This Halloween Make a Skeleton That'll Make 'Em Jump Right Out of Their Skin

Sarah Essex
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Create a harrowing skeleton with a couple of branches, a styrofoam skull and lots of gauze? Now that sounds like fun!

Store-bought skeletons are mostly kind of cheesy and, let’s be honest, a little lame. They’re not particularly scary and severely lack in the personality department, which is why you should DIY your own.

Spending no more than you would on a store-bought skeleton (probably less), this guy will be standing on your front lawn in no time.

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Materials:

  • Tree branches - one approximately 6’ and one approximately 3’

  • 2 Skeleton hands with forearm attached

  • Styrofoam skull

  • Rhinestone Stickers

  • Gauze

  • Duct tape

  • Old towel- preferably white or grey

Tools:

  • Scissors

  • Wire snips

  • Hot glue gun

  • Utility knife/ serrated steak knife

Instructions:

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1. Snip the rhinestone sticker to the shape of the skull’s tooth…

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…and hot glue it into place in its smile.

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2. Cut a hole in the bottom of the neck of the skeleton head to fit the tall tree branch…

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…and impale the head on top.

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3. Make a tall cross with the two branches and duct tape them together.

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4. Tape the skeleton hands to the ends of the cross branch.

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5. Wrap the towel as a torso and tape it in place.

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6. Wrap the arms and torso loosely with gauze…

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…wrapping gradually tighter around the base of the stick.

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Now that’s a skeleton!

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