DIY Hallowe'en: Skeleton

From the Boing Boing DIY costume thread, gammablog points us to this gorgeous skeleton costume and explains,

The arms are operated by a lever at the shoulder joint. The elbows and hands are made springy with piano wire. The lower body is a skeleton grabbed from Google images, applied to 1/4 inch plywood and jointed with bicycle inner tube rubber. The jaw is operated similarly to the arms. All for the Greenwich Village Halloween Parade tonight.

Skeleton Costume and Video Link. (gammablog.com)

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we_suffer

What is up with the feet at 0:40? Those are far more terrifying than the skeleton itself.
- GammaBlog
  
  They are essentially a pair of black socks with ten popsicle sticks sewn to them to extend the toes. Those were then shaped with paper and white glue and the socks were layered with white duct tape and painted. In the video I didn’t attach them properly to the the bony ankle, but didn’t have the energy to do a re-take.
  - we_suffer
    
    Hahaha ok. I thought they were the feet of the person controlling the skeleton.
Anonymous

pretty sweet.
Anonymous

Just came across this. It’s wonderful.