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Halloween: cheap and easy dropping spider silhouette

Halloween: cheap and easy dropping spider silhouette
This was my dirt simple, zero cost, last second prop for Halloween.

Since I had setup a lot of spider webs in my front door, essentially making it look as if you are walking into a cobweb, I figured a large spider was in order.
 
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Step 1Making the spider

Making the spider
I searched for some good spider images that I could convert into a silhouette but found none. I did find lots of good reference images though.

I fired up Google Sketchup, as it can work as great and easy line drawing program with a mirror function. It also allowed me to layout my frosted glass panel to scale and visualize how large I wanted the spider to be on the glass.

I drew a cool looking spider, and a few minutes later I had a to-scale print out to use as a guide to cut my cardboard.

The template I made is online here: http://sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse/details?mid=f25f707c99ef38358b62e185294e8b2e
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6 comments
Sep 22, 2011. 3:56 AMannark says:
think theyre both great, the animated one is very effective!
Oct 26, 2010. 4:50 PMFatCatDaddy says:
Where can we find that animation or one like it?
Oct 20, 2010. 7:21 PMGranny_Leah says:
Very effective.
Have you continued to use it, or made any changes?
Nov 7, 2007. 6:33 AMaskjacob says:
Nice and simple. I like it!

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I am a co-founder of a group called Austin Modders, a great group of electronics and computer modifiers in Austin Texas. We have made projects for many companies such as: Dell, AMD, ATI, Thermaltak...
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