Specimen Jars
Martha shows you how to spook up your home for Halloween with easy-to-make specimen jars, a creepy craft sure to bring out the mad scientist in you.
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Specimen Jars
Martha shows you how to spook up your home for Halloween with easy-to-make...
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The Martha Stewart Show, October 2008
Spook up your home for Halloween with easy-to-make specimen jars, a creepy craft sure to bring out the mad scientist in you.
Tools and Materials
Glass cylinder vase or jar
Encapso K
Plastic paint bucket
Mixing tool
Halloween teeth and eyes
Sil-Poxy Silicone Rubber Adhesive
Chopsticks (optional)
Specimen Jars How-To
1. Combine 2 components of Encapso K in a plastic paint bucket and mix for 5 minutes.
2. Pour mixed Encapso K into a glass cylinder or jar until the depth is about 2 inches. Let dry at least 2 hours.
3. Using silicone rubber adhesive, glue teeth to hardened silicone surface in jar. Let dry for 15 minutes.
Tip: Use chopsticks to place teeth inside jar.
4. Pour another few inches of Encapso K over teeth. Let dry for 15 minutes.
5. Glue eyes to hardened silicone rubber surface and allow 15 minutes for eyes to dry. Pour one more layer to fill cylinder or jar.
Resources
Encapso K and Sil-Poxy are available from smooth-on.com. Eyes and teeth can be found at most Halloween stores.
You can buy relatively inexpensive acrylic eyes on ebay.
were to find the jars ? and will that stuff dry be four u use it all
I wonder if you could use clear gelatin with the same effect?
Does anyone know where to find the eyeballs used in the specimen jars?
Does anyone know where I can find puck lights ?
hi. they're called puck lights. they come in different led colours....i wonder what lid she used...but i guess that doesn't matter. but i was thinking of using individual leds, ditching the dry ice and making little ones in jam jars for favours....too cool.
I want to know if someone can at least tell me why there isnt a photo of the craft with the specimen jars with the silly teeth and eyeballs, I wanted to show the finished projuect