Introduction: Grim Reaper With Scythe & Lantern in Graveyard Halloween Decor
This is a Grim Reaper standing with his Scythe on one hand and a lighting Lantern on the other, in a Graveyard scenery having a dead Tree, a Coffin, a Tombstone, a Ghost and some Pumpkins.
Hello everyone, this is a spooky Halloween decor item that I built for this season. It is a table top decoration, where I fitted a filament bulb inside the lantern as it glows when switching on.
Grim Reaper With Scythe & Lantern in Graveyard Halloween Decor.
Supplies
The required Tools & Materials that I used in this project are some DIY and home materials as follows,
TOOLS
- Mini hacksaw
- Plier
- Nipper
- Scissor
- Pen cutter
- Ruler
- Pen / pencil
- Lighter
- Soldering iron
- Dremel
- Sandpaper
MATERIALS
- Plywood piece
- Ice-cream sticks
- Garden net (1/2 inch)
- PVC pipe / sheet
- Cotton cloth
- Dry Moss
- Dead tree branch
- Bamboo stick
- Wood-glue
- Super-glue
- Thread
- Paper tape
- Metal wire
- Aluminium wire
- Color & Brushes
- Transparent plastic sheet
- Foam tape
- Small stones
ELECTRONICS
- Wires (red & black)
- Micro switch
- Micro filament bulb
- 1.2v AAA battery
- Heat shrink tube
- AAA battery holder / terminals
Step 1: Making the Lantern Frame
I have made the Lantern using PVC pipe as main component and mix of materials, like wood, plastic, metal.
Here, I used a electrical PVC pipe to make the frame of the Lantern. I cut the pipe as a Lantern shape and two side handles, also two circle wood pieces to fit the bulb and the top.
Step 2: Fitting Lantern Bulb and Wires
Next, I fixed the Neon bulb in a wood circle piece and glued it to the frame. Then I passed the wires along the outside and fixed the handles too.
Step 3: Assemble the Lantern & Color
Then, I made the top piece and colored the Lantern in black, finally I inserted the Transparent plastic sheet into it and glued them together.
Step 4: Making the Lantern Handle
Lastly, I Made the Handle using a metal wire and inserted both the wires along both the sides and finally covered it with Heat shrink tubes.
Step 5: Making the Reaper Left Hand
As the Lantern is going to be held onto the left hand of the Grim Reaper, so here I built the hand using same metal wires. I shaped five skull kind of hands, thread them together, glued and covered with Heat shrink tube.
Then I finally attached the hand to the lamp.
Step 6: Making the Scythe
In this step, I mad the Grim Reaper Scythe that is going to hold onto the other hand. For this I used a Bamboo stick as the handle and PVC sheet as the blade.
I cut the blade in the shape and inserted in the handle by making a hole in it.
I also colored the handle as black and blade as dark brownish. Also, I give some blood spots onto the blade and curved it as a used blade.
Step 7: Making the Reaper Right Hand
Like the left hand I made previously, here I also made the right hand using same metal wires to hold the Scythe.
Step 8: Making the Tombstone
As the decoration of the Graveyard, here I made a spooky Tombstone. For this I used a wood piece, cut onto the shape and carved a design and RIP letters.
Then I did Aluminium wire inlay onto the designs and gave some crack spots onto the surface to look as real.
Step 9: Making the Coffin Box
Next, I made a Coffin box to place on the Graveyard. For this I used regular Ice-cream sticks. Here I cut the sticks very thin to give better real look. Then glued the sticks together and then cut them according to the all Coffin side, up and down shape.
Next, I used some Foam tape on all the sides to easily attach the box side walls. Also I applied good glue on the edges and support them using paper tape.
Step 10: Adding Extra Details to Coffin Box
Next, I cut some small stick pieces and glued onto the top and side of the Coffin box.
Then I colored the box in dark fantasy color and let it dry.
Step 11: Adding Chain & Lock to the Coffin Box
To add some extra details in the Coffin box, I made a small Lock and add a Chain and wrapped around the Coffin box. Then colored them in dark to match the theme.
Step 12: Battery Holder
Here we need a power source to light up our Lantern. So I used a AAA battery here to give the power. For this I made a battery holder with PVC sheet as I didn't have one, and added some foam tape a sit was loose fit. And added two battery terminals.
Step 13: Electronics
Then, I took a plywood piece as a setup base and added the electronics. Here I used a micro switch and some mechanism to turn the light on/off.
I fixed the switch system and the battery holder onto the back side so it gets covered upon decoration.
Step 14: Adding a Dead Tree
Next, I took a dead tree branch to add to the graveyard. For this I used a random dry tree branch and colored it dark black.
Also, I added a base to the branch to give a support.
Step 15: Making the Grim Reaper
This is the main character of our theme the Grim Reaper. Here I used 1/2 inch garden nets to make the outline frame. First I made the half head, then made the body and later on I made and added two hands at different height levels to hold the Scythe and Lantern.
Then I used some paper and paper tape to cover the gaps and give a structure like finish.
Sorry, as I forgot to take snaps during the making, so only final structure is here.
Step 16: Adding the Grim Reaper Hands
Next, I I added both the hands and fixed them onto the Grim Reaper body frame. I also colored the face in black so that it didn't get noticed when dress is put on.
Step 17: Installing the Reaper & Tree Onto the Base
Now, is the time to attach our items onto the base. Here I added my Grim Reaper onto the left and clipped the bottom with metal wires.
Then I glued and fixed the dead tree on the right side.
Step 18: Miniature Pumpkins & Ghost
In this step I added some miniature pumpkins and a halloween scarecrow ghost which I made on my earlier instructables. So, please click the individual links and see how to make them.
Step 19: Adding Pumpkins & Ghost
Next, I added and hanged few miniature pumpkins on the dead tree and a mini scarecrow ghost on the bottom of the dead tree.
Step 20: Adding Moss
Then, I finally added our Coffin box and the Tombstone to the Graveyard and few Stones here and there. For giving the blank surface a real look, here I used some dry Moss and attached them using wood glue.
Step 21: Adding Cloth to Grim Reaper
As the final step, I installed black cloth on the Grim Reaper body. As I did not find black clothe so here are few things that I did.
I used a white Cotton cloth and dipped it into a mixture of (water + black color + wood glue), so the our cloth becomes black and wet at the same time and gets the fix shape when it dries.
Thus our theme is complete now.
Step 22: Grim Reaper Graveyard Halloween Decoration
So, here is my final craft for this Halloween Season.
This is a perfect spooky, horror decoration for you home where a Grim Reaper is standing with a Lantern in one hand and a Scythe on the other hand. Also a Graveyard scenery with a Tombstone, a Coffin box, a dead Tree, a Ghost and few Pumpkins.
Hope you have liked my craft and this instructable.
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6 Comments
4 weeks ago
Great Instructable! That lantern!
Reply 4 weeks ago
Thank you so much for noticing!
4 weeks ago
Impressive build!
Reply 4 weeks ago
Really appreciated
4 weeks ago
Spooky masterpiece! The lantern details are exceptional. How did you create the ghost's face?
Reply 4 weeks ago
Thank you so much,
And ghost making tutorial is given in that step, just click on the link.