I'm going to be medusa again this year but would like to improve on my homemade costume from last year.. basically just a dress. I'd like some 12" wired bendable snakes that I can roll up in my hair like those bendable hot curlers. Maybe 1/2" to 1" thick.. Haven't found any yet.. I mainly got my inspiration from that sexy medusa costume that's out there, with the crappy front snake facade headpiece... Also borrowed snake jewelery from my cleopatra costume. Any other ideas or suggestions?
If you can't find snakes that hold their shape with wires inside, a possible alternative would be to take some wire clothes hangers and feed them through the snakes to create the effect. You would probably have to use needlenose pliers to get them to go where you want inside the snake. Since most of those snakes are hollow, I can't imagine it would be too hard to do, once you puncture the snake's skin, initially. Obviously, you would want to make the puncture hole as small as possible to avoid having the wire come back out the hole, or you could superglue the hole shut after the wire is in there and you are satisfied with it.
Good idea on wiring up the snakes - I am planning on medusa this year as well, so I may try that. Are you planning on putting these in your actual hair, or using a wig?
I am not digging that headpiece on the medusa costume that is out there, either. I can just imagine how hot it would be, for one thing! It sometimes gets very warm around here (St. Louis) so anything that is not too warm is a good thing. . . last year was 80's during the day. bleh!
I am planning on sewing a dress, possibly with some snakeskin style accents to it -- maybe some sparkly stuff or snakeskin print fabric. For makeup, I want to apply a makeup that is sort of whitish-green, similar to the underbelly color of some snakes to my face/neck, then apply reddish makeup around the hollows of my eyes. It would be nice if I could find a forked tongue prosthetic. If I am feeling really inspired, I may put a tail on the dress . . . don't know if I'll have time, though.
I'm going to be medusa again this year but would like to improve on my homemade costume from last year.. basically just a dress. I'd like some 12" wired bendable snakes that I can roll up in my hair like those bendable hot curlers. Maybe 1/2" to 1" thick.. Haven't found any yet.. I mainly got my inspiration from that sexy medusa costume that's out there, with the crappy front snake facade headpiece... Also borrowed snake jewelery from my cleopatra costume. Any other ideas or suggestions?
Last year I helped a friend with her Medusa costume. We bought a thick fat fabric covered headband and a bag of rubber snakes from Oriental Trading companny. We then sewed the ends of the snakes tails onto the headband. The snakes were facing different directions. After she teased her hair, we put the headband on, and viola! Looked great and it was easy to remove when the party was over.
I did medusa one year. This is what I did. Bought a rubber swim cap, rubber snakes, and some green fake fur. I put wire in the snakes (like suggested above) and sewed the snakes to the swim cap. Then I glued the fake fur. I wore green tights/leotard and a lot of green scarves. Used face makeup to create a green snake face. I won second place with that costume. Wish I still had pictures.
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