great idea. i have worked with the same dollar tree hands, and great way to shape them quick and easy is to get a low cost heat gun. heat the fingers ( don't over heat) then shape the fingers around the tubes from the hand tools on a vacuum cleaner. as soon as you get the desired shape run it under cold yap water it will harden up immediately.
@@freshness696 ok the way i did it was with a crafting heat gun. try to not go to fast or get to close with the heat too much will cause it to flatten or burn a hole have the tube or whatever you want to bend the fingers around. if you don't get them bent enough the first time afyer cooling them under the cool water simply reheat and try again. it is a trial and error kind of thing. if i can find a photo of how mine came out i will post it here. i use mine on top of a hutch or high shelf looks cool.
I love this, and I’m absolutely going to try to make it. So glad to see a creepy halloween DIY - and not cutesy Halloween, like so many other channels. Love the aging technique and the red crayon. The skull chandelier was awesome too. 👍👍👍
Bro, totally agree! Halloween is supposed to be creepy and scary. Not "cutesy" and all that, I mean maybe for little kids if you're still 4 and don't really know what Halloween is yet.
You could put the first layer down, then pipe cleaners, then next layers. Mold the same way, but when it gets to curving it around the can, the wire in the pipe cleaners will hold the hand in place.
Love the idea of using a red crayon for the blood. I've never seen that before. I have mostly seen dripping hot glue down and then painting it. The red crayon is more realistic!
Also you can use the heat gun and then dip the hand into cold water to help set the curve you want. Just always be careful not to stay too long in one place, you just want to warm, not melt the plastic
I love this idea. I will glue heavy duty velcro instead of gluing the hand in place because I need to be able to break down the craft for easy storage. Happy 🎃 Halloween!
Hey thank you for such an amazing idea!!!! I actually just heated the fingers and started curving them to look like yours and it was perfect!! Just an idea ! Thanks again !
I used those hands once to make The Walking Dead 'Don't Open/Dead Inside' doors for my office. It was cool. I also manipulated the hands, they wouldn't of looked right stiff.
I took my DT hands, applied a heat gun, til warm. and bent them at the joints. I then hot glued them into the needed claw shape. Not perfect, but it saved me all that cutting (hand issues). I also added creepy plastic press on nails to the tips. and painted them black.
@@TheCraftyCouple - YAY! Turned out awesome! THANK YOU! I had to improvise and shall share that for others who might need to do the same. But ONE BIG TIP FIRST. *Snipping Fingers:* Make sure you snip close to the table or whatever flat surface you are using. Control that snip because those fake fingers can become little projectiles that land _anywhere._ I’ve been looking for a thumb for over a half hour now. LOL! 😝🤪😖😩 *Candle Improv:* Dollar Tree was all out of the candles, but I improvised with a plastic jar about the same size. Here’s how. 1) Drill a hole in the jar’s bottom center (bottom goes concave a bit like a candle - it became the top of my candle). 2) Paint it all off white. 3) Use hot glue gun to add some wax (dripping and pooling) around the candle top and dripping down the sides. 4) Once it looked like a candle,“drip the blood” using either a red crayon (melt with lighter) or red-colored hot glue sticks. If you have neither, you can use white or clear hot clue and paint it red after it hardens. 5) Affix double-sided foam squares to top of a fake tea light candle. 6) Shove it inside the plastic jar so that the lit flame part goes through the hole. I 7) Use a stick (or other long non-sharp instrument) to push the tea light down snugly so the double sided foam stickers take hold. 8) Use the same stick to turn on the tea light. 9) Paint the jar lid white. 10) When dry, glue it upside down to the palm of the hand. 11) Pool some “wax” and “blood” around the base using the hot glue(s)/crayon. 12) Once dry, screwin the rest of the candle. It ended up working nicely. I can turn the candle on and off but still have it affixed to the hand. I’m too clumsy and there’s too much commotion in my house to just leave it sitting there in the hand. Thanks again! This was so fantastic and looks marvelous!!!
Saw & saved your skull chandelier the other day and now saving this one too! Love them both and great easy techniques to achieve the fun and spooky decor! Thanks so much- you got an Instafollow from me!🥰👻
This is so cool!! I’m gonna make one for my decorations for sure. I’d only recommend leaving out one of the joints for the thumb since actual thumbs only have 2 sections.
