![]() You can see them on my hands in the photos of the finished costume. I didn't take a photo, but I cut off the fingers and wrapped the gloves in burlap and string. I let it dry for a few days before wear, and the smell inside was very faint. I used Zinsser Bulls Eye Shellac for the inside of the head as a sealant. If I could do it again, I would have made them much larger, as it was quite hard to hear at times.Īlmost finished with the outer coat, which was just a mixture of brown and black acrylic paint applied with an angled wide sponge brush. View of ear holes, which are so very important. ![]() You can also see that I have started to paint the exterior with a dark brown to avoid the lighter tones showing through the wide weave burlap. Here are my mouth and eye holes that I cut out with a box cutter and Xacto knife. The beach ball was popped and pulled out gently after the piece was completely dry. In order to wear this head without it shifting too much, I hot-glued some foam pieces inside the top of the head and hot-glued a piece of elastic that I could wear around my chin. When all was said and done, it was pretty comfortable because I had ample room inside the mask which was great for ventilation. I probably would have gone down to 18" or even 16" if those had been available, however I was in a rush and didn't want to wait on getting them shipped in. I think the beach balls I used were slightly too big for my body. I would do one layer, let that dry completely and then repeated that pattern until I had 5 layers. I purchased 20" beach balls and used one to form my paper mache on it. The completed footies, the tops just tucked inside the elastic around my ankles.Īfter my first failed attempt at the head casing, I realized a balloon was not going to be stable enough to hold a globe shape under the weight of the paper mache. I had a pair of simple flats with straps that I hot glued the top footie part to and this worked wonderfully. I used the same weathering treatment for these. Me wearing the completed jumpsuit with footies.įor the footies, I followed the pattern instructions for my foot size, added a bit of plain white cotton fabric to the tips and put no bottoms on them. The result was pretty great, as most of that dingy color pooled at the bottoms of my sleeves and legs. I left it in there for about 15 to 20 minutes then I wrung it out and hung it up to dry. ![]() I then crumpled the entire costume and stuffed it into the bucket, letting that "dirty" looking water soak into the costume. To weather the suit because it was far too bright, I used the same mixture of the brown and black paint diluted into a bucket of water. View of completed jump suit with patches, rear flap and weathering applied. I scrapped that one and used a different approach, which I'll tell you about shortly. Also pictured here is my first failed attempt at the paper mache head skeleton. Unfortunately, I didn't take any pictures of that bit. With the leftover fabric I had, I made a mock flap on the rear free-style and attached it with two large buttons sewed at the top two corners. I would say installing the zipper was the most difficult part. For the patches, just a plain yellow cotton that I stitched with brown thread. I used a very soft, high-piled fleece-like fabric that was a bright orange. Here is the jumpsuit when it was finished. I we nt with Simplicity patte rn 2853 for the jump suit and footie parts. I can't recall which threads I found the pattern on but I used some tips from other RPF forums to decide which pattern to use. He's the cutest little guy! I'm 5 feet tall and figured this character would work well for my height and frame. Trick 'r Treat is one of my go-to Halloween movies and Sam's character design has struck a chord with me ever since I saw him. They have inspired me to do things that I never would have thought possible. Thanks to everyone who posts their creations. I have used these forums for a couple of my other projects and wanted to give back, as many others have been so helpful here. Hey guys! I wanted to share my Halloween 2015 rendition of Sam's costume from Trick 'R Treat.
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