How to build life sized, outdoor, halloween decorations?

Question

Does anyone have recomendations on how to build life sized halloween decorations? For years we have been building figures out of wire frames and putting clothes on them but we are looking for a better way, so they can have more shape then the wire allows, like a horse. We thought of paper maiche but that would ruin while outdoors.

Is there any thing we can use to harden farbic, like burlap, around a frame? Perferably something that isnt very expensive...

Answer 1

You can make PVC skeleton, wrap these with newspaper, cloth... whatever until you have until they are thick enough to suit your taste for the right size. Do a final wrap with cheap cloth and then apply several coats of an exterior varnish or polyurethane product. This will waterproof the bodies and then you can dress them as you choose. You can use thess over and over and change costumes as you choose.

Answer 2

Yes in your fabric store or WalMart. There s a glue like stuff called fabric stiff . You could make some DEC. out of wood cut out s and pull lights on them by drilling hole s.

Answer 3

"Life size" can be deceptive. A "life size" pumpkin is about the size of a basketball. "Life size" ghosts and witches of course, are much larger--about 4 to 6 feet tall.