Creepy Eyes: DIY Halloween Wall Decor Idea
I was playing around today with a really cool 1880’s ad for artificial eyes, from an old Pharmacists catalog in my collection. It occurred to me that this would be a fast and fun Halloween project! You can download these fun creepy eyes for free to use in your crafts and decor. They are great for adding a spooky vibe to glass-framed prints or photos of people or even of animals.
Free Printable Creepy Eyes:
Step 1: After printing out the eyeball pages, (I printed two copies so that I could have matching eyeballs for each art piece) I just cut out the eyes and taped them over the glass of various portraits in my home. Make sure you do this over prints, or photos, that have glass over top of them. If you tape them directly to paper prints, or paintings etc, it could ruin the original art!
Step 2: Optional. For Abe’s eyes, I even colored in a few red lines with a pen, to make them look a bit bloodshot, although you can’t really see it in the photo.
This was so fun and easy to do. This would be a great project to do with the kids, if you don’t have antique art in your home, you can do the same technique with family photos ( again just makes sure there is glass covering the image, so you don’t damage the original)! I’ve included two versions of the creepy Eyeballs, the sepia version would look great framed as an Instant Art piece too!
For another fun Halloween Art project check out my friend Jen’s post on How to Paint a Ghost on an Old Thrift Store Painting! It’s such a cool project idea!
Roberta says
OMG that is so darn funny…thanks Karen I needed a laugh today 😉
Nanniepannie says
Clever, clever girl! And a sence of humor too.
The Tablescaper says
Great idea. So fun and scary!!!
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Heather says
That is AWESOME!!! The second one is really – reallly freaky!!! I am going to use these for sure…thank you!!
The Painting Queen says
hahahahahahaha that is hysterical!
Zombie art!
Karen- The Graphics Fairy says
I’m so glad you all like my silly project!!
Peggy, Yes, google eyes, that’s the right word!!
Myrna says
Karen
First of all thank you so much for sharing all your talent with us out here in blog land. I have used so much of your graphics in my cards for my family.
Second; I think your eyes are just absolutely hilarious.
Myrna
homespun1 says
ewwww! these are scary..cool idea!!
tales from an oc cottage says
Too funny… “printable eyes”…I don’t believe I have seen those words on any other blog! ;}
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Susan (Between Naps on the Porch) says
Karen…that is too funny! What a fun idea for decorating your home for a Halloween party. LOL
peggy gatto says
I am a google eyed nut!!!!
seaside-cottage says
It looks very funny :o) If I would do this with our paintings at home my boyfriend would kill me ;o) But I think it’s a very funny Idea!
By the way: THANK YOU for all the wonderful graphics, clipsarts, photos and etc. you share with the big-big-blogger-family. I’m glad to be a part of this big family.
I also share some old photos and postcards on my blog ( but there are only a few). If you want take a look.
Sorry for my English, I don’t use it very often ;o)
Have a nice week, lg. Beate from Northern Germany
Netty says
Yuck….but brilliant. x
Yvette in R.I. says
Great idea, Karen! It would make the entire house look spooky with eyes like that on the photos. I think it would be fun for childish adults, such as myself, to do this! Thanks for the post!
Cat (darklingwoods) says
Hee! those are great! I’ll have to try that with my students 🙂