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     This Is a Grave Yard Prop:  The Mourning Widow                                                        

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Things you will need:

1-10' Long PVC Pipe   1/2" diameter                                    Pipe Cutter for PVC

 2- 4 way PVC Connector 1/2" diameter                                Drill & Drill Bits

2- 45% PVC Connector 1/2" diameter                                  Black Dress Gloves

4- 90% PVC Connector 1/2" diameter                                  Costume for Prop

3 cans of Great Stuff                                                          Gloves -for you

Chicken Wire                                                                     Metal Snips

2- rolls of Duct Tape                                                           scissors

Black Pipe Insulation For Pipes                                            Beauty Collage Manikin Head w/ hair

Hat & Black Tulle'                                                               Flowers for Prop to Hold

Plastic Store Bags                                                              Newspaper for stuffing

 2 - 3' long Re-bar                                                             2-sm coke bottle neck tops

Screws & Screw Diver

Let's Begin:

Make a PVC frame by cutting the following pieces: 1-neck piece approx 8" long, 2- Shoulder pieces approx 4" long, 2- Upper Arms approx 5' long, 2- Lower Arms pieces approx 6" long, 1- Torso Piece approx 26" long, 2- Hip pieces approx4"long, 2 Legs pieces 2'6" long. Screw the upper part of the frame together. Once you have done this you can begin to Fashion your Body of the Dummy with Chicken Wire.(  Don't screw on arms yet )

The Body:

Make a large tube with your chicken wire and duct tape and begin to clip and snip to form the body. Duct Taping the chicken wire as you go. you may need help for this part. make a shoulder and a waist to your dummy get it to look as human as possible.

Cover the chicken wire completely with the dust tape do 3 layers of duct tape cover all holes. Once this is done cut a seam up the back and slip your upper support frame into the chicken wire body mount the head and the neck rod. Re-close the seam with  Duct Tape. Now you are ready to use your Great Stuff . Put on your Gloves when working with Great Stuff it DOES NOT COME OFF HANDS. Please Be Careful with it. !!!

Shoot the Great Stuff into the body of the dummy getting it in to the neck and shoulder area for better support. Work in straight lines. Once the one side has dried turn over to do the other side. Once the body has dried . You can put on extra features like breasts and a buttock for a more normal look. Using Your store bags and stuffing and tape. When all this is done you can screw it to the bottom half of your support PVC frame.

                                                                                                               

The Legs:

I made my Widow In a Kneeling pose, But you can have your stands if you want. Then put your black insulation tubing on the leg poles. trim to off at the end of the poles.

I fashioned tubes for  thighs and wrapped them around the upper part of the legs and filled them with those P.I.T.A store bags.

Feet & Hands:

Take your black insulation tubing and put it on the arm pipes once you have screwed them together using the 90% connectors so it looks like she is praying. Stuff the  black dress gloves with news paper and tape to the ends of the arms..

I fashioned boots for her using my old pair of sneakers.  I wrapped the chicken wire around my sneaker and clip and shaped it using my duct tape, If you use black duct tape for this part you dont have to worry about painting it.Once you have the bottom of the shoe shaped you then cut a seam in the bottom and remove the old sneaker. make a small tube and tape it to the top of the shoe so it looks like a ankle boot. I use the neck to top of a small Dr. Pepper bottle for the heels cut the bottles just above the labels and Tape on the shoe.  Pinch the front of the shoe into a point and bend the shoe into a pose so when she is kneeling the foot will be bent. Tape this on to the end of the leg..   Boot Pic

Now she is ready to dress I had a old black dress I used , but you can find long dress at Good Will or you can sew your own dress for your prop.

I made her as a last minute item for my grave yard  this year and she was a big hit.

** If you don't want her to kneel all you have to do is screw the legs on her straight instead of out the back side of her.***

Set-Up:

Hammer your 2 Re-Bars in to the ground and slide her down over the re-bar she will stand up. Mkae them waist high.

** If she is kneeling I used a 4 way cross connector instead of  a T-connector where the hip joints are. and you only need 1 rebar then***

This Ends this tutorial , But if you have any question Please email me.. Thanks