![]() With your fingers, contour the wire to look more like arms, with elbows, wrists, and hands. Attach each arm to the torso you may need to clip off a bit of wire near the armpits to do this. To create the straight left arm, form the wire piece into a cylinder, as you did with the torso, but slightly overlap the piece at an angle, so you’ll form a thicker upper arm and thinner lower arm.įor the right bent arm, form a bigger cylinder with one piece and a smaller one with the other fasten them together at a roughly 120-degree angle to form the elbow. Create and Shape the Armsįorm the arms one at a time. Create the thighs by snipping the wire vertically in the center front and back, along the “inseam” bend and fasten each side into thighs. Attach this to the base of the shoulders snip the wire on the edges if needed to fasten the two pieces together.Įyeball your ghost to decide where the waist should be, and shape the wire by hand to form it. Form the Torso and Thighsįorm the wire piece into a cylinder, overlapping the ends by about 3 inches to make the torso and thighs. Overlap the flaps to form the shoulders and the top of the torso, and secure them using the prongs of the cut wire. ![]() Make the snips close to the corners of the hexes, which will create longer prongs on the cut sides that can be used for attaching pieces later. With the head facing you, snip the wire on each side, where the shoulders will go, to about 6 inches from the head. You’ll now have a head and neck “emerging” from a somewhat flat base of chicken wire. Continue shaping the wire with your fingers to form the nose, lips, chin, and neck. Use the wire snips as needed to clip the wire in a curve roughly following the jawline, so that you can fold and overlap the wire underneath to define the chin and neck.įor the back of the head and the nape of the neck, clip the wire vertically and overlap the pieces slightly to form a seam to contour and narrow this area. To form the chin, neck, and face, start by pinching the hexes to form the pointy part of the chin. Pinch the Wire to Create the Chin, Neck, and Face Keep going until you’ve got a bell-shaped form that extends to just below the nose. Using your hands, press and pinch the wire into a convex shape for the top of the head.Īs you work your way down, cinch the hexes more tightly and permanently together where needed, using needle-nose pliers to crimp the wire. Start by Forming the HeadĬenter the wire piece over your wig form, bowl, or vase to form the head. How to Make a Ghost Out of Chicken Wire in 9 Steps 1. Ax and feet: three at 12 inches by 12 inches.Right arm and calves: four at 12 inches by 18 inches.Left arm: one at 12 inches by 36 inches.Torso and thighs: one at 36 inches by cut to fit (circumference of the shoulders, plus 3 inches).Head and shoulders: one at 36 inches by 36 inches.All pieces are cut from a 36-inch wide, 25-foot-long roll of chicken wire.Make sure to cut the strings extra long so you can tie them together and use them to hang your candle in a tree outside. Then, paint your “candle” and secure an LED tea light inside by making a little net with fishing wire. Then, line the rim with hot glue, making sure to drip it down the sides to make it look like melting wax. ![]() Remember the first time we see the great dining hall with all of the floating candles? Well, you can create this look right in your own front yard! Grab an empty toilet paper roll or paper towel roll, and cut it down to size. This is such a fun and creative idea, straight out of the world of Harry Potter. When night falls, sit back and admire your creepy-looking, transluscent ghosts! They really do appear to be apparitions coming to haunt you. Once they are dry, secure them to the ground. Once you have your shapes all ready to go, spray paint them with the glow in the dark paint. For example, ghosts, witches, Frankenstein, etc. You’ll start but cutting our chicken wire and making outlines of different scary/Halloween related things. That’s it! It doesn’t get much cheaper than that, folks. Halloween will be here before we know it, thus ringing in the holiday season! We’re all about creative decor that won’t break the bank, especially with so many holidays just around the corner! Today, we have two projects that are cheap but oh so unique and fun! Ghostsįor this project, you’ll need chicken wire and glow in the dark spray paint. ![]()
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