Thread: How to make a 12 yr old really scary?

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I have had good luck with a gargoyle. It seems to frighten people even when it's clear I'm a person. Put me in a cemetery scene and wait patiently to pop up, it makes some good reactions. I think scarecrows scare people too. Scarecrows are cheap, can be made truly creepy using heavy yarn similar to this one - of course, you would want to leave at least one eye visible. I would paint the skin around that eye red, at least. If I expected to be in better lighting, I would try to make it look like musculature. Maybe a prop like a scythe or severed limb? Even a dollar store crow "crushed and bleeding" in one hand would freak people out.

I really do appreciate all the input from everyone! I pretty much have the 12 year old taken care of for now... I have a friend who is gonna do the scarecrow thing, but he was wanting more of a "jeepers creepers" angle on it. I have been thinking about modifying this prosthetic piece http://www.screamteam.com/gaunt.php with some scraps of burlap. I am not sure about the hat... but I saw somewhere where someone poked the point down on an old witch hat and monster mudded it, and I might do that.