'OL' Icky-Bob'~HOMEMADE HEADLESS BODY (That Won't SLASH Your Funds)

"The Legend of Icky Bob"

OL' Icky-Bob lost his head ... -WELL AT LEAST he isn't DEAD!

He arose from the depths with a swift, GRAVE KICK ... -NOT to be late for your Treat... or Trick!

Just a dust of' his digs -that still fit just right ... -He wouldn't dare miss his favorite night!

Flies & such munch & chew ... -As he sits and watches... WAITING for you

All Hollow's Eve -he'll be here... -And he might just stay...until next year!

(..seriously, you can store him - you'll prob just have to replace his neck..;)

This is REAL FUN and REAL AFFORDABLE, quite possibly totally free;

(Basically, you're stuffing clothes, making a man & playing with fake blood)

'Just takes some old clothes & items you probably have around the house.

Any ripped or stained -or "dirty job" clothes is ideal.

*Especially a flannel - if you can part with one 🎃 But, you can also wash & reuse

Get out the Rag Bag! -THIS PROJECT MAKES GREAT USE OF THAT STUFF!

..Why Should the Haunted Houses & Theme Parks Have All the Fun

ANATOMY (SUPPLIES):

The Body:

1. Jeans / pants
2. Shirt, e.g. flannel / plaid **Men's (suit) blazer & "poet" shirt would rock!
3. Gloves (for hands)
4. Shoes, boots (the feet)

The Stuffing:

1. More old clothes / rags / towels, etc
2. Pillows / foam / empty cans / Paper Towel/TP tubes(&rolls)
3. *if you're using soft/flat gloves, you can stuff tissue/cotton/fabric for fingers

The Neck - *Severed-Head Blood & Goo:

1. A roll of Toilet Paper ('TP')
2. Paste, glue or flour & water (or simply use wet toilet paper)

The BLOOD (& goo):

1. Paint(s): Red, White, Black (pink/brown/tan) *to get a pink~fleshy color and some "coagulated blood color" *achieve your colors, per your liking* *Or just use Red paint
2. **Other Blood Options:
3. Food coloring
4. Food products i.e. Jam/jellies/ketchup/chocolate syrup
5. (Hollywood) Theatrical Blood*

*Recipes range from edible to made with dish soap; you can find them online (of course) &

most likely, right here on Instructables. (This one called for red food color and corn & choc.syrups: https://production.pro/blog/5-stage-blood-recipes-for-your-show)

*It just shouldn't be complicated or complex - just fun

1. Store Bought blood *Or
2. Burlap Sack / Mask / Hat (~ giving him a head)

Optional Accessories, Supplies & Props

1. Paper Towels ('PT')-& TP cardboard roll tubes
2. Belt, Suspenders, Scarf
3. Burlap -or other material/ Mask / Hat
4. Insects, Bugs
5. Misc clips, safety pins, zip-ties ~whatever you think you may need
6. Pumpkin / Jack-o'Lantern >
7. Axe, Hatchet, Sickle >
8. Tool(s)/equipment from the garage or tool/garden shed > that "he might wield/sit with"
9. **KEEP AWAY FROM KIDS...TRICK-OR-TREATERS...ADULT SUPERVISION ADVISED**

Step 1 The Making of Icky Bob:

• Determine & assemble the basic clothing and accessory items you're using

1. Pants
2. Shirt
3. Head / Neck (painting severed head or using a sack/hat, etc?)
4. Shoes
5. Optional Belt
6. Optional Blood and Goo
7. Stuffing items (e.g. more old clothes, pillows, foam, cotton, PT,TProlls, pipes, coff.cans)

Step 1B: Determine Your Blood (& goo method(s) and Make the Neck

• *Using an actual roll of toilet paper as a neck / SEVERED HEAD), mix & apply (Paint) the "Blood goo" ON ONE END OF THE TP (now, so it has time to dry). Then you can finish and add other ghoulish" touches later..*OR, you can do it all later.

