How to make your own Deadmau5 Mau5head!

Love Deadmau5? Enjoy house music? Want to go to raves in style? Deadmau5's iconic Mau5head would surely turn some heads. I decided to go with the original red Mau5head, but you can choose any color your heart desires.

Step 1 Materials

Things you'll need:
- 13" hamster ball
- A yard of red felt
- Hardhat
- White silk (make sure you can see through it)
- 6 sheets of stick on red felt
- 2 12" 3mm BIRCH BALTIC wood plates (NOT BALSA)
- Hard styrofoam ball
- Steel mesh
- Dremel rotary tool with cutting wheel
- Safety glasses
- Hot Glue Gun with sticks
- Spray on Tacky glue
- Regular Tacky glue
- Duct Tape
- Masking Tape
- Sandpaper
- Cutting Board
- Hobby knife
- fabric scissors
- Philips screwdriver
- Paper
- Dark colored sharpie
- Compass

Comments

[mau5fan123]

Are you sure a 13" is big enough? Because for me it's kinda small...

[willconners]

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[JellyyFishh]

real dimensions are 14"

[Nxtfari]

Maybe I'm missing something huge, but why is it necessary to add the hamster ball finger slots into the hardhat?

[JellyyFishh]

Helps it glue to the top of the mau5head. The normal top of hard hat is badly shaped

[pat.reyes98]

Does Anyone know where to get the Hamster Ball in the Phlippines?

[Nxtfari]

try a pet store.

[thomasthetankengine]

http://www.housemusicessentials.com/mau5head-details-have-been-revealed/

This has the correct dimensions if you need to be official. They are from Mr. Mau5 himself :) 4.5" balls for eyes, 13" diameter for ears, 14" diameter for main head shell, eyes 5" apart, ears 3" apart, eyes 2" above mouth, mouth 50 degrees and goes around exactly half the circumference, ears 15 degrees tilted back, mouth 1/4 indentation.

:) nice 'ible. I will be making a silver and gold chrome-ish one for the North Coast Music Festival over the summer.

[prettycoolme209]

Are you going to take pictures to track your progress I am going to be making one and if it comes out good ill be making another for my self I would like to see your progress I am going to take lots of pics maybe record my progress.... I am going to be making my first one neon green and black... and the second one will be pink and possibly black.....

[thomasthetankengine]

I might take pictures, if I remember. I often get too caught up in the fun of the project I'm doing before I remember to make an Instructable :) Despite this, if I do, I will definitely post them!

[sreed7]

Couldn't you use a football helmet?

[prettycoolme209]

no you need something thats big enough to fit your head and also beable to fit a hard hat or bike helmet inside.... I am in the process of making two

[wpuerta]

how long does this take to make, if i got materials on Monday and worked everyday would it be ready by Halloween???? please answer soon

[richfart231]

i built mine with black felt so you can't see any mistakes made on the fabric. I also put 10 feet of el wire around the head and mouth as well as yellow led's in the eyes. It's my FB profile pic. Any how you'll want 4" eye balls, and if you spend 2-4 hours a day for 5-7 days you'll be well past finished. If you manage to find extra time toy around with electronic wiring and minor touch ups to improve the look of it. I'm thinking about building another one out of an acrylic ball thats 14". its pretty expensive but i have extras from the first one. Please ask questions, this demo is a little tough to understand at some areas

[prettycoolme209]

I found them 14 in balls on amazon for $18 way cheap so i bought 2!!!

[nknele]

How do you see through this lol?

[Blackmau5]

Dont use too much silk/mesh. Or, the silk/mesh is too thick.

[ryan11504]

im going to make 0ne

[AlternateLives]

I thought mine turned out pretty good!

[gardnsound]

I like this! Check out my rave mask, man. it was inspired by the mau5 as well as Issac from Deadspace.

Turns heads for sure.

[blaker12]

Thanks for the guide! love the results !

[slimjimnixon]

so about how much did it cost for all of this to make not including the power tools just the materials

[dgallegos2]

cant i just a freakin stiraphome or watever its called?

[rsuarez3]

i dont have a rotary tool is the something else that i can cut it with???
i need and answer ASAP!!!!

[rsoest]

soildering iron, be careful and do it outside due to fumes

[mrigsbee]

It would be pretty hard. We could have cut the ears with a table saw if we knew someone. The dremel gets hot and really softens the plastic ball.

[mrigsbee]

OK people - This is my sons login - but after 9 hours working on this I have the following suggestions:

1. attach the hard hat before you attach the bottom portion of the hamster ball.
I found duct tape wasn't secure enough so I drilled through the ball and into the
hard hat securing it with a screw and nut.
2. Not a big fan of duct tape if you are going to be dancing, so, after we slid the ears in I marked a spot, pulled the ear out and drilled a very small hole. Then I threaded thin floral wire through and connected the ear to the hard hat. You could use just about anything thin - pipe cleaner, jewelry wire, etc.
3. I also used red paint to color the edge of the ear so that if the wood showed through it wouldn't be too noticeable.
4. The biggest AhHa, I could have stretched the felt over the ball and spritzed it with water. Felt is moldable when wet. I think doing this I could have avoided some of the seems.

[Darthscout]

this about sums everything up that i did too! except the water spraying.

[Darthscout]

i got mine done about 2 weeks ago, thank you very much...i am thinking on putting foam board and fiberglass as the ears for next year!

[alley1128]

does anyone know how to cut the fabric to cover the head so that it lays flat??

[trevorcgross]

Monokote spray

[kroehl]

Will a 11.5" hamster ball?

[mrigsbee]

I don't think a hard hat will fit inside 11.5" ball.

[hruvalcaba]

Thanks for the guide... Love the results :D

[ckingsly]

:D I DID MINE IT 2 DAYS! ITS AWESOME! THANKS! BEST HALLOWEEN COSTUME EVER!

[tcorwin]

im makking one right now and i cant wait to be done

[oleon1]

where can i get LED's?

[dmunoz8]

any idea where i can find a 14" globe?

[pencilpushrz]

petsmart..24.99

[smurat]

i want to really make one but my mom says its to expensive ive probalbly got a smalle head i trieed reasoning here she just doesnt want to soo im going to say this can you please make one for me? sooo i want to make it but she reads the supplies and she thinks all heavey duty and wants to not buy it because it from a places where things look fancey and shes allways saying fancy things are lots of money!