Dead Alien - Halloween prop

Using an inexpensive plastic skeleton, some paper mache and some expanding foam you too can have a "dead alien" this halloween.

Step 1: Ingredients and Tools

Ingredients:
Inexpensive plastic skeleton
Expanding spray insulation
Masking tape
Wire or coat hangers
Balloon, size of alien head. Have a couple spares just in case...
Paper Mache supplies - paper, paste, etc.
Blood colored paint (red, green, blue, purple, it's your alien) - if spray paint, use plastic friendly type
Gloss coat - spray or liquid
Gray paint - or any other acceptable alien skintone.
Black acrylic craft paint or india ink.
Optional - latex paint, any light color, or white glue.
Optional - lenses from dollar-store sunglasses
Optional - packing tape
Tools:
Slicing/dicing utility - knives, rotary tool, laser, what ever you feel comfortable with.
Rubber gloves
Pliers and/or wire cutters

Comments

[jt0813]

Very creative!! I'm loving this! Balloon was Genius idea for the head shape, simple and clever. One more Halloween idea use for these plastic skeletons, I own one myself. Thanks for sharing!

[peanutgnome]

Nice job, looks "out of this world"! I like the idea of extending the fingers too!

[Lorannb]

Just finished project. thanks for the instructions. Decided to use the left over fingers and toes to lengthen fingers. In addition, I added antennas. hard to tell from pic since it is on work table. Other pic is with alien standing up in order to get a full pic.

Your a great teacher thanks for the instructions/.;

[martie]

This is a great DIY project. I plan on giving it a try soon. Thanks so much for sharing this with us.

[susanfromhauntspace]

ahhhh this will go brilliantly with my U.F.O. project!

[Mr. Rig It]

Great job this is a sure winner!

[jnixon]

Nice one. Really gross!

[!Andrew_Modder!]

..... :-D ... awesome

[gmoon]

Yuck. Well done.

[Ramnosity]

That's pretty disgusting looking. Great for holloween. Good instructable.

[Popcornfilms]

fan-freaking tastic :) great instructable! great job! perhaps add a alien mask? beautiful.

[chooseausername]

Grrrrrrrr ! I planed to do that ! >:-[

Except I wanted to make mine with flesh of fish, and to abandon it into a field near which i would have hiden a camcorder =o)

What a pity that I don't have enough free time ! ............... :-[

Good work anyway :-)