{"id":6950,"date":"2024-10-30T15:49:35","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T15:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/?p=6950"},"modified":"2024-10-30T15:53:08","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T15:53:08","slug":"foam-board-keytar-prop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/foam-board-keytar-prop\/","title":{"rendered":"Foam board keytar prop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I made this simple 1980s keytar prop for my <a href=\"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/monster-prom-band-part-3-frankenstein-keytarist\/\">Frankenstein keytar player statue<\/a> for our monster new wave band.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/foam-keytar-prop-01.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/foam-keytar-prop-01.jpg\" alt=\"A pink keytar prop; looks pretty real!\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I made this in a very similar way to how I made my <a href=\"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/foam-board-guitar-prop\/\">foam guitar prop<\/a>. Another easy and fun one! It&#8217;s really just mostly foam board with a little hot glue and a lot of tape. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"border: 5px solid #999; padding: 20px 20px 20px 20px;\">I&#8217;m putting this disclaimer on all my Halloween 2024 (Monster Prom) projects: I was in such a panic this year I did not take many progress photos of anything! And the pics I did take are at really random stages. So I&#8217;ll dump all my pics for each project near the top, and just write up all my steps below those.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/foam-keytar-prop-02.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/foam-keytar-prop-02.jpg\" alt=\"My Frankenstein statue holding the keytar prop like he's playing it.\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/foam-keytar-prop-03.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/foam-keytar-prop-03.jpg\" alt=\"Frankenstein playing the keytar prop; slightly different angle\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/foam-keytar-prop-04.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/foam-keytar-prop-04.jpg\" alt=\"Frankenstein playing the keytar prop; another slightly different angle\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/monster-band-01.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/manningkrull.com\/manningmakesstuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/monster-band-01.jpg\" alt=\"The whole band set up together at night; demonic singer\/guitarist lady, Frankenstein keytar player, and alien drummer.\"><\/a><\/p>\n <div class=\"ad-300x250 ad-float-right\">\r\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- MMS 300x250 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:300px;height:250px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5009313124668288\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3616150394\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>I first drew and cut out a keytar shape from foam board. I traced the head and neck to make a second foam board copy of those and glued them in place behind the main shape. I covered the edges of the head and neck with masking tape.<\/p>\n<p>I then cut out long narrow strips of foam board to be the outer edges of the guitar body. I taped these in place all around the body. There&#8217;s no back surface to the keytar body; it&#8217;s just open on the back.<\/p>\n<p>I made the white keys from a piece of poster board. I just drew the lines between the keys with a Sharpie. I glued this in place, and then I made the black keys out of a piece of thick black foam that I got at the craft store. I hot-glued these in place right onto the white keys.<\/p>\n<p>The little buttons and stuff are just craft foam shapes, cut out and glued on.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, if this were meant to be a more permanent decoration, I would&#8217;ve covered the body and neck in paper mach\u00e9 before painting and assembling everything. For this short-lived Halloween thing there was no need.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I made this simple 1980s keytar prop for my Frankenstein keytar player statue for our monster new wave band. I made this in a very similar way to how I made my foam guitar prop. Another easy and fun one! 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