 We just put some witchcraft on some sheet supply wood using a jigsaw and some paint to come up with this haunted Halloween silhouette scene with witches in a cauldron, and we'll show you how we did it right now What is up a welcome back? Do you like to do a builder to make it so do we and we have a new video each week this week We're brewing up something crafty for the yard something spooky like a little witches silhouette scene with the cauldron Maybe a creepy tree If you guys have been following us for a while, you know, at least you should know that we always win the neighborhood Halloween house decorating contest So this year of course we're gonna add something out extra to our front yard So typically we've had everything on the house. We cover it in spiders We've got some really cool blow-ups, but we don't have much going on in the yard Well, two things happened one of the blow-ups popped. Yeah Just stop blowing up. It was a really cool blow-up castle. It was really cool So made noise head-spun. We've got a new idea to replace it this year And that's next week's video so if you something to look forward to but for this week We're gonna add some things to the yard. We don't have a lot going on in the yard We had this cool coffin that kind of fell apart last year. So a lot of rain last year Yes, I mean it rained the entire month of October Everything gets so I think that's why the blow-ups messed up. Yeah, but anyway, so we're gonna start with something new for the yard We're gonna like he said we're gonna do some black silhouette cutouts that we're expecting to be about Four feet and six feet for the trees. They're gonna be big. We got we got some big ideas So we're going big step one design Oh, you thought I was gonna say I gather all your supplies, but we don't even know what we need yet We know we want to go big But I know I don't want to go freehand either Although Garrett could freehand it I tried to tell him you could probably do this But I'm trying to make something that anybody can do Like myself because I cannot freehand I cannot draw but he can but we're gonna give you an idea We're gonna show you how to do this without having to know how to draw without having to be an artist So we knew we couldn't cut a stencil that big Four foot by whatever it's gonna be. We decided to go with a projector But I'm not gonna spend money on a projector for maybe a one-time project I couldn't think of another use for it. So we did a little research on some DIY projectors And we found some good ideas We took some things from here and there and we came up with what we think is a pretty good idea So the basic concept is you needed a box a light source and some kind of transparency It's really what it boils down to That easy no, it's not it's not that easy you think it is the box piece was easy short No affiliation we found a box that worked we cut a hole in it So the box is to cut out the residual light and then the hole is to kind of focus the light on your image There's the tricky part the image. We tried just a regular piece of paper With some black ink didn't work. We'll go through then we try to transparency But it had some frost on it So again the weight diffused the light so much you couldn't see it and then we tried it on these little stickers I lost them and those worked. They were clear stickers But the image was so small by the time I got big it was blurry and we didn't have any clear Transparencies and I didn't want to go buy a pack of them So we saw where you could draw on some clear plastic wrap or even sandwich bags But again, that's free-handing and we weren't gonna try to freehand it So we ended up cutting little pieces all of our little pieces Like our witches. Can you see that on our cricket out of some black card stock? There we just use some clear packing tape as our transparency Sluck it on there put it over the hole. So then we needed a light source seems simple, right? It wasn't that simple first first. We tried to flood light, but it was too diffused You could see the idea was look at all this light. It was gonna produce now then we tried a regular Whatever this is like. Yeah, something. I don't know. Yeah, then we tried an LED bulb. Nope. Can't get an image Then we tried to go with a halogen light For like one of those powerful lights, but it had all these little dots all over it. It was weird Yeah, yeah, that didn't work. So we tried a a big sunlight LED Corn cob thing No, couldn't tell what what it was. This is no joke. I kept going back in the house and finding new bulbs How about this one? How about this one? This was definitely gonna work No, so none of the light bulbs work Move down to flashlights try to flashlight with a strip of LEDs But there was images everywhere because there's a bunch of little bulbs So we moved on the flashlights and a bunch of little bulbs. So there was a bunch of images So different types of flashlights like a mag light had a single LED But there's something about the reflective material in here that made the image like get really blurry So finally we found this $7 flashlight At Walmart. It's a little Ozark trail. Ozark trail It's got a single LED No reflective material works great But a lot of trial and error So we've got our box We've got our little cutouts. I don't think I mentioned that these were cut out on our Cricut So we just use regular cardstock cut them right out on our Cricut Put them on the tape Put the tape over the hole and go down to the garage and now it'll project that image So yes another thing we need is a big dark room because we want to go four foot tall We need a large dark space. So we're gonna use the garage So once we get down there with our light source box and our transparency in place It was just a game of focus and you're trying to move the image closer further away from the wall to get at the right size And you're trying to move the light source closer and further away from the image To get the right size. It's just a game of focus. Yeah Just moving around the light source and the image until it looks about right and then we can start tracing it We're gonna trace it using these markers I think the biggest problem we're having is staying out of the light Step forward now. We're gonna make all of our cuts We're gonna put a pilot hole anywhere where we have to cut an interior spot Mm-hmm, and then we're going to just cut the entire thing out trying to stay on the outside of the black marker line With the jigsaw or something close to it. I have a feeling it's going to be It's a silhouette. It doesn't need to be perfect. That's it. Yeah, it will be fine Now we paint. We're just gonna roll our paint on Doesn't need to be perfect black silhouettes. I don't know if you guys saw our social media post Garrett is sick Buddy's being a trooper and trying to get through this video So I might be doing this painting by myself in between cutting and painting. I had some chicken They did not agree with me. Yeah, I think it's really poisoning All right, that's enough. He's trying to break it before we ever get it installed. I am Step six now we install them. We're gonna use some zip ties and just zip tie them to our rails But on the outside, right? Yeah gonna lay these witches down Yeah on the outside the edges the paint got kind of thick so it might not be dry. Yeah Might not be dry. All right zip ties. Well, yeah zip ties. I have them right here So we cut the tree in half the trees in half so we can store them later on so I'm gonna take these little one and a half inch screws and Fence pick it and put them back together or just piece them together for now Step seven now. We're gonna put these LED lights around the backs of all the witches You know what I'm saying. You'll see what I'm saying Got this LED tape Can you guys hear that dog barking? This is why we don't film outside Then can you guys even see us? It's getting kind of dark now, but that's perfect for when we turn them on. What do you want the? Light the cord this side or that side guys think Came out pretty cool. I think the red really sets it off. Yes Makes the whole thing look spooky So the cutting was a little bit harder than I thought a little more challenging But the painting was super easy especially with that little trimmer brush Yes, that that's your line pad really made the painting go quickly a lot faster than the cutting But the time it was time well spent look how great this looks looks great now We need to add to the rest of our yard But we're out of time look what time it is It's way past time So we got to go so we will see you again next week where we'll do it building and make it again And I have absolutely nothing to balance Nothing anything's tied up. Yeah, everything's bolted down Tied down. Oh you got a wish. Oh, I got a witch hold on quick one which a Random which whoo, which is ready to fly away