Are Halloween baskets the new Easter baskets? Creep it real by embellishing a plain apple basket with Flex Seal® Family of Products to turn it into an over the top creepy crawler! Leave your favorite ghoul friend a festive treat to make their day a little spookier by filling it with all the treats, tricks and spooky goodies you can think of! treats and leave your favorite ghoul friend a festive treat to make their day a little spookier! Best part is that Flex Seal® Family of Products will help the basket last and they can use it year after year in their Halloween decor!
● Flex Seal Colors (Terra-Cotta)
● Apple Basket
● Large Pipe Cleaners
● Wire Cutter
● Large Googly Eyes
● Painter’s Tape
● Tarp
Note: Please read all directions carefully
Place the basket upside down on a tarp in a well ventilated area. Shake Flex Seal Black well and spray the basket 8” to 12” from the surface using even sweeping motions. Turn and rotate the basket as your spray being sure to get all sides as well as the small nooks and crannies. Once completely covered, set to dry.
Once dry, flip the basket over and repeat the same process inside and on the top of the basket until it is completely covered.
Divide the large pipe cleaners into eight equal sized legs and cut using a wire cutter or sharp scissors.
Flex Tip: Fold the pipe cleaners into themselves before cutting to make sure they’re all the same length.
Place each leg in a row on the trap so that all the legs are lined up and not overlapping each other.
Flex Tip: Straighten them out as much as possible.
Shake Flex Seal Terra-Cotta well and spray stripes on the legs in a continuous sweeping motion and set to dry.
Flip each leg over and repeat spraying stripes. Set to dry.
Gather and thread 4 pipe cleaner legs through each side of the basket. Glue them into place with Flex Glue Clear.
Flex Tip: Shape and manipulate the pipe cleaners until the mimic the shape of spider legs.
Create an eyelid on each googly eye by laying painters tape over ⅓ of the front of the eye. Press the edges down well with your fingers.
Shake Flex Seal Terra-Cotta well and spray in a sweeping motion 8’’ from the eye making sure the eye is fully coated and set to dry.
Once dry slowly peel off the painters tape leaving a terra-cotta colored eyelid.
Flex Tip: It’s the small details like this that will take all your DIY projects to the next level!
Complete the look by using Flex Glue Clear to glue the eyes into place on the front center of the basket.
Flex Tip: When gluing, apply firm pressure continuously for a minimum of 30 seconds for instant grab to take hold.
Complete the look by using Flex Glue Clear to glue the eyes into place on the front center of the basket.
Flex Tip: When gluing, apply firm pressure continuously for a minimum of 30 seconds for instant grab to take hold.
Fill it up with all the candy, games, pumpkins, treats and all the Halloween goodies you can think of!
By Dennis Setteducati and Andrew Boza
HGTV Handmade‘s Crafty Lumberjacks (aka Dennis Setteducati and Andrew Boza) are flannel-loving bloggers and experts in all-things DIY—including holiday decor! They’ve appeared on GMA, LIVE with Kelly & Ryan, The Chew and The Rachael Ray Show and can been seen regularly on the HGTV Handmade YouTube channel getting crafty with their cat.