..'gives a new meaning to "stuffed shirt" ~ well, kinda'

** 💡You can Wrap sweaters/shirts/socks- **your STUFFING ITEMS** around cardboard Paper Towel and Toilet Paper tubes for " Limb Connectors" **

• PANTS: Stuff the legs with other clothes, rags, etc.*Wrap a sweater/shirt around a cardboard paper towel tube for the bottom leg / femur; 💡leave about a quarter to half of the tube sticking out of the pant(s) leg(s) to "set" the Shoe(s) (~the bottom of the pant leg will cover)

• BELT (Optional) Wrap/insert the Belt thru the belt loops, if applicable

• SHIRT: Stuff the shirt, I used a pillow for the torso and rolled up shirt/sweaters for the arms

**💡 Wrap a sweater/shirt around a cardboard paper towel tube for the arm; leave about a quarter to half of the tube sticking out (for the Glove / the bottom of the sleeve will cover)

(*💡if you want to get fancy-dancy-elaborate, you can "link" the upper & fore arm with tubes -squish end of one tube & slide into other)

• GLOVES: *if the gloves are flat, STUFF them / stuff the fingers with cotton/tissue (or use your imagination;) -for Hands

**💡Insert the sleeve tube into the glove opening to "link" it to the arm tube

**we only found one glove, you can do a "severed hand" ;D**

• SHOES: Stuffing the shoe is all optional; for the most part, they can just sit on their own, under the pants leg, but you can -💡Roll up a sock or something (-around a TP tube or not-) stuff it in the shoe, to "link" or hook to the leg

Ok Dr. Frankensteins, put him together!

1. Easiest -a chair on the porch- where he'll stay, piece him together there

1st: LEGS: Sit the stuffed PANTS in the chair

2nd: TORSO: Tuck the Stuffed SHIRT into the pants

3rd: HANDS: "Hook" the GLOVES into the shirt sleeves

4th: FEET: Place the SHOES (on the ground, under the pant legs)

💀THE Neck / Severed-Head (Blood, Goo and Options):

Whether you made (i.e."gooed-up") the neck already or not, INSTALL it now:

• Place the Toilet Paper Roll "NECK" into the SHIRT COLLAR

• Again, make sure it's a shirt you don't mind "gunking-up" or staining ~just in case..

• Be sure not to show any "white paper"...

• Tuck it in the shirt far enough to not show white; button it up ...*or*

• 💡Wrap an OPTIONAL WOOL SCARF

💀Now, if you haven't already, PAINT the NECK (with your "Blood" (paint) of choice)

*Or*

•💡Use a Sack or Mask (* you can still use a roll of TP; cover it w/ the mask or sack, secure it w/ pins **OH WOW, SPEAKING OF FRANKENSTEIN, USE "BOLTS"...💡JUST THOUGHT OF THAT!💡!

*▶This is also where you can add / touch-up:

1. More Blood
2. More Goo
3. More GORE, Bugs, Insects of YOUR LIKING

Other Fun 💡Options

▶ a roll of TP or PT, covered with a Burlap ("hanged-man") Head Sack; face drawn on

▶ strap on a mask / hat

▶ Wrap a white scarf around (the pt head) & dark sunglasses -for the "Invisible Man" look

▶ As eluded to above, paint a can or something GREEN & attach some screws/bolts for a Frankendude!

▶ Splatter "blood" on the clothes & elsewhere

▶ CAUTION, of course, if you used "edible goo" you'll get REAL creepy-crawlies buzzn' about

▶ Use Axe, Hatchet "Tools" for props

▶ LAST, BUT NOT LEAST, A JACK-O' LANTERN - CAUTION, of course, if using REAL CANDLES

*Great for your "Haunted House"

He sits with it while he's off his feet! You'll have so much fun you'll want to give 'em a side kick!

 That's where my jack-o'lantern comes in, I'll be sure to pick out a plump round one ~I love a "Plumpkin" 

 Scare Ya Later!

🦇😄 HAPPY FRANK-OWEEN