DIY Bride of Frankenstein Bust

Made from a $1.75 head found at a Goodwill.

Wow...has it seriously been over a year since I posted??  Time flies!

Well here is what I ended up with.

But....this is what I started with.  This was taken after a little bit of a hair cut.

Thank heavens I'm not a barber, right?  I mean look at that chop job.  It's so uneven....but I digress.

So here's what you'll need:

A doll head (I think this is a cosmetology head, but a life size Barbie would work)

Paint

Brushes

Sealant

Hot Glue or E6000 Glue

Time and Patience

Necklace (optional)

First, I painted her hair with black acrylic paint.  Yep, just painted it, followed by a layer of regular school glue.  This made the hair stiff, so now I just needed it to stand up.

I did that using half of a two liter bottle  You simply cut the bottle in half and, using the top half, hot glue it to her head.  Now, this is after you part her hair and get the middle of the head showing.

I then brought the stiffened hair up around the bottle and hot glued it in place.  I'm guessing you could probably use E6000 glue too but I like the hot glue because it sets faster.

After doing that, I spray painted her hair...the bottle was green a showed through a little bit and I didn't want that.  After the paint dried, I did another layer of school glue, just to be safe.

Then came the face, neck, and torso.  All of that was painted with a very light gray.  I noticed the gray gives a better finish.  I then filled in here eyebrows and here lips and eyes with just acrylic craft paint.

After she was dry, I added the stripes to her hair using the same paint I used on her body.  I then sprayed the whole thing down with sealant, just for durability. 

I added the necklace seen in the first picture simply to hide the divide between her neck and her torso.

GOOD LUCK AND HAVE FUN!!!