This came up in my suggested vids today and I just had to smile. I made two of these last year and pulled them out of storage just the other day. I put them on either side of my front door. They look so cool. Thanks again!
That turned out really cool! I’m gonna have to check my local dollar trees and see if any of them have the skeleton hands in yet. I can think of more than a few other places I could put those... like sticking out of the mouth of a shark plushie, wrapped around a little birdcage, curled around the edge of a door, there’s just so many good ways to use these!
Wow!!!! How cool!!! See this is exactly what I needed cuz I bought a bunch of those silver plates and didn't know what to do with them so I decided I should just donate them but after watching this, I've changed my mind!!!! Thank y'all as always!!! Love this and Halloween is my favorite too!!!
I love it . I just got a 1885 pump organ and I'm going to put a skeleton sitting on the bench and I'm going to make these candle holders so thank you so much
It’s cute and very effective!! It of course needs to be hung properly and a stronger adhesive even molding clay to shape the hand connection. Then it would be more suitable with a tea light candle inside a prop larger candle.
I absolutely love how you make the skeletons look weathered I also use that same method because you taught me that last year when I made the chandelier which is by far my favorite thing and I hanging on my front porch
Nice paint job on the hand. I actually just bought two of these and a pair of their thin, black work gloves to try and make a pair of skeleton gloves. I have a very nice, hard plastic skull mask, but the effect is kind of ruined without also having skeleton hands and ready-made ones are kind of expensive. I was thinking of cutting the hands in half so they're half as thick, then cutting the finger bones apart and attaching them to the back of the gloves. The attachment process is the part I haven't quite worked out yet. Plus, they're both lefties (they don't make right hands), but it should work. I suppose I could always use the bottom half of one hand for the wrist bones on the right hand as it would be the reverse of the top. I was going to try and make bones from scratch, but I'm too lazy. :)
Im so hurt that I'm just seeing your video. They have cleaned out majority of the Halloween stuff. I have always looked at those hands and couldnt think of anything cute to do with them. That is so sexy to me. My house is deco mostly goth style. Will be digging through my old Halloween stash looking for one..lol New subscriber on deck.!!! Keep up the good work!!
New sub here! Can't wait to make this and I'm going to go check out your chandelier video now Edit: just bought all the items for this.. wish me luck lol Edit 2: I made 2 and they came out perfect 👌
Awesome technique on the skeleton hand!! Looks great!! Tray looks perfect! Love the blood effect on the candle with a crayon, too!! Very impressive piece for Halloween!! Tyfs!
Love this! I am going to be making a few of these for sure! One question, if this hand is soft enough of a plastic to easily cut with plain scissors, would it also work to use a heat gun and just heat up the fingers and bend them into shape instead of cutting and gluing? Great tutorial. Very clear and easy to follow. Thank you for sharing!
Love this. Have you tried the Gorilla Hot Glue? And Pool Noodles Candles are an excellent choice as well if you don’t want actual flame. I Love Skulls and Skeletons ♥️🤣
Absolutely stunning..blows my mind how much thought and creativity you both have.. love your techniques, I learn something new every time. I always look forward to your posts they are never a disappointment..thank you
For the first one you can also do this on a hand with flesh (sounds weird but I hope you know what I mean) and glue it with red hot glue to resemble blood!! (I used glittery red from Christmas) 😂
I love this, I'm going to give it a try myself. I'll send you a picture of the finished project. Thanks for the instructions. Truly appreciate your tutorials and your channel. 😎
Very cool! I love your painting technique for the hand. I did a hand holding a glass & one holding a candle. I used brown, white & black paint, yours turned out so much better. I did not cut my fingers instead I heated them up and bent them. It was a slow process but worked. Love your project. Glad you’re back. Be Well. Thank you for sharing
Really cool! I also watched the skull chandelier video and it was awesome. I’m thinking of using it for my granddaughter’s birthday party which is on Halloween. Thanks for the great ideas.
