Finally got a good start on this years styrofoam tombstones! Over the weekend, hubby and I went camping......it gave me some time to work on the designing and engraving of 3 stones I had already cut into shape. When we came home Sunday, I managed to get them all painted (latex of course) black. I let them dry overnight and on Monday evening I spraypainted them grey and a couple of accent colors. Hubby was sweet enough to cut out plywood to the shape of the tombstones. He then nailed a 2x6 to the plywood to form an L shape. I used Liquid Nails to attach the the tombstones to the L base. Tonight I will go back and drill a couple of holes in the bottom of the L base and spray the L base black.

This technique works really well to stabilize foam tombstones. I set up my graveyard in the garage, so weather is not an issue.....however in the past I have set up my graveyard in the front yard, and have never lost a tombstone in Chicago's crazy weather.
The holes in the L base are for outside display, I will put a steel rod through them and pound the rod into the ground. Those suckers DON'T move!

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