New Skellies and a Day of the Dead doll

So here I am, sitting in my recliner, thinking about blogging.. Hungry..
I decided that I'd go ahead and blog, to see how I feel about eating when I get done. Maybe my hunger is based on boredom. We'll see..

So I got a lot of these plastic skeletons on jute. That Skeleton Garland stuff you get at the Dollar Tree. I love it. It's so fun to take these little skeletons and make them into someone. Like these prissy dancing Skellies I created today.

They are CUTE! I think these might be my favorite ones yet. Here's why.. I'm kind of in love with the Rockabilly fashion, and these remind me of it.. A LOT. The hair is bright and colorful and fun. The eyes are so shiny! The skirts though, that's what sets them apart, in my opinion. They're adorable and are going to be cute on someones Christmas tree.
(Side note: Beefaroni doesn't taste as good as I remember.)
Here's how I got their bodies to have bends in the limbs.
1. Get a medium sized pot, and fill it half way with water, get the water to boil. A good water temp for this project is keep the water at a light boil or a simmer, whatever you call it where it's not raging. Get a big mixing bowl, and put a lot of ice in it, and a lot of water.
2. I popped the ribs off of the spine. The ribs and arms are attached, the legs pop into the hip bone attached to the spine, and the head pops off. Pop the head off, too. Water gets in there and leaks everywhere when you're gluing things on. I learned that the first time I did this for Halloween.
3. I put the legs in first. I left them attached to the spine, because I didn't want to take a chance on them breaking and not getting them to pop back in. I let them boil for about 3 minutes before I took a pair of tongs and fetched them out. WEAR HEAT RESISTANT GLOVES!!! these monkeys get hot! Plus, you're working with boiling water.. Don't be a dummy and burn yourself doing something mindless.
4. Once the legs bent pretty easy at the knees, I held them in place, and dunked them into the ice water bowl for about 15 seconds.. Now, when you bend their knees, elbows, wrists, whatevs.. You need to exaggerate the bend, because when you let go, it will unbend a little. Once I get them set in the ice water, I set them back into the boiling water for just a second, then I dunk them back in the ice water for a second, hen let them dry on a towel.
5. Same thing with the arms as the legs..
6. Once you get that done, and they're dry, you can assemble them back together. And there's your dancing skellies.

Soooooo, hunger was based on hunger. Not boredom. :) but I don't think I'm hungry enough to eat the rest of this gross Beefaroni. Why do they change things? It used to be so good..

These skeletons are available in my Etsy shop www.etsy.com/shop/Woollyghoulie

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