OK so I was watching your video and I’m definitely going to try this but also I came up with my own little thing that I want to try out so thank you for your video
great idea. i have worked with the same dollar tree hands, and great way to shape them quick and easy is to get a low cost heat gun. heat the fingers ( don't over heat) then shape the fingers around the tubes from the hand tools on a vacuum cleaner. as soon as you get the desired shape run it under cold yap water it will harden up immediately.
Could you give more instructions LOL I am not having a lot of luck. The fingers won’t bend, they just want to flatten instead.
@@freshness696 ok the way i did it was with a crafting heat gun. try to not go to fast or get to close with the heat too much will cause it to flatten or burn a hole have the tube or whatever you want to bend the fingers around. if you don't get them bent enough the first time afyer cooling them under the cool water simply reheat and try again. it is a trial and error kind of thing. if i can find a photo of how mine came out i will post it here. i use mine on top of a hutch or high shelf looks cool.
I love this, and I’m absolutely going to try to make it. So glad to see a creepy halloween DIY - and not cutesy Halloween, like so many other channels. Love the aging technique and the red crayon. The skull chandelier was awesome too. 👍👍👍
Thank you so much!! I'm glad you like the creepy look! ♥️♥️
I agree! I like cutesy, but I LOVE creepy lol 😂
Bro, totally agree! Halloween is supposed to be creepy and scary. Not "cutesy" and all that, I mean maybe for little kids if you're still 4 and don't really know what Halloween is yet.
Ikr I so agree
I WANNA DO THIS FOR THIS HALLOWEEEN YEE YEEE
Love this style of Halloween decor! The painting technique and the melted red crayon genius!!
Thank you so much I really appreciate it! ♥️😊
Wow! I'm 2 years later but this is the coolest Dollar Tree craft I've ever seen! Incredible work, detailed and thoughtfully designed
i would use pipe cleaners as support to curve the fingers.
Great idea 😊
You could put the first layer down, then pipe cleaners, then next layers. Mold the same way, but when it gets to curving it around the can, the wire in the pipe cleaners will hold the hand in place.
Omg it just shows you can make spooky items for not a lot of money. The paint on hand and the blood effect were genius 👍🏼
Thank you so much!! So happy you liked it 😊♥️
Love the idea of using a red crayon for the blood. I've never seen that before. I have mostly seen dripping hot glue down and then painting it. The red crayon is more realistic!
Thank you! So happy you liked it ♥️😊
This is so rad!! One of the best decorative Halloween tutorials I’ve seen so far!
You're too kind! Thank you so much!! ♥️♥️
Totally agree, this was very cool
By far!!!
Totally agree!!!
Wow, this is so cool. It looks amazing and way more expensive than $3!
Thank you! So happy you like it! ♥️♥️
You can use a heat gun and warm the hand and while soft mold them around an item then, let it cool. That’s a clever way to make a thumb!
I like that idea. Have you done that with the hands?
@@TheCraftyCouple not yet but another crafter has even a hair dryer for those hollow hands would work, the heat gun might be too hot.
Also you can use the heat gun and then dip the hand into cold water to help set the curve you want. Just always be careful not to stay too long in one place, you just want to warm, not melt the plastic
I love this idea. I will glue heavy duty velcro instead of gluing the hand in place because I need to be able to break down the craft for easy storage. Happy 🎃 Halloween!
Hey thank you for such an amazing idea!!!! I actually just heated the fingers and started curving them to look like yours and it was perfect!! Just an idea ! Thanks again !
I used those hands once to make The Walking Dead 'Don't Open/Dead Inside' doors for my office. It was cool. I also manipulated the hands, they wouldn't of looked right stiff.
Woo, I would've put a screw through the plate and hand. 🤷 Looks great. I am definitely going to make a couple.
I took my DT hands, applied a heat gun, til warm. and bent them at the joints. I then hot glued them into the needed claw shape. Not perfect, but it saved me all that cutting (hand issues). I also added creepy plastic press on nails to the tips. and painted them black.
I totally bought those same hands from Dollar Tree! Now I’m going to do this with them!!!
Let us know how it turns out ♥️😊
@@TheCraftyCouple - YAY! Turned out awesome! THANK YOU!
I had to improvise and shall share that for others who might need to do the same. But ONE BIG TIP FIRST.
