Audrey II Halloween Tree from Little Shop of Horrors

“Excuse me, but I couldn’t help but notice that strange and interesting plant in the window!”

Treetopia invited me to join their “13 Haunting Tales” Halloween tree campaign, and even though I had just completed my edible ornaments tree, I loved the idea of decorating my 7.5 foot Tuxedo Black in the theme of a favorite/classic Halloween character.

I went through several classic ideas and randomly became obsessed with re-creating Audrey II from Little Shop of Horrors. She’s not classically Halloween-y, but HORROR is in the movie title, so it seemed Halloween appropriate!

We also decorated a matching Tuxedo Black wreath that Treetopia kindly gifted us. Manda actually started to decorate the wreath before the tree while I was still at work. It was a nice visual exercise that helped establish what the tree would end up looking like.

Here’s the little sketch that I started with to help guide us:

We decided to name our tree Audrey III, especially because there are three big heads!

To get a really moody/creepy feel, I bought some green light bulbs to cast an eerie glow onto the whole scene.

Audrey III looks awesome whether it’s night or day, LED lights on or off!

All of our Audrey heads are paper mache. We bought 2 different sizes of balloons and started with a glue and water mixture. However, the glue was taking forever to dry AND it didn’t feel like it was hardening, so we decided to switch to a flour and water mixture, which was much better. We also turned on a space heater and a regular fan to keep warm air circulating in our garage to expedite the dry time.

It was really exciting to get to the part where we cut them open!

Manda took the lead on designing how we would paint all the heads. I was like, “Make a chart, like a makeup chart for a fashion show.” She also painted all of the leaves, vines, and the flowers that are on the backs of the little heads. This was an extremely collaborative project, which was super fun. As usual, there was not a lot of time to work on this, so ideas were thrown out quickly and decisions were made on a dime. There are still a lot of little details, like ivy leaves around paper vines and putting together a flower-shop feel with some of our real plants and some artificial ones. The house has never felt so jungle-y and I am so into it!

28 Comments on “Audrey II Halloween Tree from Little Shop of Horrors”

  • Robin Cherry

    says:

    Are these available for purchase?

    • TwinkieChan

      says:

      Hi Robin. Thanks so much for asking. No, they are not, unfortunately. We encourage you to try to make your own!

  • I love this so much! I’ve been totally obsessed with collecting the fly traps at Target and Michaels and got a live plant and an outfit, I’m just missing this

    • TwinkieChan

      says:

      If you have some time on your hands, you can make your own! We used paper mache over balloons and a bunch of paint.

  • Cat Gray

    says:

    Hello,
    First off, I I am loving your work, and secondly I have not decorated in over 2 years cuz I got very sick and was in the hospital for about a year and when I came across this I knew it was something that I would love to have I’m just trying to figure out your pricing and shipping and all that good stuff I currently live in the state of Oklahoma. I currently sont work due to health and I have a 13 year old son whose dad is deployed so as you see things are tight. Sorry if tmi. May I get price list, as well as, other items you make?

    Thanks in Advance
    Cat Gray
    (850)225-6249

    • TwinkieChan

      says:

      Hi, Cat. Thank you so much for loving our tree! We spent $200+ dollars on materials alone, and it took us a week to make and paint everything. Plus shipping large objects gets very expensive. So unfortunately we are not offering these for sale. We simply hope it inspires people to have fun with their holiday decorations and explore making their own custom decorations.

  • Jacquelyn Stull

    says:

    Omg omg this is awsome,I so want one..Can you make me one and I will buy it from you?I love the wreath as well.Little Shop Of Horrors has been my favorite movie for as long as I can remember…

    • TwinkieChan

      says:

      Hi Jacquelyn. I’m so happy that you like it! Unfortunately, we are not making them to sell. We spent $200+ on materials and it took a week to make, plus shipping large pieces is expensive. So sorry! We hope this inspires people to try to make their own.

  • Krista Krause

    says:

    How can I purchase the wreath?

    • TwinkieChan

      says:

      Hi Krista, this is the wreath that we were sent from Treetopia: https://bit.ly/35lS5pX

  • Patty

    says:

    You need to make this for sale!

    • TwinkieChan

      says:

      I think it would be too expensive to produce and ship :).

  • Lee

    says:

    Finally, I can read the comments now.

  • Kira Cook

    says:

    This is fantastic! I would love to see this under a blacklight!

    • TwinkieChan

      says:

      We did consider using glow-in-the-dark paint for a moment.

  • Joshua

    says:

    How did you make the leaves and vines I’m trying to make this for a friend for Christmas so he has it for his tree and such next year ^_^ <3 <3

    • TwinkieChan

      says:

      Hi, it’s all hand-painted paper! Like thick Kraft paper.

  • Heya Twink… believe it or not, but I am the guy who made the first Audrey Two for the original production of LSOH. A friend sent me a photo of your tree: it’s lovey to see that my baby continues to take over the world…!

    • TwinkieChan

      says:

      Hello! That is so super duper cool!! Thank you for checking out our Christmas tree and for saying hi. Yes, she is definitely forever taking over the world!!!

  • Tomeka

    says:

    Thanks for the inspiration, I’ve wanted to make an Audrey 2 themed tree for awhile now. I think this might be the year!!! You guys did an amazing job! Thanks for the tips!

    • TwinkieChan

      says:

      Good luck! I’m sure yours will turn out great!

  • Judith Ruegg

    says:

    I love the wreath. My son and niece absolutely loved the show. What materials would I need to make one. And could you send instructions? Thank you so much on advance.

    • TwinkieChan

      says:

      Thanks! I would google about how to make a paper mâché project 🙂

  • Desiree Carpenter

    says:

    I love this! What did you use for the teeth?

    • TwinkieChan

      says:

      Hi! It was all paper mache, and we just cut the teeth out.

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