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Monster Restocking

This being the season of monsters, I rebuilt and deployed a few from last year:

Alligator - installed
Alligator – installed

Real spiders have better camouflage, but cardboard works pretty well:

Spider 1 - camouflaged
Spider 1 – camouflaged

I must move them to the driveway on Friday:

Spider 2 - camouflaged
Spider 2 – camouflaged

This one stands out in any situation:

Green spider
Green spider

Tiny T-Rexes are just cute:

Tiny T-Rex with pillar lamp
Tiny T-Rex with pillar lamp

They need support, because their heavy head bends the spine just above the hips, so they’re snuggled up against pillar lamps or each other:

Mantis and Tiny T-Rexes
Mantis and Tiny T-Rexes

The cardboard Mantis turned out entirely too fragile:

Mantis - dismantled
Mantis – dismantled

Reassembling the poor thing with a blob of hot-melt glue on each joint held it together.

If I used something other than corrugated cardboard, they’d likely survive longer out there.

A handful of RGBW tea lights provide just enough illumination to make them visible.

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