It All Started With a 'Fart Gun'
She made her glue for traditional mache from flour and water
We tore strips of old newspapers for the mache
Traditional mache is really fun, but way messy~ best done outside!
Strips of paper were laid on to cover her little form evenly~
Just a thin single layer for the first time~ then we let it sit out int eh sun a whole day, and in the house another week to wait for the next coat on the next weekend.....and then another a weekend after that. She built up three coats of mache
Then the next weekend we cut the holes for her arms and face to see thru. Right here I had just cut the pilot hole so I could see how big to make the monocle...I think she looks like a demented rocket.... she went off zooming around the yard~ I was sure she was going to trip and break a leg
Here she is with her cherished Fart Gun and holding little Minion in her other hand
First on a couple coats of bright yellow~ we had this left over from her Sponge Bob suit we made last year....
A big smile and pair of overalls, and Minion is complete!...well, sort of~ he still needs his goggle made...OH! And we cant forget the hair!
Black pip cleaners poked in thru the top for his 'do'
The goggle is a round of cardboard covered over in duct tape, held on with a big elastic band. Baggy trousers to match his overalls, and a quick make up of 3 finger gloves complete her suit.
There is nothing more fun than making one's own Hallowe'en costume!
2 comments:
Cute! We have grown children and no grandchildren & loved that movie!
Well, now I sort of wish I had a fart gun!
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