I bet you were wondering “more Halloween Crafts?!” Well here are some ghoulish Halloween Eye Balls for you .. best of all they GLOW IN THE DARK!!!!! How spooky is that?!
We came up with the idea, as we love Googly Eyes so much.. and thought how about some “giant” googly eyes that we could hide around the house and make things look SPOOKY… and then… we decided to add some glow in the dark paint. Whoop whoop.
I confess… to having these Eye Balls in my “Craft Fail Category”. Personally, I REALLY don’t like this particular Halloween Craft. But every child that walks into the house and sees them exclaims “Wow, cool”, especially the older boys. So here they are. For you…..
Glow in the dark eye balls – Materials:
- pairs of stones,
- white paint,
- green paint,
- black and red markers,
- glow in the dark paint (find glow in the dark paint here US/ UK (affiliate links)
- brushes and a sponge
How to make your glow in the dark eye balls
1) The kids painted the stones white – you don’t have to paint them all the way round – so you can rest them on a dish and paint them without getting too covered in paint.
2) Once dry, we added 2-3 layes of the glow in the dark paint. As it was very gel like, we had to let each layer dry first. Which is a litte boring
3) Once fully dry, I cut a circle into an old sponge, so that the kids could “print” on their own eyes in green or brown
4) Let dry again, with a marker pen add details such a pupils, a rim around the eye and red veins.
Done!
NOTE: the stones DO loose their charge reasonably quickly, but also “recharge” quite quickly.
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Sian says
October 10, 2012 at 6:24 amyep, my son would love these! : )
Red Ted Art says
October 10, 2012 at 7:07 amYes, boys seem to be drawn to them. Mine likes them in the downstairs loo with the lights off!
Cerys @ Rainy Day Mum says
October 10, 2012 at 7:12 amI love these – let alone the kids they would be really good in flower pots in the garden for an early evening halloween party 🙂
Red Ted Art says
October 10, 2012 at 7:23 amI worry that they would loose their glow too quickly?
Cerys @ Rainy Day Mum says
October 10, 2012 at 7:25 amPut out just before the guests arrive maybe? I just need to get some glow in the dark paint ELC have still run out
Liz Burton says
October 10, 2012 at 7:28 amThey are brilliant!
Red Ted Art says
October 10, 2012 at 7:36 am@Cerys yes, just before guest arrive should be good. Must put them out on Halloween!
@Liz awe thank you!
Emma @Mummymummymum says
October 10, 2012 at 8:24 amooooh spooky! and not a fail at all. x
Adele says
October 10, 2012 at 10:49 amThese look great!! My two would love this. I plan to do it during half term :0)
Roopa says
October 10, 2012 at 1:38 pmThese look great! I would LOVE to make some with my girl, gotta get some glow in dark paint:)
Red Ted Art says
October 10, 2012 at 2:02 pmAwe you guys are lovely and hooray to “non fail” after all!
Anna @ The Imagination Tree says
October 10, 2012 at 2:15 pmSooooo cute! What a good idea Maggy (need I be surprised?!) x
Red Ted Art says
October 10, 2012 at 2:37 pmYou are nice! 🙂
Jumbo says
October 10, 2012 at 5:21 pmThe googly eyes are brilliant, my two boys will love them, it’s one of those fun little things that I would never have thought to do on my own, thank you.
Red Ted Art says
October 10, 2012 at 6:33 pmAwe hooray!
arsty_momma says
October 10, 2012 at 10:51 pmVery cool & spooky! So creative as usual 🙂
Anita says
October 11, 2012 at 2:18 amDo you think this would work using a white paper plate? Cut center out for pupils, glow paint the rest of plate & use marker for veins?
Red Ted Art says
October 11, 2012 at 8:26 amOoh yes, Anita, I think it should work really well on paper plates too! Our glow in the dark paint would still need 2-3 layers, so I guess you would just have to be patient and not make the plates too soggy!
maria says
October 11, 2012 at 9:02 amhow spooky! I love them:)
Red Ted Art says
October 11, 2012 at 11:57 amYay 🙂
Chris at Thinly Spread says
October 11, 2012 at 6:42 pmOoh, I love these Maggie! *pops them on the list*
Rachel says
October 12, 2012 at 12:49 pmhaha… Maggie, I LOVE your eyeballs. I laughed when you said they were a craft fail in your eyes, but the kids love them. Oh, to be a kid. These are so fun!
Allison says
October 19, 2012 at 5:45 amI LOL’d that you don’t like these. Oh the things we do for our kids…They are pretty cool. I know my sons would enjoy making eyeballs, and bonus that they glow. Thank you for sharing with The Sunday Showcase.
Renee @ adventuresathomewithmum says
October 19, 2012 at 10:30 amI love these, my son would go nuts making these….
Thanks for sharing at BOO! A Halloween linky 🙂
Red Ted Art says
October 19, 2012 at 10:35 amFab linky!
Megan @ CoffeeCupsandCrayons says
October 20, 2012 at 1:10 amThese are hysterical!
stephanie says
October 21, 2012 at 8:15 amThese are so cool! I can just imagine them really making Halloween night even more fun! Thanks for sharing at the Boo! Linky.
Monica says
October 21, 2014 at 2:56 pmOut of curiosity, why do you consider them a fail? Was it just not enough fun for the kids, or were you just disappointed in the glow?
Sky Lanterns says
May 11, 2016 at 1:00 pmhaha these kids are so adorable in the pic , nice post !!