Jack Skellington Snowman

Jack Skellington Snowman

The snowstorm of 2012 needed a Skellington Snowman with Christmas lights.  The freezing rain encased it in ice.  This was really cool until the power went out...

Halloween 2011

HALLOWEEN 2011

  

   

 

Medusa Part 2

Making Medusa

Part 2

 

Open the mouths and model all snakes, then cloth mache them

Get 6 forks and dip the tips into a light green paint, these will be your snake fangs. Then cut the tips off, and glue 2 fangs to the inside of each mouth.

Next, grab some bubble wrap, and tape it to her full upper body. For the lower half, ball up some newspaper and tape it on. Wrap newspaper over it for a smooth surface.

Paper mache over the bubble wrap for her upper and lower body.

Cloth mache her upper and lower body, do same routine for the under side of her lower body.

Paint her green

Grey wash her face and body after you're done painting to make her look even more hideous.

Put her in the front yard to scare the neighbors.

Medusa Part 1

Making Medusa

Part 1

 It all starts with newspaper, tape, and a crazy idea to make a life-sized Medusa

Make a big newspaper ball for the head and some smaller ones for the mouth and other things

Loosely tape up the newspaper balls

Paper mache the newspaper balls

Make some teeth and claws out of Sculpey Clay

Bake them on a cookie sheet

Cut open one of the small newspaper balls and glue on some teeth

Cloth mache around each tooth.  This adds structural support and makes the gums.

Carve up the head until it starts looking like a skull.  Make some holes for the eyes and mock up the nose.

Put in the mouth and tape it in place

Make some fingers - cut some wire hangers, wrap them in newspaper, and tape them up.

Make some snakes - twist up some wire hangers, wrap them in newspaper, and tape them up.

Paper mache the snakes

Cloth mache the snakes and hands

Cloth mache the rest of the face, add some paint, twist up a bar of electrical conduit into a snakelike shape, and mock up different poses until you find one that looks freaky.

Use plastic conduit to make the arms for the freaky pose

Cut open each snake's mouth and reshape the heads so they look cool