Hauntingly Beautiful Cemetery Headstones
Turn your front yard or indoor planters into a mini cemetery with these hauntingly realistic miniature headstones. Cut the tops of your 2×4 blocks into various rounded arches, pointed gothic peaks, or cracked, broken angles. Paint them with a textured, stone-gray spray paint to perfectly mimic the rough, cold surface of real granite or slate.
Once dry, use a fine-detail brush and black paint to add classic cemetery inscriptions, such as “R.I.P.,” “Here Lies Fred,” or “Gone But Not Forgotten.” To make them look authentically aged, brush watered-down dark green and brown acrylic paint into the crevices and along the base to look like growing moss and dirt. Nestle these blocks into your indoor houseplant pots or line them up along your garden walkway for a delightfully spooky touch.