Scary Crafts - Give Me A Hand

Give Me A Hand

Supplies

Plaster of Paris

Rubber craft gloves

Measuring cups

Disposable plastic container (old milk cartons are perfect)

Large spoon or wooden paint stirrer

Old newspaper

Old tennis ball or rubber ball

Optional -- Set of fake nails with glue (red polish optional)

Black, green and gray tempera paint

Wire twists (from bread bag to close gloves)

5 wires chenille stems

Directions

Mix according to directions -- 2 cups of water to 3 cups of water

Pour into two gloves

Stick chenilles down into to each finger for support (wire chenille should stick out of the top of the glove)

Close the top of the glove with twisty

In about 5 minutes, the plaster will begin to harden

Use the ball to make a "palm" in the middle of the glove

Mold the fingers as it dries as you would clay to get the right shape

Keep using the ball and molding the fingers until the plaster is too hard to mold

Let dry 12 hrs. before removing rubber glove

Cut ends of chenilles off (Don't worry if a finger falls off, you can glue it back on with a multi-purpose adhesive

or leave it off and paint the broken end with red paint -- the goblins were hungry!)

Paint the hand gray

Add black and green paint for accent

Glue on the nails, if used

The hand can be used as a candy dish or decoration