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Cool Halloween Decoration to Make – Greystone Clock House

Lucy · August 3, 2018 · 4 Comments

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Stone siding on the Greystone Clock House Halloween house #putzhouse #paperpattern #papercraft
Greystone Clock House – a Halloween house to decorate your own house for Halloween

Paper Halloween House for your Halloween Decor

Another cool Halloween decoration for you – the Greystone Clock House with a bat tree made with the Christmas Farmhouse pattern. The color scheme is different from the Christmas Farmhouse, of course – with darker, more spooky colors. It has a 13-hour Halloween clock that I found online. I love this clock because it’s so perfect for Halloween houses.

Rusted Roof for the Greystone Clock House

One other major difference from the bright and cheery, snow-covered Christmas Farmhouse is the metal roof which is dark and eerie, mostly black and grey with a few blue highlights. I made the roof just like I’ve outlined in the Rusted Roof Tutorial here.

Halloween paper house or putz house called the Greystone Clock House with a bat tree - free pattern #putzhouse #halloweenhouse #paperpattern #papercraft
Greystone Clock House with bat tree on the side

How to make the Spooky Greystone Halloween Clock House -Basic Steps

  • Download the Christmas Farmhouse pattern
  • Copy to cardboard, cut out
  • Stencil stone surface
  • Paint the stones
  • Die cuts – windows, door
  • Assemble the house
  • Make the rusted tin roof
  • Attach the roof pieces
  • Make cardboard base
  • Glue to the base
  • Make fencing
  • Attach decor items

Links related to making the Greystone Clock House

  • Make the Christmas Farmhouse – Free Pattern
  • Stone Texture – How to Add to Your Papercrafts
  • Make a Rusted Roof for Your Paper Houses
  • How to Add Light to Your Little Houses

I’m not going into complete details on all of these steps because you can read them in the Christmas Farmhouse post and in the directions included with the download. But I will go over a few steps in the construction of this particular paper house.

If you have a specific question, you can always leave a comment or email me at Lucy@paperglitterglue.com and I am always glad to help.

Colors for the Greystone Halloween House

Tim Holtz paints, stains, inks used on Greystone paper Halloween house - how to make this little house for Halloween decor #halloweenhouse #putzhouse #paperpattern #papercraft
Colors used in making Greystone Halloween Clock House

Here is a list of the Tim Holtz Ranger paint and stain products used

For the Bottle Brush Tree:

  • Chipped Sapphire
  • Tumbled Glass

For the Stone Siding:

  • Hickory Smoke
  • Pumice Stone (not pictured)
  • Black Soot
  • Stormy Sky
  • Tumbled Glass

For the Rusted Roof

  • Black alcohol ink
  • Grey alcohol ink
  • Silver Mixative
  • Two shades of blue

Stone Texture on the Greystone Halloween Clock House

I think the main appeal of this Halloween house is the stone siding. So I’ll show a few steps in the making of the stone siding on this house.

Mask off areas to protect areas not to be stenciled

First off, stencil each side by masking off where you DON’T want the texture paste to go.

Masking areas before applying texture paste to the stone for the Halloween house
See how I taped down a piece of cardboard to cover up the area where the door will go.

Apply a thin layer of texture paste

When you apply the texture paste, apply a thin layer – thin enough to see the stencil through the texture paste. I applied it with the serrated edge of small plastic knife to give more texture. I was out of Ranger’s Grit paste when I stenciled this house. However, grit paste makes a wonderful texture without using the serrations on the plastic knife.

Stencil the stones with texture paste
Apply a thin layer of texture paste to each side to make the stone texture. Notice that you can see the stencil through the texture paste.

Paint the base layer of your little house

Paint the base layer for the mortar between the stones. See the two variations below – one is for this Halloween house and the lighter color is for the Christmas Farmhouse.

Stenciled Greystone Halloween Paper House with base layer of paint applied
After stenciling with texture paste, paint the Greystone Halloween House with Hickory Smoke as the base color. The Christmas Farmhouse’s base color is Antique Linen.

Paint with various shades of paint to give dimension – dark colors first

Start painting the stones by using the darker color first – Black Soot in this case. When I loaded my brush with black paint I cleaned off excess paint in the center unstenciled section to make sure I wasn’t applying too much paint. Sometimes I diluted the paint to give more variety in colors of the stones.

Paint stone texture for the Greystone Halloween paper house #halloweenhouse #putzhouse #paperpattern #papercraft
Painting the stenciled stones on the Greystone Halloween house

Using the various shades of blue and grey paint brings the stone texture great dimension.

Greystone clock paper putz house painted for stone texture #halloweenhouse #putzhouse #paperpattern #papercraft
Completed painting the stone texture on the Greystone Halloween House

Windows and Doors for the Greystone Clock House

For this house there are only 4 windows. Once again I used my very favorite window die from the Tim Holtz Village Dwelling series, the Village Manor. I know I say it every time, but I love these windows for my Halloween houses. The door is from the Village Fixer Upper die set. To give more dimension to my door, I saved the cut out for the door and used it to make an archway around the door. I glued 3 layers together for more depth.

