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I wanted a life size skeleton for our Halloween display and my budget was $0.00 Plastic shopping bags, wire coat hangers and tape was the answer.
Materials needed.
About 20 or 30 white plastic shopping bags.
Two wire frame clothes hangers
Lots of clear tape. I used narrow tape but also used some wide packing tape.
Thread.
Black permanent marker.
Materials needed.
About 20 or 30 white plastic shopping bags.
Two wire frame clothes hangers
Lots of clear tape. I used narrow tape but also used some wide packing tape.
Thread.
Black permanent marker.
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Spread out your shopping bag flat and roll it up into a long cylinder.
Here's a tip, if you have a problem with the company logo showing through the plastic like i did, try the method in picture number 4. Cut the bottom of the bag off. Re-flatten your bag with the writing on the lower side of the bag. This way when you roll it up, all the print is as far inside the cylinder as possible.
If you would like longer bones, use two bags overlapped for extra length, as shown in picture number 5.
You will need 4 arms bones and 4 leg bones, unless of course you are going for anatomically accurate.
Here's a tip, if you have a problem with the company logo showing through the plastic like i did, try the method in picture number 4. Cut the bottom of the bag off. Re-flatten your bag with the writing on the lower side of the bag. This way when you roll it up, all the print is as far inside the cylinder as possible.
If you would like longer bones, use two bags overlapped for extra length, as shown in picture number 5.
You will need 4 arms bones and 4 leg bones, unless of course you are going for anatomically accurate.
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Perhaps you could check at one of the stores where they have white bags, there's often a bin out front for people to recycle their used ones. Our nearby shopping mall has a large 15 x 10 x 8 foot plexiglass cube that is filled with bags that people have brought back to recycle.
Glad you all like it. I quite enjoyed watching him out the window today, he came to life in the breeze.
I'm going to tell all my Cubs about this...