*Snipping Fingers:* Make sure you snip close to the table or whatever flat surface you are using. Control that snip because those fake fingers can become little projectiles that land _anywhere._ I’ve been looking for a thumb for over a half hour now. LOL! 😝🤪😖😩
*Candle Improv:* Dollar Tree was all out of the candles, but I improvised with a plastic jar about the same size. Here’s how.
1) Drill a hole in the jar’s bottom center (bottom goes concave a bit like a candle - it became the top of my candle).
2) Paint it all off white.
3) Use hot glue gun to add some wax (dripping and pooling) around the candle top and dripping down the sides.
4) Once it looked like a candle,“drip the blood” using either a red crayon (melt with lighter) or red-colored hot glue sticks. If you have neither, you can use white or clear hot clue and paint it red after it hardens.
5) Affix double-sided foam squares to top of a fake tea light candle.
6) Shove it inside the plastic jar so that the lit flame part goes through the hole. I
7) Use a stick (or other long non-sharp instrument) to push the tea light down snugly so the double sided foam stickers take hold.
8) Use the same stick to turn on the tea light.
9) Paint the jar lid white.
10) When dry, glue it upside down to the palm of the hand.
11) Pool some “wax” and “blood” around the base using the hot glue(s)/crayon. 12) Once dry, screwin the rest of the candle.
It ended up working nicely. I can turn the candle on and off but still have it affixed to the hand. I’m too clumsy and there’s too much commotion in my house to just leave it sitting there in the hand.
Thanks again! This was so fantastic and looks marvelous!!!
Saw & saved your skull chandelier the other day and now saving this one too! Love them both and great easy techniques to achieve the fun and spooky decor! Thanks so much- you got an Instafollow from me!🥰👻
This is soooo good. For $3 you did amazing. I would've never thought to do this. Love it!
Thank you so much! So happy you liked it 😊♥️
You're obviously a sick puppy. I loved it. I will be checking out all of you Halloween videos. Thanks for the ideas. They're great.
We love Halloween and the creepier the better haha. Thanks so much! 😊❤
This is so cool!! I’m gonna make one for my decorations for sure. I’d only recommend leaving out one of the joints for the thumb since actual thumbs only have 2 sections.
This came up in my suggested vids today and I just had to smile. I made two of these last year and pulled them out of storage just the other day. I put them on either side of my front door. They look so cool. Thanks again!
That turned out really cool! I’m gonna have to check my local dollar trees and see if any of them have the skeleton hands in yet. I can think of more than a few other places I could put those... like sticking out of the mouth of a shark plushie, wrapped around a little birdcage, curled around the edge of a door, there’s just so many good ways to use these!
Wow!!!! How cool!!! See this is exactly what I needed cuz I bought a bunch of those silver plates and didn't know what to do with them so I decided I should just donate them but after watching this, I've changed my mind!!!! Thank y'all as always!!! Love this and Halloween is my favorite too!!!
Thank you so much! So happy you liked it. Let us know how it turns out ♥️😊
Morbid, cutting off fingers. LOVE IT!!!
Literally got all the supplies today so I can make this 😆 Such a great idea!! Thank you for sharing!
Thank you so much! Let us know how it turns out 😊♥️
You guys are so impressive! I’m so glad you are back to making videos, I seriously missed your diy’s!!
Awe, you're so sweet! Thank you so much! ♥️😊
I love it . I just got a 1885 pump organ and I'm going to put a skeleton sitting on the bench and I'm going to make these candle holders so thank you so much
Love this!! The melted crayons was a good idea!!
Thank you so much! So happy you liked it ♥️😊
the red crayon really helped make it creepier.
Thank you! 😊
Love this! I did zombie hands like this last year. Used the dollar tree skulls and eyeball pingpong balls to make zombie heads too.
You guys are brilliant! I’m obsessed! 🥰
It’s cute and very effective!! It of course needs to be hung properly and a stronger adhesive even molding clay to shape the hand connection. Then it would be more suitable with a tea light candle inside a prop larger candle.
Ok this is awesome!! Wish u guys would do MORE halloween DIYS
Thank you so much! ♥️ We wanted to, but this year was a little hard. Next year we will for sure. It's one of our favorites!
