![]() Pinch the Wire to Create the Chin, Neck, and Face Keep going until you’ve got a bell-shaped form that extends to just below the nose. Using your hands, press and pinch the wire into a convex shape for the top of the head.Īs you work your way down, cinch the hexes more tightly and permanently together where needed, using needle-nose pliers to crimp the wire. Start by Forming the HeadĬenter the wire piece over your wig form, bowl, or vase to form the head. Using the opposite corner (remember, I used squares of fabric) make the other ‘hand’ in the same way.How to Make a Ghost Out of Chicken Wire in 9 Steps 1. Adjust the length of the fishing line to get the arms where you want it.Ĩ – Make a slip knot in the fishing line where you wants the arms to end (hands? Do ghosts have hands?) pull the corner of the fabric through the loop and let it tighten up. Tie one end to where ever you want the ‘arm’ positioned, then tie a loop around the knot under the head and finish off by typing the other ‘arm’ off.ħ – Pull the sheet down and loop the zip tie around making a neck. Hold the sheet out of the way and pull off a length of fishing line. It might help to have another pair of hands for this part. We have 5 horizontal support beams from setting up the run (at the moment they don’t do much, they mostly held the poles in place while the concrete set) and that’s what I used to hold up my spooky Halloween ghosts.Ħ – Attach the wire where ever you want. DO NOT CUT A HOLE!! That will weaken the fabric and your ghost might loose his sheet (how embarrassing!).ĥ – At this point I like to hang the ghost so I can set up the fishing line. Refold so all the corners are together so you can find the center, and poke the wire through. Then I cut a small slash through the selvedge and ripped all the way across. I cut my fabric into giant squares by folding it so the cut edge was right along the fabric selvedge making a giant triangle. You could do it now but it’s likely to get all tangledĤ – Since my fabric was sooo wide I decided to make my ghosts out of squares. See the knot above where my hand is gripping the bag? That’s where you’re going to tie the fishing line in a few steps. If you stuffed the head enough it shouldn’t collapse too much but should stay. Start at the top of the bag run the wire down, make a loop around the knot and pull it snug.ģ – Run the wire back up the other side and twist together at the top. Tie the bottom off in a nice big knot Learn from my mistakes, don’t use a bag with printing on the outside, if you look closely at my ghosts heads you can see the type on the bags! I’ll probably throw another layer of fabric over the top next year to try and cover it upĢ – I used left over electric fence wire to hang my ghosts but any thick wire that’s easily bendable will work. Then stuff them full of more bags until it’s firm, you don’t need it to be hard as a rock but it has to hold it’d shape. ? White Fabric (I got lucky at the clearance counter and found some extra wide white cotton for $1 a yard, stick to woven fabric, knits will stretch and look odd)ġ – Find a few good bags and set them up like you’re going to triple bag your groceries. ![]() The hardest part for me to figure out was the head, I know I wanted something that would last more than a year outdoors, was cheap or free and was going to give me a nice round shape (milk jugs weren’t going to cut it!).Įventually I settled on something that you probably have hanging around your house! Plastic bags, stuffed with more plastic bags became the base for the head and a few other basic supplies created the perfect spooky ghosts. After we finished the run the where became pretty apparent but the how was still eluding me. I wanted to do something like that but I wasn’t sure where or how. I needed a new idea and it just so happens that a few years ago I saw a few pictures of ring-around-the-rosy style ghosts and fell in love. ![]() I considered putting my giant spider webs down there but considering how often the geese go barreling though where they are in front I didn’t think they’d last long that close to the barn (the geese are no longer cute and tiny). It was barely done before I strung it up with with icicle lights. If I told you I didn’t have Halloween decorations in mind when I designed and built the chicken run I’d be lying. ![]()
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