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The Dumpster Fire

A green cardboard dumpster with a hinged lid and the words Dumpster Fire, worn round your waist, with orange, red and yellow tissue-paper flames bursting out of the top up to your chin. The state of the year, on a person.

TIME: 90 min
COST: about $10
SKILL: Some cutting

What you need

A rectangular cardboard box
Green paint
Red, orange and yellow tissue paper
Black marker
Rope for shoulder straps

How to make it

1
Cut the top and bottom out of the box so it fits round your waist.
2
Paint it green and add a lid shape along the top.
3
Cut flame shapes from the tissue paper in several layers.
4
Tape the flames inside the top so they flutter up to your chin.
5
Add the words in marker and add straps.

Make it better

Stand by a fan and the flames dance.
Do not stand near a real candle.

Questions

Is it safe near candles?

Tissue paper burns. Keep well away from any flame.

Wear it in front of your own haunted CCTV

Upload four photos of your house and Cursed Cam turns them into a night-time security monitor where something is very wrong. Put it on the TV by the door.

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