Now the 13-hour clock is one I found online, but I don’t remember where I found it. It is a perfect addition to this house. The clock is outlined with a distressed black circle to set it apart a little better.

As usual, I made my window “glass” from saved acetate packaging. It is so much easier to glue on the windows to the inside of your house before the assembly of the house. But I don’t often to remember to do that.

Greystone Clock house Halloween house Halloween decoration #putzhouse #paperpattern #papercraft
Two dark windows on each side on the Greystone Clock House. The spooky door is inset within a stone archway.

Rusted Roof for the Greystone Clock House

You can find the rusted roof tutorial here.

Materials for the rusted roof:

  • Metal duct tape
  • Alcohol inks
  • Texture paste
  • Roof cardboard pieces

But the difference here is the set of colors I used – blues and greys and black. Often I add texture paste to the metal duct tape for additional grunge on the roof.

Metal roof close-up on Greystone Clock House Halloween house to add to your spooky Halloween decor #putzhouse #paperpattern #papercraft
View of the metal roof on the Halloween house

Glue on the Roof pieces

Truthfully, it is challenging to glue on the roof. I haven’t found a magic solution to this step without occasional frustration, especially if you have already painted your house or your roof. Painter’s tape works if you haven’t already painted these pieces, but if the house is pre-painted, painter’s tape can pull up the painting or the textured siding at times. So I become the tape. I hold the roof in place for a little while until I am sure it holds.

Make the Base

Halloween putz house in progress #halloweenhouse #paperhouse #halloween #stonestencil
Greystone Clock House before attachment to the cardboard base

Fortunately, because the Greystone Clock House is a simple house, the base is simple as well – merely 4 layers of cardboard with a section cut out to fit the LED light and that’s it. I like crinkled up paper to cover the cardboard for the texture.

You can find more on making a base with a space for an LED light here.

I do like the distressed streaks and painting of the base. That worked out well.

Greystone Clock House Halloween House Close-up of fence and base #halloweenputzhouse #paperpattern #papercraft
Close-up of the fencing and the distressed base on the Greystone Clock House

Fencing

For the fencing I used the Village Bungalow die. Each piece was cut out of cardboard and glued to another piece for strength, then painted black. The fence posts are lightweight pieces of cardboard  scored at 3/8 inch intervals to make skinny fence posts that work well visually with the fence.

Decorative Elements

Bottle brush bat tree for the Halloween House - Greystone Clock House
Close-up of the bottle brush tree.

Really, the only decorative element on the house at this time is the bottle brush tree which I made and dyed with Chipped Sapphire and Tumbled Glass. But I’m not really happy with the tree because I couldn’t get the blue shade I envisioned. In addition, bats won’t stay on the branches very well. The tree is just barely installed in a hole on the side of the base. I will probably replace it when I get the coloring right. And then I may make some polymer clay bats because I think they will work better than the paper bats.

Before the Habitat Fundraiser (I make most of my houses to be sold for my local Habitat for Humanity fundraiser), I always add more Halloween elements like fall leaves and pumpkins.

 

Halloween house for Halloween decor Greystone Clock House #putzhouse #paperpattern #papercraft
Pin to your favorite Spooky, Halloween Pinterest Board
Make a Cool Halloween House Greystone Clock House for Halloween decor free pattern #papercraft #paperpattern
Want to remember where you found this pattern – pin to your best Halloween crafting Pinterest board

 

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  1. Sara Emily Barker says

    August 5, 2018 at 4:48 pm

    EXCELLENT! Lucy, it’s taken me a while to get back over to get a real good look at this, but it was WELL worth the wait for me! Oooh, how I love that stone work–so realistic! And the blue tones on the roof give it the perfect creepy glow. My favorite bit is the stonework archway door surround. These details are what make your houses so wonderful. That and your excellent craftsmanship! Thank you for so generously sharing your templates and all of your process; that’s special and rare! Sending hugs!

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    • Lucy says

      September 6, 2018 at 3:44 am

      Sara Emily, I don’t always get around to replying to comments even though I intend to. You always make me feel good – partly because you read the entire blog post, but also because of your lovely comments. You know the stone archway surround is actually very easy, but I do think that little bit of extra dimension really helps the doorway stand out.

      So even though this is a month late and you probably won’t read it – thank you.
      Lucy

      Reply
  2. Denise Consiglio-Lahti says

    September 13, 2018 at 2:20 pm

    Good morning. I’m just reading your posts for the first time. Love your work! Do you have a tutorial on making bottle brush trees? I would be so grateful if you would share that. Denise

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    • Lucy says

      September 13, 2018 at 3:04 pm

      Denise, I do have one, but I do it a little differently now. One thing I use much more sisal now and I get 20 gauge wire that I find in the jewelry section. Here’s the link -https://paperglitterglue.com/bottle-brush-tree-tutorial/

      I will update this tutorial soon. I will let you when I do that.

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