How to Make a Skull Scepter

Place four sheets of newspaper on a table. Stand a polystyrene cup facedown on the newspaper. Place the reflector of a portable flashlight against the top of the cup. Draw an outline around the reflector on the cup with a pencil or pen. Cut out the circle on the cup with a utility knife, and dispose of the cut piece.

Insert the flashlight̵7;s reflector into the hole in the top of the cup. Tape the flashlight to the cup with strips of masking tape. Wind masking tape around the flashlight from the reflector to the back end.

Shake a can of glossy black spray paint for 20 seconds. Spray the sides of the cup and the sides of the flashlight with the paint. Let the paint dry for two hours. Apply another coat of paint to the cup and flashlight.

Stand another polystyrene cup facedown on the newspaper. Draw two circles to serve as eyes on the cup near the top with the pencil. Draw a circle between and beneath the two circles. Draw a jagged horizontal line beneath the circle you just drew.

Cut out the circles and the jagged line with the utility knife. Punch out the cut polystyrene, and dispose of it in the trash.

Shake a can of glossy black spray paint for 20 seconds, then spray the sides and top of the cup. Let the paint dry for two hours, then reapply another coat of paint.

Apply bonding glue around the inside of each of the ̶0;eyes.̶1; Place a glass marble in each circle. Hold the marbles inside the circles for a minute so the glue can adhere.

Stand the flashlight on the newspaper. Apply bonding glue around the top of the cup attached to the newspaper. Place the top of the other cup against the cup that has the glue applied to it. Press the two together, and hold them in this position for two minutes. Let the glue set overnight.

Hold your skull scepter by the handle. Press the button to illuminate the scepter so the ̶0;eyes̶1; glow red.