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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.

#Ghost made out of chicken wire how to

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.

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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.

Then again, it's a lot faster to spray paint. It's a lot cheaper to paint by hand and the coverage is better. *Note-I opted to paint my ghost dress by hand vs spray painting it. It was time to revert to the tried and true of my childhood dance recitals: fluorescent paint and a black light. I could buy some NASA-grade glow-in-the-dark paint that recharges in sunlight, but the reviews were mixed on how well it actually worked, plus it's super expensive ($22 for a 2 oz bottle). This stuff doesn't work at all! (Too bad I didn't read the Amazon reviews before I bought two cans at the hardware store!) Then I did some research. I first tried Krylon's Glowz glow-in-the-dark spray paint. Crimp into a sleeve shape and wire to the bodice. Wrap the sleeves around into a cylinder and wire the ends together.

Cut two lengths from the roll for the desired sleeve length. I gave my bodice a sweetheart neckline, but you can just leave it straight if you want.ġ. Push in the bodice to give it a womanly shape. Match the ends and sew it into another cylinder.ģ. Bend the rest of the skirt into gentle folds.ġ. Gather the waist into pleats, sewing as you go, until you have the size waist you want. This is the skirt, though it doesn't look like one yet!Ģ. Stand up the panels, and sew the ends together to make an enormous cylinder. Lay the three panels side by side, and use the thin wire to "sew" them together.