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Wehave some great Hallowe’en-themed projects for you this week, starting off with a glow-in-the- dark spider in its web, thanks to Dremel


Materials required: lDremel Glue Gun 930 l7mm Glow-in-the-Dark glue sticks x 5 packs of 15 sticks l38cm wide non-stick baking parchment lBlack marker pens, standard and thick lLong ruler or straight edge l1 x pair man’s extra large black thick socks lBubble wrap lThick black pipe cleaner lBlack and white hairy novelty yarn l4 x wire coat hangers lMasking tape lWire cutters lA couple of paper fasteners for hanging your spider on the web


SCARY: Arachnophobes beware


Difficulty rating: One/two stars – easy/fairly easy


Step One To make the spider’s web Cut a 70cm piece of the baking parchment and fold it in half lengthways. Make a mark on the folded edge approximately 3cm in from one end. Then measure 62cm along the fold from this first mark. At right angles from this point, measure in 17cm on the parchment and mark this. Then simply draw a line to connect the 3cm mark on the fold with the 17cm in mark using a straight edge and marker pen, as shown below.


Step Two Turn the folded paper over and trace the line to transfer it onto the opposite side of the paper so that you end up with a V shape, as shown below. Using our picture as a guide, draw five slightly curved lines between V shape, making sure they begin and end at equal points on the V.


WEBMASTER: Marking out the baking parchment


METAMORPHOSIS: Hairy sock to giant spider


Masks that can give you the right fright factor


Materials required: lDremel Glue Gun 930, 7mm glue sticks and glittersticks lColoured card lPencil lScissors lDremel 7700 with tungsten carbide cutter 9910 accessory and EZ Speed- Clic cutting disc SC476 or SC409


Step one Take newspaper fragments watered down with PVA glue and build up several layers onto the balloon surface and leave until thoroughly dry and hard.


Step two Using the Dremel 7700 with EZ Speed- Clic cutting disc SC476 or SC409, trim around the edge of the mask.


Step three Cut out holes for the eyes using the Dremel 7700 with tungsten carbide cutter 9910 or 9931 accessory.


Step four Paint the mask with gouache or acrylic paint and decorate the face us- ing the Dremel Glue Gun 930 and 7mm glittersticks.


WITCHES, CATS AND GHOSTS: Make your own Hallowe’en mask


Step Three Now, insert a 7mm Glow-in- the-Dark glue stick into your


Dremel Glue Gun and set it on the high temperature. Turn the paper over and ‘pipe’ lines of glue along the long lines marked, repeating the process two or three times to thicken the lines and create a stronger result. Connect the long lines of glue by ‘piping’ the short curved lines in between, mak- ing sure the lines connect effectively where they meet. Repeat this process five more times to make a total of six web sections.


Step Four You need to end up with 12 sections, so place a section of web either side of another V drawn onto the paper parch- ment as before, matching the edges. Use more glue to ‘pipe’ the curved lines in between the two sections to connect them together. This will create the first quarter of the web. To complete your web, repeat with the other sections, then join the three larger sections altogether using the same technique of aligning the sections on either side of the original drawing and using more lines of glue to fill in the gaps. Your web should be complete.


Step Five To make the spider: Create the abdomen section by pushing bubble wrap inside the sock, packing it tightly to make a firmshape. Knot the sock to contain the stuffing, making an abdomen section that is ap- proximately 20cm long.


Step Six Take the second sock and wrap it around the knot then turn back the cuff of the first sock over the wrapped knot to form the thorax/head of the spider; the cuff will grip onto the be- ginning of the abdomen section and keep the contents secure. Push the pipe cleaner through the tip of the head/thorax sec-


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tion and bend it to represent the feelers of the spider.


Step Seven Fit a Glow in the dark glue stick into your Dremel Glue Gun and set in on a low temperature. Use the glue to outline the abdomen of the spider, applying several lines together to add definition, as shown below. Outline the thorax/head section by apply- ing more glue in an oval shape. Apply a line of glue along each feeler.


Step Eight ‘Scribble’ more glue onto the


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Your materials at a glance: lDremel Moto-Saw lFine wood cutting saw blade MS51 lDremel 3000 lEZ SpeedClic sanding man- drel & sanding bands SC407 lWood drill set 636 From home: lPencil lWhite touch-up stick lStencil lCarbon or tracing paper lCord to hang it up with From the hardware store: lA sheet of wood 3 to 4mm thick and at least 10 cm wide (such as multiplex board) lWhite, black and orange acrylic paint


lBrush Difficulty rating: 3 stars


Step 1: Start by pressing out the stencils and transferring them to the sheet of wood. Place a sheet of carbon or tracing paper between the wood and the stencil and trace the outlines of the nameplate, cat, pumpkin, bat and ghost with a pencil.


Step 2: Saw out the shapes of your motifs with the Dremel® Moto-Saw and the cutting blade MS51. Then drill the eyes and mouth of the pumpkin and the ghost


MOTO-SAW decoration


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