How about a giant spider!?! I helped with a large youth dance and the budget was pretty small. So I went to dollar tree and tried to figure out how to make a huge spider and here it is! 16 rolls of Christmas wrap
Duck tape
Roasting pan (body)
Balloon ( covered in black paper)
Green streamers
So I duck taped the legs ( 2 rolls per leg) then I wrapped it in green streamers. Body was painted black and so was the head, so it worked our! 20 dollars for a larger than life spider. Also I could have placed the legs anywhere but time and space limited me a little