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Old 03-01-2007, 06:56 PM
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Does anyone have a pattern for a skeleton made from plastic milk cartons?
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Old 03-10-2007, 10:34 AM
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Milk Jug Skeleton

Hi, I don't know if this is the one u want or not but I hope it helps....sorry I don't have a reference pic..



Materials Needed:

8-9 plastic 1 gallon milk cartons
craft knife or heavy duty scissors
hot glue gue
hole punch
string

Head:

Choose a jug with a pair of circular indentations oppisite the handle
and turn it upside down. In the corner, opposite the handle use the craft knife or scissors to cut out a large, smiling mouth,centered under the indented "eyes"
Make two small slits in the top of the head and tie a loop of string through them for hanging the finished skeleton.

Chest:

Cut a vertical slit down the center of a right-side-up jug, directly opposite the handle.Cut and trim away plastic to make the rib cage. Glue the head and the chest together at the "neck" by connecting the spouts of the two jugs with a thick band of hotglue. Hold the jugs together for a few minutes until the glue cools.

Shoulders:

Cut off two jug handles (leaving a small collar on the ends) and attach them to the chest section with hotglue.

Hip:

Cut all the way around a jug, about 4.5 inches up from the bottom. Take the bottom piece and trim away a small smile shape from eachside to make a four- cornered piece. punch holes in two opposite corners.

Waist:

Cut out two spout, leaving a .5 inch collar on each. Glue the spouts together and let dry.Then, hotglue the waist to the bottom of the chest and the top of the hip section.

Arms and Legs:

Cut eight long bone shapes from the corner sections of three jugs(cut into the curved shape of the jug to make the bones even more realistic)
From four of these, cut out the center to make forearms and shins.
Punch a hole through the ends of all eight bones. Tie two arm sections to each shoulder, and two sections to each hip with string.

Hands and Feet:

let the kids trace their hands and feet onto the side of a jug, cut out the shapes. Punch holes in the hands and feet and tie them onto the arms and legs.
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Old 03-10-2007, 11:17 AM
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Jsut from reading these instructions, it sounds like what I want. Thank you so much. Now all I have to do is get my kids to drink a lot of milk between now and Halloween.
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I made a milk jug skeleton with my children 12-13 years ago. It was from instructions we saw in FamilyFun Magazine. I think it was called "Mr. Bottlebones" (maybe that would help if you look it up in FamilyFun archives). It was a terrific project -- fun & fairly easy. It actually lasted until this last Halloween, when I could no longer repair it. Good luck!
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I'm going to look in those archives right now.
Thanks for the idea of looking there.
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