These ribs add to a very nice Halloween Costume or a Horrifying Creature Prop. The shirt allows you to wear your Horror Ribs proudly, like a medal of Horror.

Materials Needed:

1 - Black Tee Shirt

2 - Cans of Foam Insulation (You can get this at Home Depot of any hardware Store)

1 - Sheet of 3' by 4' Construction Paper

1 - Glow Stick (Optional)

1 - Bottle of Liquid Latex (You pick the size)

1 - Bottle of red food coloring

1 - Beating Heart (Optional)

Paints - Colors - red, blue, black, and white

Instructions:

Step 1 - Lay the Black tee Shirt flat on a table or floor, front facing you.

Step 2 - Get the Foam Insulation and make a back bone on the shirt, starting from the top and working your way down. Remember not to build up the foam too much , you want to keep the ribs down, you don't want to look too bulky. As you proceed down with the Foam Insulation move from right to left in a zigzag motion, this will give texture to the back bone. Remember the foam expands so keep the back bone about 2" in width, when dry it will expand to 3".

Step 3 -After the back bone dries get the Foam insulation and create some lungs and intestines (Again remember to keep the foam thin, if it gets to thick, you can always trim it down with a utility knife. Just don't cut your fingers or the blood on the ribs will be real). The lungs are just an oval shape, one on each side of the back bone, towards the upper chest. The intestines are made by spraying the foam in a right to left direction. Remember to make the intestines under the lungs and over the back bone. Let dry overnight and move to Step 4.

Step 4 - Get the construction Paper and bend it around your upper torso, (You need the shape of your body so the Horror Ribs fit comfortable) staple or tape the Construction Paper around your torso and slip it off. Now you have a replica of you body's size.

Step 5 - Remember where your chest was on the Construction Paper,(That's where you are going to make the Horror Ribs). Go to Diagram 1 for a picture of ribs and use the Foam Insulation to create the Horror Ribs on the Construction Paper. (The bend in the Construction Paper will allow the foam to dry to the shape of your body. Allow the Horror Ribs to dry overnight. DIAGRAM 1

Step 6 -When the back bone, lungs and intestines are dry you can paint them. Mix the paints mentioned above for the colors you will need, red + white = pink, etc., etc.. Paint the lungs a pinkish color and the intestines a light blue color. If you are using the Beating Heart cut a groove in the center of the lungs for the heart to fit into. If you want to be exact make the groove a little to the left.Then glue the heart into the groove you just cut.

Step 7 -Cut another groove for the glow stick in the back of the ribs, (This will give an eerie glow to the lungs and intestines) insert the glow stick. Break the glow stick when you are ready to horrify your friends.

Step 8 - Glue the Horror Ribs over the lungs and intestines, you might have to trim down the lungs and intestine to make the ribs fit. Do the trimming before you paint the lungs and intestines.

Step 9 - Get the latex and mix it with a few drops of red food coloring, (We find that this makes the best permanent blood) and put some on the ribs. When the latex dries you won't believe the results. You can also pour some latex on a flat surface and let dry overnight, when it dries you can use it for hanging flesh. Use the latex to apply the flesh you made onto the ribs, don't over do it.

Step 10 - When your new Horror Ribs dry you are ready to wear them with pride, just put an old button up shirt over them and leave the buttons unbuttoned.

That's it, TheHorrorDome.com Horror Ribs