Creepy Fingers Animated Tombstone

Have a problem with wanting a little animation in your cemetery scene but difficulty running power to a certain area?
Well, I decided to take advantage of Mother Nature (when she wanted to cooperate) and let her cool fall breezes animate the Creepy Fingers protruding from this tombstone.

Step 1: Materials

Wood
Screws
Foam Board
Wire
1/4" PVC pipe
Weights (Small Stones, Fishing Sinkers, etc - anything that fits in the PVC pipe)
2 eye hooks
Pool Noodle
Large Fake Finger Nails
Corpsing Materials (Latex or Carpet Glue & Cotton Batting or Paper Towels)
Monster Mud
Spray Paint - Tombstone color of your choice
Hot Glue
Plastic or Wood Beads with a Hole in the Center
Wooden Skewers
Duct Tape

Comments

[gstegman]

Can you tell me what size wire you used? Also, could you explain the foam center in the pvc pipe a little better? Not quite clear what you mean.
Thank you, love the project and will try it.

[gstegman]

Can you tell me what size wire you used? Also, could you explain the foam center in the pvc pipe a little better? Not quite clear what you mean.
Thank you, love the project and will try it.

[U456]

Ooooh you have Thriller on!!

[justjimAZ]

Definite do for Halloween! Thanks!

[PaHalloweenFreak]

Thanks! Glad you like it! :)

[MaxImmum]

if u were to modify this a bit, u could make it look like the egg and facehugger from  alien

[frollard]

Love the project!  It could use some articulation to really be extra creepy, but for its simplicity it gets my stars!

[PaHalloweenFreak]

Thanks!

[canida]

That looks awesome! You should embed the video in the first step, too.

[PaHalloweenFreak]

Thanks!! If I can figure out how to do it, I will!

[PaHalloweenFreak]

Yeah! I figured it out! LOL!! Thanks for the suggestion. I think it is better with it in the intro.

[grimdaddy]

Very cool idea! It is a green idea too!!

[PaHalloweenFreak]

Thanks Grimdaddy! I may add a base to it that reads "Bluetooth Salesman". LOL!!

[goatgirly]

Ha! Just got it, sounds like hands freed.

[PaHalloweenFreak]

LOL!! :)

[Felipez]

hey, great job! I would like to suggest a separated topic for the 'motion' of it. I think it would be better for organization. Anyway, very nice instructable!

[PaHalloweenFreak]

Thanks for the compliment. Wish I could help you out with a separate topic about the motion of it, but unfortunately, I just winged it and got lucky. I am sure there are physics formulas that someone more advanced would be able to calculate for where exactly to drill the holes, exact amount of counter weight, etc. but I am as dumb as a rock when it comes to those things. LOL! Most of the things I build, I just use trial & error, then keep my fingers crossed that they work! :)

[geekazoid]

lol thats super creative, did you come up with the idea yourself? BTW i tried a similar (no moving parts) project last year. Any idea where I could buy the right kind of foam board? Thanks and great 'ible!

[PaHalloweenFreak]

Thanks! Yes, my twisted comes up with some strange things at times. LOL!! You can go to any home improvement store and they should have it. I got mine at Home Depot because I drive a PT Cruiser so I have to buy the half sheets - our Lowes here only carries the full 4x8 sheets. The full sheets come in different thicknesses too.

[geekazoid]

Thanks