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Spider Victim How-to

Everyone loves spiders on Halloween, and what is a good spider scene with out cocooned spider victim or 2. This how-to will show you how to easily and effectively make a convincing cocooned spider victim in under an hour.

You will need

  • PVC
  • Duct Tape
  • Spray Adhesive
  • Spider Webbing
  • Saran Wrap
  • Fake Eyeballs
  • Wire
  • A skull either plastic or foam
  • Pipe insulation
  • Newspaper
  • Plastic Bags
  • Spray Paint
  • Liquid Latex

Step 1:  Bend Some PVC (I used a heat gun, Beware this makes dangerous fumes). Cut a piece for the shoulders and attach it where you want the shoulders, and attach the skull. Drill a hole in the opposite end of the long piece of PVC and hang the body upside down. The head should now be near the floor.

Cocoon Step 1

Step 2: Now cut some PVC for the arms and attach them to the shoulders using wire or tape. They should hang down below the head. Hot glue the eyeballs in the eye sockets.

Spider Victim Step 2

Step 3: Put some newspaper in some plastic grocery bags and start taping it to the PVC to build up bulk in a convincing body form. Use pipe insulation to bulk out the legs.

Spider Victim Step 3

Step 4: Wrap the entire body tightly in Saran Wrap this will keep it from falling apart, and make a nice even surface for the next step

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Step 5: Get your webbing out, and start wrapping the body with it. Spray the webbing with adhesive to help it stick together. You don’t want webbing coming off as you move the piece around.

Spider Victim Step 5

Step 6: Start spray painting the recesses black, I choose brown and yellow blotches for the body.

Spider Victim Step 6

Step 7: Start painting the webbing with liquid latex, This will highlight the webbing and really make the piece shine.

Spider Victim Step 7

Finished

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Tips: I like to hook my spider victims up to a mirror ball motor on Halloween night, for best effect use a wire on the top and on the bottom use fishing line to an anchor on the ground with 2 swivels inline. This way if it is windy you can have webbing around them and they wont blow around and get tangled up and stall your motor out.

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