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5 Affordable Projects for Halloween

Share plenty of tricks and treats this Halloween with 5 affordable and easy‐to‐make projects

Kids aren’t the only ones who dress up for Halloween. From crawling spiders and black cats to skeletons bearing candy, this entire front lawn is decked out for the annual night of fun. You can blend store‐bought items with a few homemade crafts to create a playfully spooky setting that attracts more than a few ghosts and goblins.

Treat Caddy

Wrap a plastic pail with electrical tape for a colorful bucket that resembles candy corn

Step 1: Beginning at the bottom of a yellow 1‐gallon bucket (#132939), wrap four strips of 3/4‐inch white electrical tape (#19364) around the bucket to create a 3‐inch band.

Step 2: Continue the candycorn pattern with four strips of 3/4‐inch orange electrical tape (#101929).

The Candy Man

No bones about it, this skeleton tub holds all the candy you’ll need

Step 1: Sand two 10‐footlong 3/4‐inch‐thick PVC pipes (#23990) to remove printing and scuffs.

Step 2: Use a handsaw with miter box to cut the 10‐foot pipes into ten 3‐inch pieces, two 7‐inch pieces, two 10‐inch pieces, three 12‐inch pieces, and four 18‐inch pieces.

Step 3: Using the illustration, join the pipe pieces with four 3/4‐inch PVC crosses (#24088), seven 3/4‐inch 90‐degree elbows (#22699), and ten 3/4‐inch end caps (#23896). Use Liquid Nails (#239057) to attach the pieces for the two assemblies.

Step 4: Wash and dry an empty plastic juice or milk container. Spray with white paint (#282277), and allow to dry. Use a permanent black marker to draw the skeleton’s face. Attach the container to the skeleton assembly with Liquid Nails.

Step 5: Apply spray primer (#282325) and two coats of black spray paint (#282317) to a 15‐gallon galvanized tub (#90007), allowing each coat to dry. If desired, paint a phrase, such as “trick or treat,” on the front of the black tub.

Step 6: Secure the skeleton assembly to the inside of the tub using two 3/4‐inch PVC 2‐hole straps (#3522) and 1/2‐ inch machine screws. Set the leg assembly inside the tub, and place treat bags on top to keep the legs in place.

House Ghost

Create lighted ghouls from common household items in less than an hour

Step 1: For each ghost, wrap a wire tomato cage with a string of clear rope lights (#146228).

Step 2: Cut a 6‐ x 9‐foot drop cloth (#126317) to approximately 41/2 x 7 feet to cover the tomato cage. Use a black permanent marker to draw eyes and a mouth.

Step 3: Plug the lights into a secure grounded outlet.

Hanging Ghouls

Let the kids join in the fun to make simple ghosts that float in the night breeze.

Step 1: Apply orange spray paint (#282292) to a 4‐foot shepherd’s hook. Allow to dry.

Step 2: Remove the wire handle from a white 21/2‐ quart plastic pail (#40924). Turn the pail upside down. Use a drill/driver with a 9/64‐inch bit to drill two holes on the bottom edges of the pail, and then reattach the wire handle in the holes.

Step 3: Use Liquid Nails (#239057) to attach a piece of cheesecloth (#125871) to the bottom of the pail, allowing it to drape down the sides. Use a black permanent marker to draw eyes on the cheesecloth.

Step 4: Hang the pail from the staked shepherd’s hook

Candy Corn Planters

Paint a terra‐cotta container in a familiar pattern that complements fall blooms.

Step 1: Use painter’s tape to cover sections of a 12‐inch terra‐cotta planter. Paint the rim white (Valspar Ultra Premium, Bistro White 7006‐4, satin), the middle section orange (Valspar Ultra Premium, Fresh Persimmons 2009‐1, satin), and the bottom portion yellow (Valspar Ultra Premium, Gold Abundance 3003‐1A, satin). Be sure to allow each section to dry before removing and reapplying the painter’s tape
to cover other sections.

Step 2: Spray the painted planter with a coat of exterior polyurethane (#282329).

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Posted: October 10, 2010

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I need some help figuring out how to build the "Candy Man" skeletons. I am not sure how the hip area is built and what lengths of pvc go where on the skeleton. Has anyone made these and figured it out?

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