This Instructable will show you how to take those small plastic skeletons from the dollar stores & convert them from limp noodles into fun & poseable characters. It's a fairly easy and cheap way to add a little character & life to your Halloween display.
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1. A 16" plastic blow mold skeleton (Found at most dollar stores during Halloween season)
2. 16 guage wire (Found at Hardware & Home Improvement stores. The wire I used is for use with rebar)
3. A yard stick or measuring tape
4. Wire cutters (anything that will cut through the 16 guage wire)
5. A pair of needle nose pliers
6. A knife
Optional item:
Tape or paint to mark the wire, so you know you have inserted it far enough into the skeleton when working on the legs.
2. 16 guage wire (Found at Hardware & Home Improvement stores. The wire I used is for use with rebar)
3. A yard stick or measuring tape
4. Wire cutters (anything that will cut through the 16 guage wire)
5. A pair of needle nose pliers
6. A knife
Optional item:
Tape or paint to mark the wire, so you know you have inserted it far enough into the skeleton when working on the legs.
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Maybe once I get the carriage fixed, I will just have to have a bigger skelly pulling the wagon with the little ones in it. LOL!
Thanks for sharing the Ible too! Maybe some day, there will be armies of little skellies all over the place. LOL!
I did use Monster Mud (drywall mud mixed with paint) once on one of them which made it look like a stone statue. However by the next year, it was starting to fall off so I am not sure how the clay would do.
I do think the best potential might be to corpse it (liquid latex & cotton batting). I would do each piece individually to make sure that you can still move it around freely.
If you do try the sculpting putty, I would be very interested in seeing how they turn out!