I mentioned in another thread that I had a Halloween project in the works made of twigs liberated from my neighbour's dead tree. Here's the finished result: meet The Wicker Man!
Inspired by the original 1973 movie, the idea was kicking around for at least a year. We got to work right after the tree came down and finished it off yesterday morning. I must point out that my youngest was a full participant, not only designing the hands and feet, but the head as well.
It's much larger than I thought it would be (close to 7 feet tall!). The plan is to stake him to the front lawn a few weeks before Halloween and on the 31st we stuff him with dry ice and red lights and scare the bejeezus out of the trick or treaters. If all goes according to plan it'll be even more spectacular than last Halloween when our inflatables exploded.
Large pics attached, with child included for scale: