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 FEATHER TIPPED POISONOUS SPEARS

Just a few strategically placed bamboo sticks with
 feathers glued on the ends will make your guests
wonder if they're under attack from a neighboring
tribe of headhunters! You can also sculpt tips for
 your spears and arrange  them in groups of 2 or 3
in  planters.

You'll need:

      
 Bamboo sticks 2-3' in length. (bamboo fencing is a 
 good place to get them from) although any old stick 
 or long wooden dowel will do.
 
 Dyed feathers. I usually get a bag of them at my 
 favorite arts & crafts store but this year I found that 
 Sports Chalet in Burbank (or any major sporting 
 goods store) is a great source.
 You can buy a bag of dyed turkeyfeathers for around 
 $5.00.  I guess they're used formaking fishing lures.
 The colors are great, they're the perfect length and 
 they hang beautifully. They're also very easy to work
 with.

 A hot glue gun.

 Twine or thin rope

 If you want points on your
 spears you'll also need:

 sculpey (a sculpting 
 material like clay that 
 hardens when baked) 

 acrylic paint.

      
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JUST THE STICKS
Separate the feathers.  Each spear should have at least 8.
Use two or more different colors for each. Now be 
CAREFUL as they don't call it HOT glue for nothing! Place
a small dab of hot glue on one side of the end of the stick.
  Add a  feather with the curve pointing away from the
 spear, they'll  hang nicer.
 
 Add a small dab of hot glue and a feather to the opposite
edge of the tip. Now the other two edges. Continue back 
and forth until you're satisfied with the amount.

When done, lie the feathered end of the spear down over 
the edge of a table until the glue is dry. Take a good size 
length of twine and wrap it around the glued area of the
feathers several times and tie with a strong knot. Trim 
the ends and secure the knot with a dab of hot glue.

 When placing them in bushes keep them up high and at
an angle so they'll look like they were shot from a 
distance.
 

SPEAR HEADS
Sculpt an arrow head from sculpey with a generous base 
wrapping around  the end of the stick. Keep the point 
blunt,  you don't want to really spear anyone now, do you?
 Carefully  remove the scupted arrow head from the stick
 making sure not to squeeze the base. You'll want to slip
  it back over the end of this stick when finished.


 Bake in the oven according to the directions on the
package  and let cool. Paint it up to look like carved
 stone. Make sure you use the same stick that you
sculpted the spear head on and add a generous dab 
of  hot glue to the tip. Slip your new arrowhead back 
over it.

when dry, glue feathers around the arrow tipped end in 
the same manner as above and finish off with the twine.

      


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