Welcome to the final X-Files Darkness Falls post. Even if you're not planning on hosting an X-Files themed party, you can string up one of these cocoons in your yard as part of your Halloween decor. Instead of little green mites, perhaps your skeleton was the victim of a giant spider. Use your imagination, and have fun!
Materials:
*Plastic skeleton or bones
*Light colored "creepy" cloth (large mesh cheesecloth-like cloth sold at, e.g., Dollar Tree)
*Clear elastic cording
*Fake spider webbing
*Scissors
Directions:
*Lay your skeleton or bones on the "creepy" cloth. If you're working with loose bones, like I was, the bones may move around a bit as you're making this, so you may have to shift them around a few times.
*String the clear elastic through the edges of the cloth, slowly pulling the edges together. Creepy cloth tends to come as a rectangular sheet, which means that when you pull the edges together, you may get some uneven bunching at the top, which you can see a little bit in my pictures. I didn't think it was that much of a detraction, and if you have a tree way above eye level that you can hang it from, the bunching probably won't be noticeable.
*Tie the cording to hold the edges of the cloth together. Make sure the ends of the cording are long enough to tie around a tree branch or whatever you would like to hang your cocoon from.
*Pull spider webbing across the cocoon to give it a more web-like appearance. Use as much or as little spider webbing as you like.
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