16. Concrete Skull Planters with Succulent Brains
Add a touch of industrial, modern gothic style to your home with DIY concrete skull planters. Using a plastic skull-shaped mold (often sold as ice buckets or cake molds), pour quick-setting concrete mix inside, creating a hollow center. Once fully cured and demolded, you can leave the concrete in its raw, textured gray state or apply a dark wash of acrylic paint to highlight the cracks and facial details. Fill the hollow top of the skull with potting soil and plant a variety of ruffled, pinkish-green succulents like Echeveria or brain cactus (Mammillaria elongata ‘Cristata’) to create the hilarious and creepy illusion of exposed, growing brains.