DIY Halloween Graveyard Skeletons
Level:
Advanced
How-To:
Outdoor Decor, Home Decor
Seasonal Event:
Fall, Halloween
MATERIALS:
- Inexpensive plastic skeletons from party store
- ½ inch wooden dowels (2 3 ft. dowels per skeleton)
- 1 package Model Magic Modeling Clay
- Insulation foam
- Wood Glue
- Power Drill
- Exacto Knife
- Plywood square for base
- Black spray paint
- 2 packages wire
- Styrofoam or plastic eye balls
- Accessories – clothes, wigs, hats
INSTRUCTIONS:
- Spray paint plywood black
- Drill holes into wooden plywood base
- Glue wooden dowels into base
- Cut holes into plastic skeleton parts, slip over dowel
- Assemble additional skeleton parts
- Secure with insulation foam
- Make hands with modeling clay – make separate joints for fingers by rolling and forming clay
- Feed wire through clay to connect hand parts
- Let clay dry
- Remove plastic hands from store-bought skeleton, discard
- Attach clay hands to skeleton arms
- Attach skeleton head after gluing foam/plastic eyes to skeleton
- Attach accessories: wig, hat, clothing
