This is my thing in a jar. I've been working on this for too long now, on and off. I got the idea for it here. My directions to make your very own thing-in-a-jar are as follows:- Find a cool jar. Always find the jar first. It makes it easier to figure out the dimensions of your thing when you have the jar that it will live in.
- Buy some Sculpey (plain white is good) some acrylic paint, and some rubber cement.
- Craft your thing out of the Sculpey. Get crazy with it. The more organic, creepy and vague the better. After you're done forming it, bake it as per the directions.
- Paint your thing. I used flesh colored paint, as my source suggested, but I also added some green to give it another dimension. The flesh color does give it that classic thing-in-a-jar feel.
- Gob on the rubber cement. This has a two-pronged effect. It seals the thing from the water, and it gives it a grizzly sheen. Feel free to rough it up a bit for that skin-sloughing-off look.
- After everything is good and dry, place the thing in the jar, add some water and a splash of coke. The coke just makes the water murky, so if you really want to show off your thing, add less, if you want to create mystery, add more.
Now you have your very own thing-in-a-jar! My thanks to Phillip Torrone for the original idea.
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