saw sometime, huh? If the abs are still taut, you could have a whole other industry. haha!
This was definitely worth clicking here for. How fun. Did you take a buzz saw to little Dolly's head?
Yes I did. ;) ~ k!
Someone said, "...creeptastical...!" They weren't just whistlin' Dixie! Sick!!! (In a creeptastical way, of course.) ~;0)
Well, thank you. I take that as a compliment of course. ~ karen!
The fact that you take things "one step further, that one step closer to disturbed," is one of the main reasons I read you.
That, and that you make me laugh my a** off on a regular basis.
I must know. Were the doll's eye sockets that jacked up when you bought it or was that from removing the skin from the head (that last bit was really strange to type BTW)?
Nope ... that's how it was when I removed the skin. Ew. ~ karen
Wow! Well, that would explain why this little beauty was at the dollar store.
I actually think you improved the looks of this doll from homely and sad to cool and creepy and capable of scaring the crap out of someone.
Well done!
OH! It wasn't at a dollar store, it was at a second hand store. ~ k!
Oops! I'll try to learn how to read before I ask any more questions that were answered in the original post. Doh!
You need help.
F'ing brilliant!!! Kids will be so scared to walk up to your door! And really, that's what Halloween is all about right? We usually have that house on the block. The one where, at first, the kids think it's cool, but after a couple of days, are so freaked out that a skeleton is going to actually come alive, have to cross the street rather than walk directly in front of our house to get to their own house.
Brilliant!
I will save loads of money on candy. ~ karen
truly gory and terrifying. good job.
Thank you in advance for this evenings nightmares.
Deb - You bet! ~ karen
Don't discard the rest! The pic without the face looks like Terminator Baby!
And perhaps one step beyond disturbed, rather than one step closer? :)
B - Of *course* I'm not throwing out the creepy doll with robot face! It's the best Halloween decoration I have now! ~ karen
The robot/android doll thing I think is more creepy than the empty head. I don't know why; but it seems like at any moment it will come looking for a new skin.
So, the toilet paper roll project? It's mine... and I'm thrilled you gave a link to my blog. :)
Also, that doll is so creepy I refuse to scroll back up for another look. Seriously. I'm a little frightened now.
Priscilla - Good! I'm glad I found the rightful owner. Those pictures have been making their way around the Internet, Pinterest and Facebook pages for quite some time now, usually with no credit given to the originator (you) of the content! I'm happy to lead some people back to your site. And yes ... I go for genuinely scary at Halloween, LOL. BOO! ~ karen
Brilliant! Thanks for the great ideas....
Yep!! Creepy/funny.
Oh my god.... I am crying, CRYING I TELL YOU, at my little cubicle in the office and everyone is wondering what the hell is wrong with me..... You are off your rocker. I want to come to your house for Halloween.
If I can't sleep tonight, I'm blaming you...
OH MY GOD! I LOVE IT! YOU ARE BRILLIANT!!! Need, need, NEED it for my Halloween party!