Night of the Living Book!

You know what's creepier than reading? Literally everything. Reading is awesome. But a creepy murder doll living inside your book? Yeah, now that's pretty creeptastic!

It's like Night of the Living Dead meets Puppet Master meets... the library! And best of all, you should be able to make this in a day without needing a Master's Degree in sewing or advanced engineering!

1 power Drill w/ appropriate size drill bits.: You should have this already

1 nail: Should cost you nothing

1 remote control LED light: 10 dollars on Amazon, search: "Creatrek RGB Color Changing LED tea lights"

1 Creepy Doll (Not ceramic): I had this lying around. If you don't have one, go to any thrift store. There should be lots of choices for maybe 5 bucks.

1 cheap wire coat hanger: Should be free. Check your closet.

1 empty box book: 20 dollars at Home Goods. My books dimensions are 13"x9"x3" Search for "Hollow book" or "Fake book" on Amazon if you aren't having any luck locally.

A smidge of black paint: Should be free, who doesn't have a smidge of black paint lying around?

Total Cost: 35 dollars unless you need a drill, then who knows.

The easiest of all the steps. Once you have your book, and your doll, you need to make sure that your doll will fit inside your book. The easiest way to do this is to... you know... check and see if your doll will fit inside your book. Duh.

Now, the point is to have the book propped open a little so it kind of looks like your murder troll is creepin' out of the book. So for what I was making, I wanted the doll to be about 75% inside of the book.

Ok, once you pretty much know where your doll is going to be placed at, you need to make a mark in the book where the nail will go. This nail is really all you should need to support the doll and will allow you to pivot and pose the lil creeper until your Halloween Heart is content.

Once you have marked the spot, drill a small hole through the book and either use the nail to puncture the doll's foot or carefully drill another hole as seen in the picture above. This is why it is important not to buy a ceramic doll since I have no idea how to drill through ceramic without shattering the doll. Also, the doll's name is apparently Suzy?

The light I bought was a bit too wide for the book so I sanded the edges down a little and then to prevent light from spilling out the side I painted the part that will be facing out black. If you want to avoid this step you could probably buy a smaller light and mount it with either hot glue or tape which would also negate that entire next step and make you smarter than me. Good luck!

I wasn't sure how to hang the light since it was already at the maximum width to fit, and I didn't want to block the light. I wound up using the same size drill bit I used to make a hole for the nail and then place the light as high up as it would go and drilled two holes on either side of the top of the box. Then I pushed through two lengths of cheap wire coat hanger that I broke into the right size I needed.

Once that was done I put a little bit of modge podge over the holes so there wouldn't be any sharp edges. If you don't have modge podge, you can use really any type of glue or tape or just leave it in it's full pokey dangerous glory. Voila! A light suspension system was ready to go.

Unless something has gone catastrophically wrong, you should now have a terrifying little ghoul living inside your book. You will know you have done something wrong if the doll is talking in reverse in a language you have never heard and there is a pentagram made of fire on the front of the book*. But, if not, Congratulations and Happy Halloween!

*In the event of a catastrophic failure, you need to stop reading this Instructable and get out of the house immediately. Your old life is over. Your new life will require you to relocate every week or two. Despite having tiny legs, that demonic possessed doll will never stop hunting until she finds you. You may want to invest in chainmail pants because more than likely she will try to go all Pet Sematary on you and slice your Achilles Heel. I should also mention that Instructables clearly states that they are not liable for the demonic possession of any inanimate objects. Sorry.