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

Step 17 Finishing up

Can't forget; stripes. These were sprayed on with acrylic spray paint. Spray painting fur is surprisingly easy, You do need to comb it different ways to make sure that the color gets through.

Now we have a head and a body and a way to put the head on, but there is a suspicious gap in between the two. For me making this I also had no more black fur and 1 hour left before we really had to leave. So let me briefly cover what I did to finish and then in the follow on steps cover what is next to fix the more hurried parts of the neck etc.

Using whatever was left, I managed to find enough black to fully cover the head, then used more of the cream face fur to put a skirt round the back that would hang down to the shoulders. At the back, this was attached with a couple of pieces of string to keep it in place. Then a very similar setup round the front from the lower jaw hanging down. Meanwhile, my wife cut some white triangles of craft foam for Carol's teeth. These we glued inside the top lip. And we're done.

Also see my friends' KW and Alexander Wild Things costumes on the orangeblob blog and in the pictures below.