Total cost for this project:  $3.75

Items used for this project:  2 identical buckets, spray paint, latex paint, a heavy old chain, and severed foot props.   For the pictures, bones were added and the use of a live model helped greatly!

I bought two identical buckets and drew the pattern on to one, then traced it to the other.  In the design, I left the handle or bail of the bucket intact and included it in the design.

After all the designs are cut (I used both scissors and a woodburning tool), I zip-tied the handles together.  I then duct taped the bottom of the bucket on the top of the zip-tied handles.

Here's where my camera took a crap -- actually the SD cards, but that's another story!  Anyway... I used spray paint in an ivory color intended for plastic as a base coat.  Over that coat, I spray painted one coat of a hammered copper-y metal with a basic flat black here and there for interest.  After the spray paint was completely dried, I took an old wine bottle cork and stamped it around the lip of the bucket (which is now on the bottom!) in a dark grey acrylic or latex-type paint.  After those dots were dry, I highlighted with a lighter grey color of acrylic/latex and lowlighted (or shadowed) with black.  After those were dry, I added the icky rust marks.  For added effect, the rust was also applied to the areas at the bottom of the teeth of the trap.  I used a dark crimson red on the teeth inside and outside of the trap making sure to add some drips and pools of 'blood' also.

The remaining pictures that I have are in a series, so you can see how the trap works.

The one thing I should have mentioned is that this is not a spring loaded prop! 

So there is my April entry.... The Zombie Trap .... made from ordinary household buckets.  Thanks for taking a look!

You can check out more of my creepy creations here on HauntSpace and on my brand new website.  http://artsychiqua.webs.com/ 

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