Luggage Graveyard

I was patrolling the aisles of Michaels and came across this piece of luggage that was discounted and saw all the Halloween decorations in the store I thought it would be fun to alter it into a graveyard.

My first thought was to have the lid close but once I started creating trees I knew that wasn't possible. I also didn't want to spend a fortunate on small items but bought what I could like the fence that I altered with ink to distress it.

I did see some small dolls and figured I could make them zombies so with the help of my son I painted them a grayish green and added blood.

The floor of the graveyard is a mix of moss and the trees were created on accident. I combined a bunch of twigs and wired them together. I originally was going to spray paint them black but grabbed a can of rubberizing material that my dh used when I took a pot and turned it into a water feature (we sprayed the inside of the pot to keep the water from seeping out). And I immediately noticed it was not paint but loved the effect so it was a great mistake.

I added bits of moss to give it that aged old tree effect and have to say was disappointed in not finding something better from graves and crosses..so I improvised best I could.

I plan on giving this to my dd. I think she will like it..it's kind of fun to look at the details.