You'll have the spookiest, kookiest front porch on the block when this DIY life-size Cousin Itt from The Addams Family greets your trick-or-treaters on Halloween! All you need to create this beloved peculiar — and hairy! — character are a few simple materials and a sense of humor! You can even round up your friends and family and cosplay as Gomez, Morticia, Pugsley, Wednesday, and Lurch, and you'll have an ensemble Addams Family costume!
Things You'll Need
Tripod
2 or 3 grass table skirts
Bowler hat
Sunglasses
Clips
Packing tape
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1. Set up the tripod
Set up a tripod so that it's 3 or 4 feet high and the legs aren't all the way out.
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If necessary, secure the center column with some packing tape to keep the tripod in place.
2. Wrap the tripod with the grass skirts
Wrap one table skirt around the bottom of the tripod so that the bottom edge of the skirt is just touching the floor. Secure the end of it in place with a clip. Wrap the next table skirt around the tripod while slowly spiraling it up to the top. Secure the end in place with another clip.
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If your Cousin Itt doesn't seem full enough with the second skirt, you can always add a third.
3. Add the hat and sunglasses
Place the bowler hat on top of Cousin Itt. Put the sunglasses through the grass skirts so the earpieces are resting on one of the top edges of the spiraled table skirt underneath the top layer.
Find a fun spot on your front porch for Cousin Itt to greet your trick-or-treaters and your friends and neighbors when they come by for their autumn visits. After all, when people come to see 'em, they'll really be a' screamin' — with laughter!
