Our first scratch built automata or animated mechanical device was a Halloween prop. My boys and I wanted something a little spooky to put on display so we decided to make a Grim Reaper using one of those inexpensive craft store bag of bones, some scrap wood, 2 servos, an Arduino and a few other electronic components. You can see a video of the Grim Reaper in action at
and check out the Instructable if your interested in building something similar at https://www.instructables.com/id/Animated-Grim-Reaper/
neat project love the axe Btw. I've been thinking about something like this for Christmas for my step mom
she loves the season.
thank you for sharing
Ah, a Christmas skelly 😉
wouldn't that be wonderful. if done right one wouldn't need to change decorations from Halloween through Christmas. that reminds me i still have my xmas lights up