We made a Halloween Spellbook with a MOVING EYE!

Jay and Jaimie make a magic spell book with an animated eye, inspired by Hocus Pocus for Halloween!

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MATERIALS:
Old Hardcover Book - (Your local Goodwill)
Your Phone
(OPTIONAL) Letters -

TOOLS NEEDED:

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:12 Finding the Perfect Book
02:11 The Plan
02:44 The Cabochon and Phone
03:50 Adding the Letters
04:29 Sculpting the Eyelid
05:45 The Tentacles
06:11 Adding the "Leather"
08:03 Painting the Spellbook
09:26 Adding the Finishing Touches
10:13 Final Results
10:49 Want the Eyeball Video?

Hocus Pocus 2 is coming out soon! We've always loved Winifred's grimoire with its moving eyeball, so we decided to make an enchanted book of our own. Our book of shadows was made with a really easy technique using tissue paper and Mod Podge. The evil eye looks around as though it's alive. This DIY Halloween decoration is the perfect addition to any witch costume and would look great as part of your 2022 Halloween display.

If you want to learn how to make Halloween decorations and channel your inner Sanderson sister, be sure to check out our other Halloween DIY videos!

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[WickedMakers]

Thanks for watching! All the materials are listed in the video description, including where to get the Animated Eye video so you can make your own DIY Spellbook!

[rosehawke]

I ALWAYS put tissue paper in a gift box, especially with clothing. It's much more elegant than just tossing the gift in there, taping some paper on the outside and calling it done.

[torsloke]

Wow, wow, wow! I attempted a similar idea last year, except with an animatronic eyeball, but I couldn’t get the mechanics to work. This is a great alternative! If you don’t want to use a real book, the cardboard book boxes craft stores work great. I covered mine in damask peel and stick wallpaper, fabric tape for the binding, and gold foil letters from my crafty neighbor’s cricut.

[halloweenspecialist]

This EYE trick is what I do in a tomb stone but the glass is a prefect addition Thank You.

[WhiteOutify]

I just love how the "most replayed" part of the video is the doggos :3 <3 super cool project!

[scot]

You guys! So imaginative and fun. I love the Halloween season and part of what I look forward to is y’all’s new videos (and I revisit the older ones too). Love the spell book!

[DDN]

I aspire to have your imaginations! This was too cool! And loved seeing your fur-ish babies (don't want to make kitty feel self-conscious)! LOL

[RuthlessMojo]

Really nice job with this. This reminds me of the necronomicon from the Evil Dead series. That book had a moving mouth. You could do that with a small servo and a 3d printed mouth. It could be activated by a pressure switch that activates when you touch it. The same principle could be used to create blinking eyelids for your book of spells.

[Munz_is_at_your_house]

WHAT WAIT, I WAS JUST WATCHING AND PLANNING TO MAKE THE HOCUS POCUS BOOK, YOU ARE READING MY MINDS☠️☠️☠️

[Wallywood]

I love how the cat is like “Are you guys seeing this !?” Lol

[Brandywine]

That is so cute. I'm such a sucker for books/back to school/office supply stuff and Halloween. This is the perfect blend of all of them.

I wonder if scientists ever did find out why some paintings have eyes that seem to follow you wherever you go. I bet the idea behind this project could be used that way too with one of the picture frames.

[nairbvel]

Holy cow -- my folks still have that book, I read it a couple of times back in the 1980s! I'm half sorry to see it "rebooted" and half thrilled to see such a cool new prop! <8-D FYI, "cabochon" is a French word that's pronounced "kah-bow-shawn" and come from a very old word meaning "head" -- the same root word as the word "cabbage"!! (Oh, and I certainly do wrap gifts with tissue paper -- sometimes just by putting a gift into a nice bag and then covering it with the paper! LOL)

[rainbowjellyfish]

okay but the dogs at 5:23, they’re so cute omg

[reginafetty]

What a great idea for the moving eyeball. Great job!

[thedoubleboiler]

I never thought of using a repurpose store for crafts. That is a great idea!

Omg! Using a magnifying glass for the eye is genius!

[recoveringsoul]

You can get hard cover books at the dollar store too. I hope you do something to the inside of that book too, so the pages can be used. Need some blank pages, actual spells, some creepy artwork, plant images, cats, wands, crystals, trees, etc

[Oonagh]

I just remembered I have a tip that may be helpful. When you are gluing down the tissue mix paint into the glue. It will give you a base layer of color. Also use a color of tissue close to your base color, that way you reduce the number layers of paint. Especially if you have a color that is hard to cover.

[littlelolbit-hb]

Is no one gonna mention how they are making these awesome videos for us while taking care of 2 kids 2 dogs and a cat?!

[terryjbrown]

I love the Hocus Pocus book but I love that yours has color to it!

[mikec]

Another awesome project guys! The moving eyeball just makes this so creepy!