DIY Hieroglyphic Halloween projects

Hieroglyphic Wall Covering

To add to my Egyptian-themed Halloween party, I wanted to put some hieroglyphics on the wall. To do this, I used a roll of craft paper that was painted with hieroglyphics. Since the wall that I wanted to cover was 40 feet long, this made for a lot of hieroglyphics and I wanted a way to do it quickly. To speed up the process, I made a bunch of stencils based on graphics I had found online. I cut out the stencils with an exacto knife as best I could so that I could use spray paint with them.

The end result wasn't half bad and produced a decent graphic when used. The difficult part was figuring out what I wanted the hieroglyphics to say, and then painting it. I left this task for my better half, so I could go on to the next project.

Hieroglyphic Wall Lanterns

I decided to make some Egyptian-looking lanterns to go on the wall. This time I used 2" thick blue foam, although I could have probably used the white stuff here too. I cut four, 1 foot square blocks with the chain saw since I already had it out. I thought the blue foam would be less messy than the white, but it wasn't.

I painted the blocks a gold color, mostly because I had gold paint left over from the sarcophagus project. The paint reacted with the Styrofoam and gave it a textured look, as opposed to the smooth surface it originally had. I knew the white foam would react with spray paint but I wasn't sure about the blue, which is why I used it. The resulting texture looked good anyhow, so I was happy it happened. I then used some hieroglyphic stencils I had made for a hieroglyphic wall covering project and used some spray paint to paint them on. The paint reacted with the Styrofoam yet again in a cool way; it ate into the foam making it look like the hieroglyphs had been carved into the block.

The next part was the lights. I started with lights that looked like white candles and painted the white part black. I then cut a hole near the center of the Styrofoam blocks and pushed my light through it. To finish it, I put flicker bulbs in the light fixtures, making them ready to be mounted on the wall.