Where the Wild Things are Carol/Moshie costume

I decided for halloween I want to be a wild thing from the book and new movie where the wild things are. my mom and dad wanted nothing to do with making my costume, so I had to make it all by myself. (this my first tutorial on instructables.com, so bear with me) (as you notice the gloves are blue to find out why go to step three) you will need: a balloon, newspaper, flour, water, an old pair of gloves, a pair of pants, paper, a tail (I bought mine from iparty), horns from something or you can make them (I bought a viking helmet and just took of the horns) a tennis ball you can wreck, an orange and white striped shirt (I bought one at target), patience and creativity.

Step 1 Making the headpiece part 1

 The first step is to get (or buy) a balloon. once you have your balloon blow it up. you will need to have a tennis ball you can destroy, because you need to cut it in half. you then need a paper mache mix which is simply just flour and water (you will want to put more water than flour) then take your balloon and cover it in paper mache. wait for it try dry, when it is dry will want to do your second coat (i only did two you can do as many as you like) but before you cover everything up, dont forget to put on the tennis ball halfs as eyes. for the nose you will need to be creative, i actually just use newspaper, rolled it up and folded it in half. i then made two balls of newspaper and stuck them onto the paper mached balloon. i then covered the face in another layer. After i let it dry, i needed something for the horns so i wnet to iparty and got two things. 1. a viking helmet so i could take of the horns and use them for the horns. 2. a tail
after i came back, i popped the balloon and was ready to paint.

Comments

[e-pandemic]

thats adorable

[yellowdude8]

thanks