Dracula Does the Weather

 by mrdovie
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With Halloween just around the corner, a pop up Dracula came to mind for my projects using pine scales well soaked in salt water. I had a large one that really responded well to changes in humidity, so with tongue depressors in hand I set out to build his coffin first. What did one casket say to the other?...  Is that you coffin?  See my previous Instructable on the Robot Weather Toy.
 
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Step 1: Form the top of the casket


This is an image of Vlad Dracula that I wanted to shoot for in a comical way, even though the original was not funny
Rossyta says: Oct 4, 2011. 9:56 AM
Hey! What a pretty nice project!!!
mrdovie (author) in reply to RossytaOct 4, 2011. 10:15 AM
Thanks, I gave myself a big laugh when I thought of using Dracula for a Coo coo Clock... that would be a side splitter with him popping 12 times!
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