I was browsing through some creative Halloween sites when I stumbled across A brilliant idea to add even more animation to this project.  Sooo the first thing I did was tear the frame apart and start reworking it.  It's all listed below, and I think it made the project way better.

OK, This is what I designed in the first place.  The first thing I did was unscrew all of the pivot points and dismantle the frame.

Here I cut the "hip bones" down by 6 3/4" leaving two inches to reattach a new center structure to.  As you can see I then spray painted them flat black.  (If you are interested, that's my dog Sam)

Here is the new hip/pelvis structure.  I've given you two views so you can see how it will work.   Notice I cut in the pivot areas to allow for the animation when this is all finished.

This is a 1" to 1/2" reducing bushing.  You will need a couple of these for this change over.   Before you glue it into the neck piece you must use your Dremel with a round sander bit to sand out the ridge you can see pictured in the right picture.  You'll see why soon.

Here is the key to the upgrade.  This was a cheap floor stand oscillating fan that I have dismantled down to these components.  I will cut off most of the fan rod to prevent it from snagging on the costume of the unit.   Spray paint the whole thing, cord and all flat black.

This may be hard to see but this is the hip/pelvis area as assembled.  In the center there is a two inch long piece of 1" PVC glued in first.  In to that is one of those bushings that you have again removed that ridge from.  In to that bushing I glued an eight inch long piece of  1/2" PVC.  The fans stem mount just happens to be designed for 1/2" so the next step was to mount that to the center unit. Is this all clear as mud now!?!  Don't worry it all comes together in the end!

Remember: All of these pics are thumbnails and with just a double click will enlarge for a better look

This is the fan's mounting piece.  It fits right onto the 1/2" PVC and has its own set screw to secure it.  Now just mount the fan into this piece, and it to has it's own set screw to hold it in place.

Here you can see the fan motor and rotating stand all mounted in place.  Some minor modifications were made to put the pivot point directly under the head's pole so that it would rotate properly.  You can make out the chicken wire shaped into an upper torso to fill out the upper body.  We also shortened up the legs at this point to bring the height down a tad.  We then reattached the arms and slid the head piece into place. (you may need to shorten the length of the neck post to accommodate your individual project.)  Once the head piece was back in place, I screwed on a 2 x 2 corner bracket and then screwed that onto the fan housing.   (There was 1/2 inch clearance so that you could screw right into the plastic housing.  Double check you individual equipment for this procedure.)