DIY Wire Faux Taxidermy

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Cost: About $6

Supplies:

• Plenty of 16 Ga. Dark Annealed Wire (I bought the 2lb reel). OKay. So now that this project is done, I can tell you I HATE THIS WIRE for this project. It is too stiff and hard to shape and really beat up my hands and fingers! I suggest a covered clothesline wire or floral wire. I saw some colored floral wire at the Dollar Store and am going to try it out again with that I think. But, for the sake of accuracy in the tutorial, I used the 16 Ga. wire from Home Depot for this project.
• Wire cutters.
• Pliers or jewelry tools are helpful for twisting the wire ends.

And thats it. Simple and cheap. Now the fun part…

Step 1: Making the Base

1. The first thing I did was make a wire circle to use as my base. Depending on how large you want your animal head you can determine the size of your base. I also was sure to add a little loop up at the top of the base for hanging.

Comments

[cathyfranco]

This is awesome and such an inexpensive $6 design solution! I have been looking at deer heads on http://www.whitefauxtaxidermy.com but they seem a tiny bit out of my price range for now. I think I'll stick to the wire one you have made for now and hang him up outside, since like he would very likely handle the weather. Thanks again!

[RedneckEngineer]

Now just add a blinking LED nose and you got your Christmas decorations started for the year! Part of me likes this and part of me thinks it's missing something, but I can't quite figure it out. Either way its cool and might be on the to do list.

[sunshiine]

Clever idea! Thanks for sharing.

[l8nite]

I've been working on a display for halloween and have ruined 3 large chunks of styrofoam trying to get the head I liked, I never thought of a wire frame...duuuuuuuuuuuuh. Very nicely done and thank you for the imagination booster !

[scoochmaroo]

I LOVE this. Please send to Sarah at Instructables HQ! :D