Reddit reviews Creative Hobbies Blank Stencil Making Sheets 8.5" x 11" Frosted -Pack of 10 Sheets

Someone I know pointed this out to me about two years ago. I tried it out and it sucked. There's NO WAY the eyes in the OP's pictures were made with these decorations.

• The cardboard tubes aren't durable enough for long-lasting decorations. At the first sign of rain they'll turn to mush, and they'll soak up morning dew like nobody's business. A halfway decent breeze will send them flying, or at the very least dislodge them from their perches.
  
• They're difficult to set up, being round and all.
  
• Glow sticks suck. Even the big full size ones aren't bright enough to cast a good spooky glow on the clearest of nights, and if you've got a fog machine, or natural fog rolls in, or if the bushes you're hiding them in are somewhat dense, you're screwed.
  
• Glow sticks suck even more. They have to be replaced every night, assuming you want more than one night's worth of decorations. Aside from the cost, that's a lot of plastic to throw away.
  
• The light from the glow sticks is inconsistent, being brighter on the bottom of the tube where they're resting than in the middle or on the top, and a lot of light leaks out the sides.
  
  So, what to do?
  
  Spirit Halloween makes these ($17 as of this writing) which are pretty darned good. They're AC powered, three to a set, randomly blink, made of dark green plastic so they blend in really nice, and have some pretty sturdy plastic hooks to hang them.
  
  But you want to go homemade, here's how I addressed the shortcomings of the toilet paper roll version.
  
  

1. Crimp both ends of the tube into half-moons, like this, but large enough so the crimped parts overlap. Close one end and seal it with a piece of sturdy tape (duct, gaffers, etc).
   
2. Cut out the eyes as you'd want them.
   
3. At the top of the tube (defined as the highest point of the tube above the eye cut-outs when the tube is set flat on a table) cut two small holes about 3" apart, centered on the tube.
   
4. Run a black zip-tie through the holes and connect, leaving a loop of plastic to act as a hanger. Trim any excess zip-tie.
   
5. Spray the inside and outside of the tube with a quick coat of black PlastiDip. This will protect the tube from moisture. Allow it to dry.
   
6. Put a piece of painter's tape over the outside of the eye holes, then give the inside a quick blast of silver spray paint. Remove the painter's tape and allow it to dry.
   
7. Buy these. They're battery powered; I've had them last about four evenings without dying so they're pretty efficient, and the batteries are replaceable when the time comes. Put one or two into each roll, then crimp the other end of the tube shut and use a piece of tape to keep it closed.
   
8. If you want more of a "glowing" eye effect, tape a piece of frosted plastic over the eyes to diffuse the light. You can also color the plastic with markers to get difficult colors and patterns, like bloodshot eyes and such.
   
   Yeah, this is pretty complex for a little DIY decoration. OTOH, my daughter and I had fun making them together and we now have about a dozen of them that are now going strong on their third Halloween.

Thank you! I found that it was impossible to find a large photo of the feather pattern, and also very difficult to find an image of it that was straight.

I was in Fred Meyer and I saw the Seahawks cape, and that had a small version of what I was looking for. I ultimately blew it up, and printed it out to use to create my stencils.

This was the result for that, if you would like to use it.

For the stencils, I used these 4mm thick sheets from Amazon. I bought a 10-pack. While creating the stencils is tedious, it certainly beat the idea of painting one feather at a time on the wall. With 10 stencils, it went much faster than expected.

Hope this helps!

Edit: To add, Lowes will mix the exact Seahawks colors for you. I had a 14' by 10' room, and I used 1 gallon of wolf gray (it was close, but just the right amount), and ordered 1 pint of the green and blue (although I had plenty to spare).