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Step 5Attaching Creepy Fingers
Now for the tricky part. With the top piece of foam board still unattached, push the wire from the fingers into foam center of the PVC. Once you have them in place you will want to carefully drop hot glue down as close to the bottom of the wire and foam as you can. Allowing it to run down onto the top of the foam. The reason for this is so that the hole made by the wire from the finger does not get bigger while bending and adjusting the fingers.
Adjusting the fingers: Add some weight to the bottom of the PVC. Use pieces of gravel, stone, fishing sinkers, etc. and push them up into the PVC. Put a piece of duct tape over the bottom to keep them from falling out. Bend the fingers first at the joint areas.Then backward or forward near the base until each finger balances (meaning the PVC remains in the straight up & down position and not leaning forward or back). It can be difficult but trial & error is the only way here, unless you are an engineer maybe. LOL!
Once you are satisfied with the placement & fit, you may now attach the top piece of foam board.
Cut a trim piece for the top to hide the open slits and bare section of wire. To attach this use about 1" pieces of wooden skewers pushed down into the top piece of foam board. Run a bead of glue (or use spray glue) down the bottom of each piece of trim and push down onto the skewers.
Attaching the thumb: The best way to align it with the hole in the PVC is to take a piece of wire and heat the end of it. From the back and as quickly as you can, push it through the hole in the pvc and then out through the foam board. Heating the wire helps to give you a smoother hole on the outside facing. Now push the wire from the thumb back through foam board and into the PVC. If you cut the wire long enough you can now wrap it around the PVC so that the thumb remains stationary.
Cut out and attach the back panel.
Cut out lettering to add to the front and glue in place.
Monster Mud the entire tombstone, being careful not to obstruct the fingers when you are working around the slots.
Finally, once the monster mud is dry, spray paint the tombstone & fingers.
Adjusting the fingers: Add some weight to the bottom of the PVC. Use pieces of gravel, stone, fishing sinkers, etc. and push them up into the PVC. Put a piece of duct tape over the bottom to keep them from falling out. Bend the fingers first at the joint areas.Then backward or forward near the base until each finger balances (meaning the PVC remains in the straight up & down position and not leaning forward or back). It can be difficult but trial & error is the only way here, unless you are an engineer maybe. LOL!
Once you are satisfied with the placement & fit, you may now attach the top piece of foam board.
Cut a trim piece for the top to hide the open slits and bare section of wire. To attach this use about 1" pieces of wooden skewers pushed down into the top piece of foam board. Run a bead of glue (or use spray glue) down the bottom of each piece of trim and push down onto the skewers.
Attaching the thumb: The best way to align it with the hole in the PVC is to take a piece of wire and heat the end of it. From the back and as quickly as you can, push it through the hole in the pvc and then out through the foam board. Heating the wire helps to give you a smoother hole on the outside facing. Now push the wire from the thumb back through foam board and into the PVC. If you cut the wire long enough you can now wrap it around the PVC so that the thumb remains stationary.
Cut out and attach the back panel.
Cut out lettering to add to the front and glue in place.
Monster Mud the entire tombstone, being careful not to obstruct the fingers when you are working around the slots.
Finally, once the monster mud is dry, spray paint the tombstone & fingers.
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