At work I was given the task of making something to represent our department.
It had to be over 5 foot tall and be roughly snowman shaped.
Since I work in a library (relatively new job) I decided on the Grinch.
Once again I was given exactly $0.00 as a maximum budget,
and I had to have it finished in one day, so considering the
Project Triangle…
It would not be my best work.
I started off with some legs. Made from 2x4s
My wife cleans a doctor's office and they regularly throw out styrofoam coolers that have transported refrigerated medicine. (No they don't transport organs or anything like that.)
I got three of them that were roughly the same size.
Using my heat knife I cut two holes in one of the cooler lids. Just big enough for the 2x4s to fit into.
I then glued the legs with Gorilla Glue.
I put the cooler back on the lid and we have the starting of the body.
I drew out a rough Grinch face and sanded it down a little to give it some depth.
I needed to make his nose so I used my Drill Press Lathe method. (described here)
I shaped him a small pointed nose.
He needed the tuft of hair, so I used my hot wire cutter and cut that out of 1/2 inch pink foam.
I made a hole in the top of his head for the tuft to go into. And glued it in with Gorilla Glue.
I forgot to take pictures before he was painted so here are a few before he was assembled.
A blurry shot of one of his arms.
A coat of green paint.
Waiting to dry and be moved to his new home.
The Grinch arrives at his new home.
I think he is happy about it.