'Carol' from 'Where the wild things are'(Movie) Costume

Step 13 Lips and lower jaw

The lower jaw is just another piece of PVC pipe, taken round inside and held in place with twists of florist wire. I wanted to have it so that the mouth could move, so it's only attached at the back.

Carol's lips are not really fleshy, but they are rounded. I just took a strip of foam (not much left at this point) and sliced into it all the way along one side down to about half way through. Slot that onto the PVC pipe of both lips and sew it into place. This is also going to want to be carved rounded and painted with several coats of latex. They are sort of a purpley red color, so paint them with acrylic paint. One word of warning though, some of these colors, especially kids paints, seem to show up really bright in camera flash, Carol's nose and lips are much redder under flash photography than I intended.