October 16, 2006

Halloween Bleg

The Eight Year Old has announced that she wants to be the Headless Horseman for Halloween this year and I'm racking my brains for a way to rig up a costume that would put artificial shoulders above her head.

My basic thought is to build what amounts to a very over-sized set of shoulder pads for her, perhaps using a wire frame, perhaps using styrofoam, the whole to be covered by a long, black cape, of course. The main thing is to keep the whole contraption secure and also to give her a way to peak out so she can see where she's going. The pumpkin-head will, of course, be easy. As for the horse, I think we're going to go with stylized rayther than literal representation.

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

UPDATE: In response to a flood of email inquiries, the Six Year Old is going as Super Girl and the Four Year Old as Princess Jasmine. Fortunately, no assembly necessary with their costumes.

Posted by Robert at October 16, 2006 08:21 AM | TrackBack
Comments

Dude--done this before (when I was a kid). Give me a call.

Posted by: Steve the LLamabutcher at October 16, 2006 09:28 AM