I've seen all the tutorials for hands and thought I'd share how I crank out hands fast and simple (although the ones on here are simply awesome). Take a box of surgical gloves (about $5 at Wal Mart) and a can of Great Foam and some wire coat hangers. Clip some coat hangers and slip them inside the fingers (use a stiff wire). I make a bend in the ends of the fingers so there isnt a sharp point. Squirt Great Foam in and let it expand and there ya have it. If you're making PVC arms (like I do) cut a 6" section and slip into the glove before putting the foam in. DONT overfill it or you'll get some weird looking hands. Pictures are avaliable but this is super simple and a klutz like me can do it, I guarantee anyone else can

Good idea!

I may have to try this for my poor crappy-handed witch.

thanks!

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When I tried this a few years ago they came out like a blowfish with gas

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You can carve/sand Great Stuff though, right? So if they come out too big you can trim them down to look normal, correct?

Sounds like a good idea to me!

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I did this last year for a ground breaker prop and my hands ended up puffy too. But that worked for me because I put holes in them and made them look puffy and rotted. I dont' know that they would work for skelly hands unless you had something to hold them in on the outside.

Maybe duct taping the gloves first so they can't expand?

Mine turned out great, I just used a small amount of the spray in the the fingers, made it a small line, once they expanded they turned out great.

I think Pictures are in order. Everyone post your pic. Need to compare !

Frankie's Girl- I am sorry you have a crappy handed witch. LOL ! But I have ordered pictures.
Let's see if we can find her some new hands.

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Do you think you can you mold them while they are drying?

I did, I used cloths pins to hold them in the places I wanted them. I have a few that look like they can wrap their hands around a coke can. When mine was drying, I did have to poke a small pin in them to let the air out of the middle. They are still soft to and not hard.

I don't have away to take photos and put them online yet but I will work on doing that today.