DIY Halloween Tombstones 

Yes another video. I wish i could rent out your shop and just have so much fun playing with your tools and also taking a tour of your room build.

I 1000% blame the both of you for my purchase of a cricut and don't regret it at all.

I love it when Carissa takes over the shop. Something interesting always happens. Love the gravestones!

Great video, as always!🎃

Love that the channel always takes time to do a little something special for the High Holiday, and really enjoyed the resulting stones!

I just love this place, you always have something fun... Hay! Wheres the orange juice lid? 🤣 LLAP 🖖

A little tip: glue the router attachment to a clear larger piece of acrylic. It gives you a larger level and holding surface.

It's good to see you back in the Workshop Carissa! That's some really spooky looking tomb stones. Great work you two

Loved the techniques shown, the laughs and the shout out to @vanoaksprops

Carissa not only knows how to do cool things, but she also knows how to make a good entrance 😂 Great video as always, those tombstones look really great 👏👏

We've made a number of them for our yard. Great fun. Tips: 1. Use 2x10 or 2x12 lumber as the flat base. Use a 2x4 or 2x6 for the vertical to connect the tombstone. It is heavy and wide enough to keep from flipping over in most light breezes. If it doesn't drill some 3/8" holes and buy a pack of metal tent stakes to drive into them. They won't ever move after that. 2. If you live down south where moss hangs from every other tree, go for a walk down the road and fill up a couple of bags of it. Use it to cover your wood base. 3. Canned spray foam is a great adhesive for sticking the pieces together to form thicker pieces or to add accessories and for repairs. Get yourself some BBQ bamboo skewers to hold the pieces together while it dries. 4. Dremel with a router bit and router baseplate setup is great for detail work. A mini-router with a small bit works great for everything else. You can get some great results from stencils and just hand cutting the details, no need for a CNC machine. 5. VanOaksProps has some great lighting videos for haunts. The tombstones really pop when you add a bit of colored light to illuminate them. 6. Drylok makes a great concrete sealant. It has the grey color and is gritty. Our tombstones have held up for about 3 years so far without any issues.

You guys had waaaaayyyy too much fun filming this..... 🪦🪦🪦💀👻

Fantastic work from my favorite Smuggling Duo!!!!❤

Derek @ VanOaksProps also has a great router addition that makes doing the letters even easier! It helps make the surface area larger and easier to do the words!

Love seeing y'all both in the shop! These look great!

Love that technique,You guys always make Halloween fun all year round. Happy Halloween!

The real spooky thing would have been you two not mentioning Halloween at all. Greetings from Germany

I saw a sketch for Red Shirt Guy. Kind of sad you didn’t show/make that. But, they came out really cool. I thought of the Van Oaks as soon as you said tombstones. These came out great. The tips for coating the foam will be coming in very handy for me in the “near” future. Carissa made the use of the Dremel router look super easy and fun. Happy Halloween everyone.

Judging by your nails, I thought it was a Christmas episode. They look very festive.

Cool tombstones...stay safe!

Cool and spooky!!! ❤😊❤

Veri good ❤

While I love this, and you did a great job, I think there’s an opportunity to make this your own for next year. I’ve never seen (unless it’s been in Clone Wars or Rebels or something) a Star Wars graveyard. You could invent what that might look like. Does Luke have a personal one behind his hut, with everyone he’s lost - Amidala, Anakin, Yoda, Ben, Leia…? Or be more whimsical and do ones for Porkins, Admiral Ozzel, or a mass grave for “Many Bothans”. Do the graves have holograms of remembrance, or digital eternal flames? What is their iconography? How do the materials and styles vary by star system? So much cool work y’all could do!

I hope you have a _really good_ vacume. I imagine you will have little pieces of pink foam _everywhere_ for months.

Next time instead of using the router for the letters just mask everything but the letters and then use very light misting coats of Enamel spray paint to "etch" the letters in. A couple light coats will dissolve a shallow and clean edged letter. Some real heavy coats and it will melt right down in and really roughen the edges. Make sure to try a practice piece to get the feel of it. Also make sure it is laying flat or the paint will dissolve down the front.

Nice!

Aweee darn i wanted to make lukes lunchbox fron return of the force jedi (On a real note this video is helping me with ideas for halloween this year)

Dear Carrisa, please take over the Smuggler's Room more often. That is all. Lol

Awesome video! When do we get to see you make Luke’s lunchbox? 😂

Love your videos

Try using transfer tape for the vinyl.

Looks great 👍 but I would have liked to see the EYES 👀 glow on the Yul B next

love the project. hate the Styrofoam noise. *shudders

Better outcome than the thumb implied!.... But.. What are you going as this year?

Looks great. Would adding some moss or green tinge give it an aged feeling?

That's an amazing build. Just a short question. Is that a mobile plotter you are cutting the letters with?

I wish you'd used EVA foam. I had to mute the cutting of Satan's Insulation Material. 😭🎧 Nice spooking to you again! 👻

I hate the feel of styrofoam is anyway you could find a way to make something out of no styrofoam

0:21 - Y’now it would be fun to see you guys build something Trek related… The Defiant had a very Warsy aesthetic. You could maybe work a wall or doorway in your build like you did with the Nostromo. Also where’s the hot knife for the foam?