Scary Places chalkboard Halloween globe (huh....?)

OK, yes.... chalkboard globes have been done.  I've seen a couple of them that are inspirational.  (Can't remember exactly where... so sorry..)

So when I found a globe for 50 cents and Halloween  is just around the corner, I knew exactly what I wanted to do to it.
I wanted to map some of the Scary Places on the planet:

My garage sale globe:

 This old globe had countries that were no longer in existence, but it had cool numbers and raised areas on the globe itself.

I spray painted the stand a metallic silver. When it dried I used painter's tape to cover it up. (Sometimes painter's tape comes in handy, but not always.)

I used a good primer on the globe, then sprayed it with Rustoleum's chalkboard paint.  Once that paint had dried, I rubbed chalk all over it, then wiped it off again.  (This helps to "cure" the chalkboard paint.)

Then, using my Super-Duper-Sucky geographical/artistic prowess, I chalked out the continents on the globe.
We added places that were known to be scary... Transylvania, Sleepy Hollow, Salem, the Bermuda Triangle...

It may be a little goofy... but it makes me smile.

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