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Instructions and some images are from
"Disney's Family Fun Crafts" book
Mr. Bottle Bones
A lot of people love to decorate for Halloween
and Mr. Bottle Bones makes a great decoration for hanging from your porch
or in trees. Hope you have lots of fun with this project! The cutting
and gluing is a job for older children and the punching holes and tying
string is a job for the little chlidren!!!
Materials
8 or 9 clean, gallon plastic jugs
String
Craft knife or heavy-duty scissors,
such as kitchen shears
Hot glue gun
Hole punch
HEAD
Chose a jug with a pair of circular indentations
opposite the handle and turn it upside down. In the corner, opposite the
handle, use the craft knife or scissors (parents only) to cut out a large,
smiling mouth, centered under the indented “eyes”. Make two small slits
in the top of the head and tie a loop of
string through them for hanging the finished skeleton.
CHEST
Cut a vertical slit down the center of a right-side-up
jug, directly opposite the handle. Cut and trim away plastic to make the
rib cage. Glue the head and chest together at the “neck” by connecting
the spouts of the two jugs with a thick band of hot glue ( adults only).
Hold the jugs together for a few minutes
until glue cools.
SHOULDERS
Cut off two of the jug handles (leaving a small
collar on the ends) and attach them to the chest section with hot glue
( adults only). Punch a hole at one end of each shoulder.
HIPS
Cut all the way around a jug about 4 1/2 inches
up from the bottom. Take the bottom piece and trim away a small smile shape
from each side to make a four-cornered piece. Punch two holes in the opposite
corners.
WAIST
Cut out two spouts, leaving a 1/2 inch collar
on each. Glue the spouts together and let dry. Then, hot glue the waist
to the bottom of the chest and the top of the hip section.
ARMS & LEGS
Cut eight long bone shapes from the corner sections
of three jugs (cut into the curved shape of the jug to make the bones look
even more realistic). From four of theses bones, cut out the center to
make lower limbs (forearms and shins). Punch a hole through the ends of
all eight bones. Tie two of the arm sections to each shoulder, and two
leg sections to each hip, with string.
HANDS & FEET
Let the kids trace their hands and feet onto the
side of a jug, then cut out the shapes. Punch holes in the hands and feet
and tie them onto the arms and legs. If you like, you can paint Mr. Bones
a neon color to make him glow.
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