Thread: making skull torches out of basic tiki torch

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Thought i'd put this up. i was wondering what i could do with my tiki torches that i use during my haunts to make them fit in more with the theme so i came up with this easy and fast project. hope someone finds it usefull. first start off with the four dollar skull from walmart.

uuummm.... ...?
Where's the rest?? LOL!

tease...

second get a glass or something round close to the size of the top of the tiki torch. and mark the top of the skull.

this just a view of the pencil mark. sorry forgot i had a dentist appointment. anyway try to avoid making your mark to close to the front.or to the back.

next make a cut with exacto or sharp blade to mark the top.

next i got out my hacksaw blade and stuck it thru..try to keep blade angled toward the center so as to not cut where you don't want to.

next remove the middle part out of the skull.

next step is to get the tiki torch and place it in the hole and start to slowly twist back and forth to get the torch to start cutting the groove. go slowly so as to not break the skull.

as you can see from this pic the top of the tiki will start to make the opening the correct size , the top acts like a mini saw because of the teeth of the torch.