@@TheCraftyCouple DEF!! I love Halloween too!
I absolutely love how you make the skeletons look weathered I also use that same method because you taught me that last year when I made the chandelier which is by far my favorite thing and I hanging on my front porch
I love it....I have so much making things at Halloween....I Cannot wait to try this
I like what you did with the paint on the hand. An the Melting of the crayons I have been doing that for years. But I work with minutes.
Thank you so much! So happy you liked it ♥️😊
Nice paint job on the hand. I actually just bought two of these and a pair of their thin, black work gloves to try and make a pair of skeleton gloves. I have a very nice, hard plastic skull mask, but the effect is kind of ruined without also having skeleton hands and ready-made ones are kind of expensive. I was thinking of cutting the hands in half so they're half as thick, then cutting the finger bones apart and attaching them to the back of the gloves. The attachment process is the part I haven't quite worked out yet. Plus, they're both lefties (they don't make right hands), but it should work. I suppose I could always use the bottom half of one hand for the wrist bones on the right hand as it would be the reverse of the top.
I was going to try and make bones from scratch, but I'm too lazy. :)
The effect is so crafty.
Thank you!
Wow this is awesome..love ur idea for this..turn out so spooky..tyfs♡
Thank you so much! ♥️♥️
Try dry brushing the knuckles on the fingers with a little bit more white to make them stand out a bit more
Awesome idea only thing I'd change is to spackle the nuckle holes in ...but I definitely will try this thanks
Thank you so much! I like that idea. Let us know how it turns out ♥️
So cool! Thanks for the very easy to follow directions!
Im so hurt that I'm just seeing your video. They have cleaned out majority of the Halloween stuff. I have always looked at those hands and couldnt think of anything cute to do with them. That is so sexy to me. My house is deco mostly goth style. Will be digging through my old Halloween stash looking for one..lol
New subscriber on deck.!!! Keep up the good work!!
Awe, thank you so much! We really appreciate it. Hope you can find a hand so you can do the project ♥️😊
New sub here! Can't wait to make this and I'm going to go check out your chandelier video now
Edit: just bought all the items for this.. wish me luck lol
Edit 2: I made 2 and they came out perfect 👌
Wow...that is amazing! I can’t believe u made that with $3 of dollar tree stuff
Thank you so much!! ♥️♥️
Can't wait to give your skeleton hand a try. I really like all the techniques you shared. THANKS!
Thank you so much! Let us know how it turns out 😊
Just found you guys tonight I'm going to add this to decorations next year also going to make your chandelier.
Love this!!❤ Really liked the painting technique too! Gonna go see your skull chandelier, I think I saw it last year, but wanna make sure! TFS!⚘
Thank you so much! I really appreciate it! ♥️😊
Watching this in March!!!
Very creative and amazing! This would cost a small fortune at some Halloween novelty shop.
Thank you so much! 😊♥️
You two are do very clever ! WELL DONE!
Thank you so much! We really appreciate it! ♥️
How this is sooo cool and so affordable!! Great job!
This is awesome love the crafts you both come up with. This will be added to my books for hobbies. Thank you for sharing, stay safe crafty couple 👍👍👍
Thank you so much for watching and supporting us! So happy you liked it ♥️
Awesome technique on the skeleton hand!! Looks great!! Tray looks perfect! Love the blood effect on the candle with a crayon, too!! Very impressive piece for Halloween!! Tyfs!
Thank you so much!! I really appreciate it and so happy you liked it ♥️😊
Love this! I am going to be making a few of these for sure!
One question, if this hand is soft enough of a plastic to easily cut with plain scissors, would it also work to use a heat gun and just heat up the fingers and bend them into shape instead of cutting and gluing?
Great tutorial. Very clear and easy to follow. Thank you for sharing!
I hope my dollar store has these this year!
Me too! 😊
Love this. Have you tried the Gorilla Hot Glue? And Pool Noodles Candles are an excellent choice as well if you don’t want actual flame. I Love Skulls and Skeletons ♥️🤣
Loved this!!! Great vision.
