Here is what you will need to make your milk jug skeleton:
8-9 empty clean milk jugs
Fishing line
A craft punch
A dry erase marker is also helpful, but not a must.
Hot glue
To remove the labels off the jugs, fill them with a small amount of hot water and then lay them on their sides. If you have any residual sticky stuff, Goof Off works well to remove it.
Once you have removed your labels, you can start cutting out your pieces. I found it easy to cut the milk jugs into sections and then trace paper patterns onto them with a dry erase marker. The dry erase will easily wipe off once you are done cutting out your patterns. You will need 3 whole jugs. The first once trace a face, the large circles make good eyes, the second do a rib cage, and the third you can do a hip pattern. You can use the handle part of the jug for hands and shoulders, then trace feet, and trace 8 bones.
Once you have all your pieces, you can start putting them together. I used my smallest craft punch to make tiny holes to put them together. The 3 large pieces are hard to get your punch in, so you may just use a sharp knife to poke a tiny hole. My husband was nice enough to help me with this part.
Take your fishing line and string all your pieces together, then tie a large knot in the end.
You will need to hot glue the shoulders onto the body, and it should look something like this...
To remove the labels off the jugs, fill them with a small amount of hot water and then lay them on their sides. If you have any residual sticky stuff, Goof Off works well to remove it.
Once you have removed your labels, you can start cutting out your pieces. I found it easy to cut the milk jugs into sections and then trace paper patterns onto them with a dry erase marker. The dry erase will easily wipe off once you are done cutting out your patterns. You will need 3 whole jugs. The first once trace a face, the large circles make good eyes, the second do a rib cage, and the third you can do a hip pattern. You can use the handle part of the jug for hands and shoulders, then trace feet, and trace 8 bones.
Once you have all your pieces, you can start putting them together. I used my smallest craft punch to make tiny holes to put them together. The 3 large pieces are hard to get your punch in, so you may just use a sharp knife to poke a tiny hole. My husband was nice enough to help me with this part.
Take your fishing line and string all your pieces together, then tie a large knot in the end.
You will need to hot glue the shoulders onto the body, and it should look something like this...
We used some battery operated tea lights to give him a ghoulish glow at night! Happy Haunting!