HALLOWEEN TOMBSTONES - HOME MADE
STONE PILE GRAVE MARKERS

Piles of stones, or Carnes, have been used to mark graves and cover what's beneath them since the beginning of time and can add a new aspect to your graveyard. You could do a whole scene with nothing but wooden crosses and Carnes, ala "Pet Semetary", giving a very old and creepy look to a graveyard. If you have a yard space about 144 square feet (12' x 12'), mark it off and make a spiraling circle starting at the outside and working your way in. Leave enough room between lines to add stone piles and crosses as you go with the biggest pile at the very center. Add some skeletons crawling out of the ground and a couple of friends walking around dressed as zombies and you have an ancient, cursed burial ground where things come back to life, sort of, if buried there.

Epitaphs
You may or may not want to add epitaph to some of the large stones that face out.

You can simply paint it on using artist brushes. You can use acrylic craft paint. You should use paint that is darker than the color of the stone, not lighter.