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Projects: Giant Spider
OK, let's say this up front. Spiders, of ANY size, scare the crap out of me. But what scares me must scare others so I figured I had to have a giant spider in my haunt. My brother came to the rescue one day with the mysterious words "I've got a little something for you in the car." What he had was the most enormous inflatable spider I had ever seen!! This thing is huge - bigger than my car as you'll see from the photos below. I'm making a sort of hood for it out of fake fur that I can attach eyes (automotive reflectors) and fangs from. I'll detail more of the process as I go along. I just can't WAIT to unveil this Halloween night!
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In the spirit of getting my entire family involved I had my Mum sew the various pieces of fake fur together to make a "hood" for the spider. This wasn't that easy given the bulk of the material but it turned out great. THANKS MUM!
I wanted to test fit the straps on the "hood" so I set it up in the backyard. Again I was struck with just how big this thing is. Wow! Anyhow, I got the straps measured and will sew on Velcro for easy assembly/take-down. I had the idea to elevate it a bit rather than have it sitting on the ground - the kid-sized picnic table was just right. Of course on Halloween night it will be covered by a black tarp. The fangs are a vinyl boat bumper cut in half and filled with Great Stuff foam insulation.
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Here are some shots of the spider on Halloween night. I only got 5 of the 8 eyes sewn on but it didn't matter - it really freaked people out! I had a fog machine going from behind and a strobe light going off into the fog - gave the spider a really creepy look. Next year I'll try and add motion.
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UPDATE! Spider's Lair
I'm expanding the spider's lair this year. The last few years I hung a store bought 11' spider web in front of the garage door behind the giant spider and it looked great. I'll do the same this year as I used very small cup hooks placed so I could easily attach the loops at the ends of the web. I left the hooks in place all year so it should be very easy to set up. One thing this year is that I am determined to take the time to do the spider-webs right - they always get left to the last minute and I never have time to set them up properly. In addition I re-worked my old spider victim prop and it made a vast improvement. I won a very cool Webcaster Gun in a prop contest so I also have that in my arsenal. I'm really looking forward to trying it out but will have to test it first to make sure the hot glue webs will come off the house. I wouldn't be very popular if I webbed the front of the garage permanently!