How to Make an Easy Halloween Tombstone / Tombstones for Your Yard

These wooden Tombstones are easy to make and will be a fun addition to your Halloween outdoor house decorations.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Scrap pieces of wood
• Gray paint
• Black paint
• Paint brush
• Hammer
• Nails
• Saw

1. Get some scrap square/rectangle pieces of wood. I had some olt kitchen cupboard doors and they worked great. Using a hand saw or a table saw, trim the top corners so they look like tombstones.

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   Step 2

   Cut some scraps of wood into long strips. (1" x 18") Nail these to the back of the tombstones so you can stick them into the ground.

3. Paint the tombstones gray and wipe some black paint along the edges so they look old. You could do this with spray paint too. Write on them with black paint and a small art brush. Check out the clever sayings that I used.

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   Step 4

   Kerry Emhoff
   "It was not the cough that carried him off, it was the coffin they carried him off in.

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   Step 5

   Al Dente
   "Lived till he was done"

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   Step 6

   Barry M. Deep
   "He was deeply rooted in the community"

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   Step 7

   Alex Blaine Laider
   "Died waiting for an explanation from his doctor"

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   Step 8

   Fester N. Rott
   "Burried unpreserved"

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   Step 9

   Phil Dirt
   "He dug his hole"

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    Step 10

    R.U.Gone
    2002-1924
    "He died before his time"
    (notice the date!)

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    Step 11

    Sonny Cydeup
    "Burried face down"

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    Step 12

    Barry N. Rose
    "May his spirit be with us"

Tips & Warnings

• Remember to use safety precautions when working with power tools.
• When working with paint you should be in a well ventilated area.

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on 10/11/2009 What great quotes to put on the tombstones!