Who else was looking here for everyday decor and not just Halloween 🎃
An epic build
The skeleton hand candle is so cool and creapy. Love it
Thank you so much! ♥️♥️
Love these and love your techniques for the shading‼️
Awesome!!! Keep the Halloween crafts coming please
That hand is so awesome I will definitely be doing that great idea love it!!!
Thank you so much! Let us know how it turns out 😊♥️
This is a really cute and cool diy project
Loved your painting technique on the hand. Tfs
Thank you so much! So happy you liked it ♥️😊
Absolutely stunning..blows my mind how much thought and creativity you both have.. love your techniques, I learn something new every time. I always look forward to your posts they are never a disappointment..thank you
Thank you so much! So happy you liked it ♥️😊
Liked the paint very much. You do a great job . Your candle with the scull was the best last year ! Bravo! 🖤
Thank you so much! So happy you like it ♥️
Love this, just like I loved the chandelier!!! Awesome tutorial!! Thanks!
Thank you so much! So happy you liked both ♥️♥️😊
Awesome man that is cool I got to check out the skull thing
This video needs more likes!! Loved it
that came out really good thank you for the idea
It was awesome, cant wait for the next Halloween videos! Glad that you both are back, Hope everyone IS fine.♥️
Thank you so much! So happy you liked it. We're so happy to be back ♥️😊
Amazing video!! I’m going to try it this Halloween
For the first one you can also do this on a hand with flesh (sounds weird but I hope you know what I mean) and glue it with red hot glue to resemble blood!! (I used glittery red from Christmas) 😂
You can get the hands hot and bend them too, no cutting.
I love this, I'm going to give it a try myself. I'll send you a picture of the finished project. Thanks for the instructions. Truly appreciate your tutorials and your channel. 😎
WOWZERS I'm not a huge Halloween decorator but this is totally amazing and would definitely be one I'd do! It's actually one of the best I've seen!!
Thank you so much!! So happy you like it. Let us know how it turns out if you make it ♥️😊
These are so cool , and these techniques are a good creative way to paint the items you needed to make "aged" , thanks for sharing this with us 😊
Thank you so much! So happy you liked it ♥️😊
Very cool! I love your painting technique for the hand. I did a hand holding a glass & one holding a candle. I used brown, white & black paint, yours turned out so much better. I did not cut my fingers instead I heated them up and bent them. It was a slow process but worked. Love your project. Glad you’re back. Be Well. Thank you for sharing
Thank you so much for watching! I bet it looks great! ♥️♥️
Very cool, I hope my $$🌳 has some Halloween stuff left, when I stopped in last week they had all the Christmas crap out
Thank you! I hope they do as well 😊
Reconfiguring the hand makes a dollar prop look like a million bucks.
Definitely doing this for Halloween! Just found this video and love it. Also your voice is nice to listen to.
Love the hand!
Thank you so much! 😊♥️
Finally a creppy Halloween DIY! Love it! 😁
Thank you so much!! ♥️😊
This is freaking Awesome!!! I saw the chandelier and that's so cool also! Great job guys!!! 👍🎃👍🧡
Thank you so much! So happy you liked both! ♥️😊
you are so created love your video tutorial
Love it; thanks for sharing!
This is such a awesome idea. Great job, very cool!
Thank you so much!! ♥️😊
Too cute and scary too!
Thank you so much! ♥️
The Real 🔥 made a beautiful Picture ❣️
Looooove this !!!!! Cannot wait to make mee a few
Yes these look amazing and i cant wait to make them thank you
Thank you so much!! ♥️😊
My bday is on Halloween and I’m always looking for more decorations… this is perfect, thanks for the great idea!
In the process of making this right now! Thank you for the great idea! Great step by step tutorial!
Love this and thank You
Really cool! I also watched the skull chandelier video and it was awesome. I’m thinking of using it for my granddaughter’s birthday party which is on Halloween. Thanks for the great ideas.
Thank you so much! So happy you liked them ♥️😊. Let us know how it turns out if you make it.
This looks great!
I made my own wreathe for my front door. I agree with the other comment about cute decor. Not a fan, I want dark, realistic looking things.
OK so I was watching your video and I’m definitely going to try this but also I came up with my own little thing that I want to try out so thank you for your video
Oh, awesome! Let us know how it goes 😊. Thanks for watching!