Add the Grim Reaper to any Halloween scene, and make it scary.
Halloween is a spooky time of year, and people make the holiday spookier by decorating their lawn with ghouls, witches, graveyards and creatures. One creature that looks menacing in a Halloween scene is the Grim Reaper. Creating a Grim Reaper for a person's front lawn is simple and fast. You need no special skills to complete the task. Use the same body frame for making witches, ghosts and other assorted monsters by adding different costumes, hair and masks.
Instructions
1. Drive one of the 1 1/2 inch pipes one foot deep into the ground with the hammer. This creates the stand for the Grim Reaper.
2. Swab some of the PVC glue around one end of the 3-foot piece of 1 inch pipe. Stick the glued end of pipe into one of the openings on the PVC tee. Hold the pipe tightly into the tee for a minute before releasing the pressure. The glue, sometimes, pushes the fitting away from the pipe.
3. Stick the end of the pipe without the fitting into the pipe in the ground. This holds the pipe straight up in the air. Attach one of the 1-foot long pieces of 1 inch pipe to the right and left opening on the tee using the PVC glue. Hold the pieces in place for one minute.
4. Glue the third 1 foot piece of 1 inch PVC pipe to the opening on the tee facing. Hold it in place for one minute.
5. Thread the 12-2 wire through the pipe on the left coming out of the tee. Push it through the tee and out the pipe coming out of the right side of the tee. Pull the wire until there is two feet of wire coming out of the left and right side of the pipe.
6. Bend both pieces of wire, so they face down. Pull the black hooded robe over the top of the figure, then pull the wire pieces through the arms of the robe.
7. Remove about 4 inches of the outer coating on the left and right piece of wire in the hand area. Separate the four wires. Slide three of the one-inch long pieces of 1/2 inch PVC pipe onto each individual wire. Fold the excess wire over the bottom of the closest piece of PVC pipe. This makes finger bones.
8. Find the hole in the center of the neck area of the wig head. Push the hole of the wig head onto the top of the one-inch pipe. Push it down as far as it goes. Paint black spots for the eye sockets and nose area, and paint a straight line across the center of the mouth draw vertical lines showing the teeth. Pull the hood over the head.
9. Pound the second 1 1/2 inch wide piece of PVC into the ground one foot in front of one of the arms with the hammer. Slide the five foot piece of 1 inch PVC pipe into the opening. Glue the 4 inch side of the triangular piece of hard plastic painted silver to the side of the top of the pipe. Use the five-minute epoxy glue following the glue manufacturer's instructions. Hold it in place until it adheres. This creates the scythe.
10. Bend the arm closest to the scythe so the fingers touch it. Wrap the fingers around the scythe, so it looks like the reaper is holding it.
