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I
think a witch is all about the face so you can't do better than to buy a
really creepy witch mask - not to mention how much time that saves. We
wanted one of our witches to bend over a cauldron so for the base, we
used an old non-working floor fan because of the tilt option it gave us.
We just removed the top.
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We
cut a piece of 1 x 1 wood to the length we needed and bolted it in place
at the angle we wanted. |
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We
purchased a Styrofoam head to put under the mask and then just jammed it
on the end of the "body stick". |
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This is the
support view when we were finished. Note we had to add a chunk of wood
(a.k.a. counterbalance) to stop our witch from tipping over but her
skirt will cover it nicely. |
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We also
used this plastic bra base we had to help shape her body. Not shown is a
plastic hanger to give the witch a sturdy support for her shoulders as
the bra base was not strong enough. |
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Say hello
to Hagatha. We shopped at thrift stores for her over-dress and
under-skirt. I had an old fox stole and red shawl all ready. The stick
is a temporary staff until we can find something cooler. The hands were
made from shaping a wire clothes hanger into the shape of hands and then
placing gloves over it. [We did not like the hand effect and later
replaced these with hands you can purchase.] |
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Hagatha
then became part of our Corner Coven in our haunt. Note her new hands
and staff. The cauldron (cut off in this picture) is a plastic one
purchased from Party City with crumpled newspaper in it to hold the
staff in place. An inexpensive color changing light was placed in the
cauldron to give the scene an eerie glow.
The
center witch, Trina, is a purchased witch and witch on the left,
Drucilla, was put together at the last minute with pvc pipes fashioned
into a cross and stuck in a bucket of gravel. Drucilla's clothing was
also found at thrift stores but we used "creepy cloth" for her shawl. |
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As
you can see, you can use just about anything around your house to build
your witch base but spend a little extra on your masks because the mask
is the key. |
