Photo by Jake Scribbles
Step 2: Sand and Paint Vuvuzelas
Next take some sand paper and lightly sand the horns. This allows the paint to adhere to the plastic much easier. Then throw on a few coats of hot pink spray paint! Step 4: Add Acrylic Paint Details
Using a paintbrush add on black acrylic paint details per reference photos. For the handle I used some masking tape to cover some of the packing tape (since you cannot really paint over packing tape), so I could make sure to get enough black paint under the handle piece. Step 6: Sculpt SpikesUsing Foam Clay sculpt lots of spikes! I ended up putting six spikes on each vuvuzela, or twelve per finished horn. I definitely recommend making a few extras since I accidentally lost a few in between making and painting them.
Step 8: Superglue Spikes onto Horns & Seal Paint
The very last step is gluing the spikes onto the horns and sealing the paint! I used superglue to put six spikes on each vuvuzela and tried to space them as evenly as possible. I recommend sanding a little of the paint on the horns before gluing as we had two of the 48 spikes fall off during the con, which honestly isnt terrible over four different props, but they do need to be repaired before our next time wearing them. Now that the spikes are on it is time to seal all the paint! I like to use mod podge to seal my props, and typically apply three or so layers. The only thing to note about mod poge is that it is water resistant and not actually waterproof. This proved to be a little bit of an issue of the mouthpieces of the horns since we were blowing in them all day, but you could alternatively use clear plastidip to seal instead to prevent this issue. |
Supplies:
Step 1: Cut Vuvuzelas to Desired Length
The horns I bought were a little long for my preference so I cut them down a little with my jig saw as shown below. After cutting them down I sanded the rough edges of the mouthpiece with some sandpaper. A hand saw would also work if you dont have a jig, but it just was much quicker to use my jig saw to cut the size to my preference. Step 3: Attach Horns Together
Using a heat gun, heat up the ends of the horns and gently clamp them down and position the horns in a "V" shape. Once both vuvuzela sides are sufficiently smooshed, tape them together with some packing tape or duct tape! This will be covered by the craft foam handle. Step 5: Make Craft Foam Handle
The handle here is a 4in wide piece of 4mm craft foam that I used scissors to bevel the edges with. I glued one edge down with some superglue to the horn, then glued the other edge to the foam with some contact cement. After the foam was attached I primed it with mod podge and spray painted it pink. I did have to do a little bit of touch ups on the black paint after, so feel free to make this before the black acrylic pieces! Step 7: Paint Spikes
Once all the spikes were dry I painted them with some silver spray paint! Honestly with the spray paint they really resemble Hershey Kisses. |