{"id":5695,"date":"2019-12-18T13:11:25","date_gmt":"2019-12-18T13:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/?p=5695"},"modified":"2022-02-16T22:18:15","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T22:18:15","slug":"mardi-gras-2020-is-in-the-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/mardi-gras-2020-is-in-the-works\/","title":{"rendered":"Mardi Gras 2020 is in the works!"},"content":{"rendered":"

That’s right, it’s not even Christmas yet and I’m working on next year’s Mardi Gras mask! My skull is always top-secret until I unveil it on Mardi Gras morning, so I can’t show you what this thing is, but I can tell you I’m really excited about it, and it’s less insanely complicated than the mechanical skull with marching skeletons<\/a> I made last year; that thing nearly killed me!<\/p>\n

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So in this pic you’re seeing the results of me building a base with tons of foam board, construction paper, bubble wrap, and tape, and then covering that with seven layers of paper mach\u00e9, and then after it’s dry I cut the bottom open and rip all the guts out. That round shape in the back is the skull mask, face-down, and all that junk in the front is the base materials that I’ve removed; it always looks like more than I remember putting in there!<\/p>\n

Anyway, I’m excited to keep working on this thing; I’ll reveal it February 25th, 2020! For now, here are a bunch of my old ones if you wanna see ’em:<\/p>\n