{"id":1272,"date":"2013-10-26T09:46:29","date_gmt":"2013-10-26T16:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.albertzone.com\/halloween\/?p=1272"},"modified":"2014-08-08T15:16:09","modified_gmt":"2014-08-08T22:16:09","slug":"the-story-of-a-hippo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.albertzone.com\/halloween\/2013\/10\/the-story-of-a-hippo\/","title":{"rendered":"The Story of a Hippo"},"content":{"rendered":"

“For the Jungle Cruise, we should have a hippo!\u00a0 You know, the one with the wiggly ears?\u00a0 We could just make the head, as if it were coming out of the water,” we thought.\u00a0 But how to do it?<\/p>\n

We considered several options\u2014pricing chicken wire and saving up newspaper for papier m\u00e2ch\u00e9\u2014assuming that we would make a\u00a0giant paper sculpture.\u00a0 Eventually we realized that we could just start with a box and build up from there (most of the Halloween House is already made up of cardboard anyway).\u00a0 Below\u00a0are some in-process photos from the creation of\u00a0the Jungle Cruise hippo.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Keith Builds the Cardboard Structure out of Boxes and Duct Tape\"\"<\/a>We Added Padding from Old Seat\u00a0Cushions (and\u00a0More Duct Tape)\u00a0\"\"<\/a>Then We Glued a Thin Sheet of Plastic to the Structure\"\"<\/a>Michelle and Grace Transport the Hippo to the Park for Kid’s Day\"\"<\/a>The Kids at Kid’s Day Attack the Hippo and Paint the Whole Thing Quickly\"\"<\/a>The Hippo Post-Kid-Painting\"\"<\/a>The Hippo with a\u00a0Few More Details<\/p>\n

To see the\u00a0finished hippo (along with the rest of the attractions), make sure to come\u00a0on by on Halloween!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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