[jscaldwell]

I need to do a 1/2 dozen of these. Who has done this before, and do you have any tips, etc.? THANKS.

 

[JeffHaas]

It looks like you take a plastic skull, take off the jawbone, and cut a hole through it big enough for the tiki torch. Then the twine tied around the skull is decoration.

Google "aging plastic skeleton", there are a bunch of tutorials, you can pick the look that you want for the skulls.

 

[Mad Mad Mark]

Yep, have done my walk way this way for years. Made my skulls out of paper mache. Cut hole in top and bottom of skull and run torch through it. i use hot glue to keep it in place then drill a small hole in the skull from the bottom and while it is inverted fill the skull with a shot of great stuff spray foam through the hole. This makes the skull more solid and holds it in place on the torch forever. I wrapped the torch from the bottom almost to the top with masking tape in a spiral then painted it black and coated it with clear enamel (I like the look) I am doing a rebuild on them but this time I am putting the skulls lower down from the top as I tend to over fill and the skull gets fuel all over it....not a safe move working with fire.

 

[SpookyDude44]

Great idea! I have a couple of those torches sitting around collecting dust. Time to do something with them!

 

[Cali Specter]

I agree with the last post, it looks like they're homemade and they did a great job. I have a set of two tiki torches with skulls and they're always a hit during Halloween. I would use some caution when having these out. When you pour the torch fuel, always use a funnel and don't fill them up all the way to the top! Fill it up 3/4 of the way. Reason being is that you could inadvertently get fuel on the plastic skull and have it catch on fire. I always remove the fuel bottle and fuel it on the ground. Clean up any spills that may occur. Our neighbor had accidentally spilled fuel on the ground and their dog ended up walking over it. His paws were swollen and they had to take him to the vet on Halloween night. Lastly when you have the torches fired up, I would suggest having an ABC fire extinguisher and also let other people know just in case something happens. Good luck!

It looks like you take a plastic skull, take off the jawbone, and cut a hole through it big enough for the tiki torch. Then the twine tied around the skull is decoration.

Google "aging plastic skeleton", there are a bunch of tutorials, you can pick the look that you want for the skulls.

 

[Cali Specter]

Here's one of my Tiki Skulls. I don't remember where my bro-in-law got it but I just had to permanently acquire it......

 

[jscaldwell]

Yep, have done my walk way this way for years. Made my skulls out of paper mache. Cut hole in top and bottom of skull and run torch through it. i use hot glue to keep it in place then drill a small hole in the skull from the bottom and while it is inverted fill the skull with a shot of great stuff spray foam through the hole. This makes the skull more solid and holds it in place on the torch forever. I wrapped the torch from the bottom almost to the top with masking tape in a spiral then painted it black and coated it with clear enamel (I like the look) I am doing a rebuild on them but this time I am putting the skulls lower down from the top as I tend to over fill and the skull gets fuel all over it....not a safe move working with fire.

Got any pictures of yours?

 

[jscaldwell]

I'm going to try corpsing mine a bit before putting them on the torch...will share pics if they are worth showing when I'm done...

 

[Deadview]

Hum old Tiki torch new project for the front gate ? Not a bad idea.

 

[Mad Mad Mark]

Yes! I can do better than that, I have a vid on Youtube. I will get my wife to help me link it to this forum this week end ( I am Technologically impaired ....PC's hate me) But please, if you want to see now go to Youtube and search "Mad Mad Mark 1959" look for "Yard haunt tour" The night time version is best! Let me know what you think.