Halloween Potion & Specimen Jars

These potions jars have been so fun to make! My son's have really enjoyed helping me come up with what to put inside them & displaying them. I will try & be precise to what we put in them, as well as where we got the materials used in them.

-All the jars are recycled from jams, jelly, pickles, salsa, vinegar, olives, etc. bottles. All the lids were spray painted with flat black spray paint.

Here they are all displayed together:

-Most of the labels came from Love Manor's Flicker page. I just downloaded them & re sized them as necessary and printed them out on regular computer printer paper. This guy is genius! They are all unique & look VERY CONVINCING!

-The "Eye of Newt" Labels came from Martha Stewart here.

-The 2 Specimen Labels I just made in Microsoft Word using "Carbon Type" font. I then crumpled up the paper after they printed and distressed them so they looked old with stamp ink.

Inspiration for these 2 came from here.

I then took Rubber Cement and gave them a good coat on the front. Once that dried, I then rubber cemented the backs to the jars. I used Rubber band to keep them in place while they dried. Since I used a ink jet printer to print my labels I used the Rubber cement to keep the ink from bleeding/running if they got wet.

HUMAN FLESH JAR:

I got the "severed fingers" from the Dollar Tree. They were 5 fingers for a buck. I painted the nails on some of them to make them look a bit more realistic. Some with red nail polish & some I just used a black sharpie to color the nail. I filled the jar with water & added 3 drops of red food coloring.

VAMPIRE FANGS JAR:

I got these "Gummy Vampire Fangs" from the Dollar Tree. There were about 14 in a package.

EARTH WORMS JAR:

I got these "Gummy Worms" from the Dollar Tree. I only used the Red/Yellow & Orange/Clear ones. I let my sons eat the Green/Red ones.

EYEBALLS JAR:

I got these "Sticky Goo Eyeballs" from Target. They were $4 a bag for 30 which I thought was kinda steep but I really wanted eyes of some sort. I wanted non-food ones so they will keep for future years.

BAT SKELETONS JAR:

I got these "Rubber Toy Bats" at the Dollar Tree in the toy section. They were 6 in a package. I only used 4 in my jar, added some water & 2 drops of red food coloring.

VAMPIRE BLOOD JAR:

This is just a small vinegar bottle with water & lots of red food coloring in it.

WITCH HAZEL BOTTLE:

This is just a sweet & sour bottle with water & green food coloring in it.

 EYES OF NEWT BOTTLE:

This is a half of a bottle of "Decorative Accents" from the floral/craft area at the Dollar Tree (these are hydrating beads that are used in floral arrangements). They are clear, gel like beads. I then added green food coloring & they soaked up the color.

 SHRINKING MAN SPECIMEN JAR:

The little skeleton is from Target he was $2 and found in the Halloween section.

DEAD MAN'S BONES JAR:

The jar is leftover from my Chalkboard Paint Projects tutorial. This jar is made up of 3 different plastic skeletons that have broken due to my youngest son LOVING skeletons & playing with them until they break. All came from the Dollar Tree either this year or last. I just finished breaking them up and added all the pieces to the jar.

UNKNOWN SPECIMEN JAR:

This is just two "Grow Sea Life-Octopus" from the Target Dollar Spot. *This is a toy that basically expands/grows to 3 times it's original size when put in water.
This is only 24 hours in water. I am hoping it gets as big as the jar it is in after a few days.

The Frog Apothecary & Rat Apothecary are both from my Halloween Apothecary Display here. The rats I got at Walmart in their Halloween section for $2 & the frogs were from the Dollar Tree in the toy section.

The skull came from Menard's for $1.99 in their Halloween section. It is also fiber optic & turns several different colors. (*It's not on in the photos)

And the Cloche it is sitting on is a project I just finished and need to post about (suspense). But it was a Thrift store find for around $3.50 by the time I got done with it. Accessorized with some Spanish moss.

 I got inspiration for these "Specimen/Potion Jars" from several places.

Here are some of them:

 One Pretty Thing's September 9th, 2008 Halloween Roundup featured both Love Manor's Labels, as well as I Make Projects-Halloween Monstrosities.

The Idea Room's-Creepy Halloween Apothecary gave me some more inspiration.

Aranamuerta-Dead Spider's musings and makings

featured a "Witches Kitchen" post that was also inspiring! Check it out here: http://aranamuerta.com/2008/01/29/witches-kitchen

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