How to Make Noodle Roots

NOTE 4/4/23 - The spray paint I base coated this project with does not bond well to the stretch wrap. A better base coat is a mix of 1 part carpet adhesive 1 part latex and 1 part black exterior paint. This is a tutorial video for something I came up with based on Alan Hopp’s plastic corpsing technique. I sculpt and corpse pool noodles into “Noodle Roots“ that make awesome looking roots, vines, branches, tentacles, horns and a variety of other creepy looking props. They are fairly simple to make, inexpensive, weather proof and lightweight. These are what I created our vine arch from as well as the roots coming off the base of our pumpkin king. Just remember, if you are making these for a larger structure like and arch or something, don’t paint them at all until the entire piece is made or you will have a hard time getting the pieces to stick together with heat. This is very similar to the stretch wrap I used in the video - The heat gun I use is no longer listed on Amazon, but this one is very similar - And if anyone doesn’t mind spending a little more to have black pool noodles so they don’t have to be so careful with the base coat, here they are. This tutorial is for personal use only. If you want to make this prop for your own haunt, that is fine. No recreation is allowed for resale or production without written consent.