Wishing You a Safe & Spooky Halloween! The tools and inspiration for my Dinosaur Halloween Pumpkin worked out Great! What do You Think? The Prehistoric Pals Really Enjoyed the Dinosaur Pumpkin. Jeffrey “the Green Raptor Wizard and Prehistoric Paul “the Dinosaur Wizard” pose before Trick or Treating. “Trick or Treat!” Happy Halloween! “Encouraging the…
The Haunted Museum!
First How I finished Jeffrey’s Wizard Hat and Staff. Starting with the cone shape, I placed it on the fabric pointing toward one of the corners. Rolling it toward the other edge allowed me to determine the amount of fabric needed to cover it. Then I cut extra at the large opening of the cone…
The New T-Rex’s Perch & Fun for Halloween
This was previously where Dominic hung out. Dominic has moved to better hunting grounds. This spot had to be adjusted for the larger frame on this T-Rex, David. Six more buckets of sand, leveling and two more 15-inch x 15-inch stepping stones will do it. Jerome one of my greyhounds likes this spot too! When…
The Dinosaur Wizard
For Halloween I will become the “Dinosaur Wizard”! I found a Gandalf Wizard Costume on Amazon for $34.49 including tax. The Hat, Robe and belt are in this package the beard and staff are sold separately. This is ok with me, because I will be a beardless Wizard. Plus, the staffs are plastic and I…
More Dinosaur Hunting!
Angie, the Augustynolophus is back on her perch. For those of you that may not know Augustynolophus is California’s Official State Dinosaur! Augustynolophus a Hadrosaur or commonly referred to as a duck billed dinosaur, lived about 66 million years ago near what is now known as Central California. These 30-foot-long Dinosaurs browsed the landscape for…
Funtastic Dino Fest – Sunday the 22nd Day Two!
Angie started Sunday with a relatively clean look. Thanks to Shelly & Kathleen’s help scrubbing her Saturday after the Museum closed. Noreen a return Volunteer, a Graduate from CSUN & Kindergarten Teacher – helped me remove even more of Angie’s Saturday Playtime Paint before the Museum opened on Sunday. Mary Lou, Noreen’s Mom, started helping…
A Funtastic Dino Fest Weekend for All!
The number of visitors herding to 4th Annual “Dino Fest Weekend” set another record 13,634! We had a Great Time! But there was a lot of preparation before the event. Paint – check, Paint Trays & Pumps – check, Compressed Sponges – check, Aprons for All Size Kids from 3 to 93 – check, wash…
Stuart & “Dino Fest”
After Stuart had lived with his new paint design for a while, we decided to expand it on his sides. More Purple Gloss then more Deep Blue. The overspray on his head was corrected covering the misplaced Berry Pink. Another coat of Maui Blue on the Eyes. Now we’re ready for more details. The Brontosaurus…
Stuart & the Amargasaurus
As I mentioned last time, Stuart will follow Gary’s color design. I used Maui Blue Gloss for the Eyes and Berry Pink for the mouth. Unfortunately, I did not mask off enough of Stuart’s Head which resulted in overspray even with using a piece of cardboard to block most of it. A little extra care…
Stuart & more on Sauropods
We left off with Stuart receiving his primary colors – Spring Green and Warm Yellow. I let the metal welding aid in my decision for initially applying the primary colors. Now it’s time to use artist brushes to make a more realistic meeting of these two colors, as they would most likely in nature. I…