Halloween Diorama Clock

  In this project I have some Halloween characters attached to the hands of a clock traveling in a circle creating an animated Halloween diorama in a jar.  A ghost is attached to the second hand traveling in a circle at a rate of once a minute.  A cat is on the minute hand completing a circle in an hour.  The zombie, much slower since he has a bad leg takes 12 hours to go around.  The tombstone marks twelve o"clock and the pumpkins mark 3, 6 and 9 o'clock so you can still tell the time.

Step 1 Materials and Tools

Clock mechanism

Large jar with lid

Craft foam or card stock, small Halloween decorations

Clear plastic

Optional: LED tealight

Black paint and coloured markers

Glue

Scissors

Pliers

Comments

[Dusk Shadows]

this is great

[thehaneyplace]

That's scary COOL, man! I'll bet If I started one now, it would be finished in time for Halloween... Maybe... just maybe! :^)

[ChrysN]

Thanks. You have a few months still.

[frikkie]

freaken awesome!!!!love it !

[sunshiine]

I loved the cat! This is so cute! Thanks for sharing.
Sunshiine

[nash64]

its toooooooo cool, thanks

[masynmachien]

Inspirational!
Thanks for the Ible

[fruitsushi]

Very cool! I hope I can find a good glass jar for this project!

[ChrysN]

I found mine at a dollar store, another option is as ildegiron mentioned below to use a cd/dvd container.

[fruitsushi]

Alright! Thanks a bunch ChrysN!

[Bubbler]

I like this instructable. I have seen a clock like this that is built into a glass cube, with a witch that flays around a house every minute. I may think of another theme to make one of these. The jars are easily found in dollar stores in the kitchen department. Well done.

[ezrablu]

This is so cool!!! I just love it!!! Thank you for this terrific instructible!

[ChrysN]

Thanks!

[balloondoggle]

Very clever! I love the idea of adapting the clock movement for an animation purpose. Very nice job on the foam figures.

My own version would probably switch the ghost and the zombie. The herky-jerky movement of the second hand seems appropriate for a zombie, and the more subtle positioning of the minute hand is good for a sneaky creepy ghost. Maybe the Grim Reaper on the hour hand.

This is one 'ible I may actually try on my own. Thanks for taking the time to document your work.

[ChrysN]

Yes, I wish I had a better quality clock with a sweeping second hand so the ghost would move more gracefully.

The Grim Reaper sounds like a great idea, I'd love to see it when it is done!

[iceng]

Very clever, gave you 5 and a vote.

A

[ChrysN]

Thanks!

[legomum]

I was thinking that a Christmas theme would be great for this too--or any other theme one would wish really. Great idea, thank you!!!!

[WVvan]

Wonderfully clever! Thumbs up.

[ildegiron]

Very cool!!!



I will be building a couple of them as gifts for some friends. Instead of the jar I plan on using discarded CD containers.



Regards.

[sbuckner]

love this, witty.

[mikeasaurus]

very creative, I love it!

[ChrysN]

Thanks!

[ynze]

Pretty cool!

[ChrysN]

Thanks!