Thread: Help on Sam from Trick r Treat!

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And here is a tiny update. I replaced the butt flap buttons for black ones. The helmet is on for scale reference. Hopefully I'll make it to beginning the mask this week!

Looking very cool! Can't wait to see it completed!

I'm jealous. haha I think this is gonna be awesome.

Your costume so far is amazing and it looks true to character but i just want to know are you going to dirty it up or keep it clean?

Could always wear this underneath the burlap.

http://www.halloweencostumes4u.com/M...Store_Code=hal

I actually made this costume last year for a friend. Now I understand you want it to be as light as possible and conveniently thats how I did it since we live in South Florida. Basically its a paper mache shell (created around a blown up balloon. paper mache the balloon then once it hardens pop the balloon) and I used an old pair of Long Johns (idk if u even know what those are living so far from the cold lol) for the fabric. Stitched buttons for the eyes and used brown yarn for the mouth. made fingerless gloves from the leftover material. the "onesy" as you put it are actually footy pajamas. You can actually get them in adult sizes at Target usually in Early October for around $25. It was really light weight, easy to see, easy to breathe and I actually bought a peice of medical tubing to run from inside the mask/helmet down the arm and out the sleeve to act as a straw so she could drink without taking off the mask lol, that part is up to you but I thought I was a genius for it at the time. if you have any questions let me know, I'd be happy to help. pic is below obv. Oh, and my friend actually made the lollipop. I can ask how if you like.

ok so ill admit i didnt look towards the end and i didnt know you had the EXACT SAME idea as me. so yeah....sorry i guess? but its nice to know im not the only person who is creative lol

Thanks for the other replies since my last post! I like that straw idea, but I'll have no problem with taking the head off every so often for a breather. I'm in Houston. (T_T)

So here is my progress so far. I have lots going on in my life at the moment, so I'm trying to find time to fit in Sam and all the other changes! Here are some pics of what I'm doing so far. I'm working with a big piece of burlap which is 2 yards long by 46" wide, give or take. I cut the pieces in two, one side 24" wide and the other 26". I left two inches in the middle when I sewed them back together. I'm going to be folding this flap down over itself (or maybe over a long, thin piece of fabric for added bulk, but with burlap may be necessary) and hot gluing (or sewing again) the fabric down to the top of the head. Then I plan on taking yarn (well it's actually embroidery thread) to sew the lines in the middle ridge running vertically down Sam's face. The top thread is brown and matched the burlap... too bad the only decent bobbin thread I had for this was white, so I made sure that's not going to show... as it is looking pretty wonky in these pics!








And here it is placed loosely over my paper mache head.

Update. I just hot glued the flap down to the burlap, it puffed up quite nicely. Now I need to sew the thread over it. I'm not going to be needing all of this length but I'm not going to cut any of it off until after I've finished the mask completely - I'm not sure what it'll look like after I'm done gluing it to the helmet, so I don't want to cut off too much.

Originally Posted by The Reaper

Your costume so far is amazing and it looks true to character but i just want to know are you going to dirty it up or keep it clean?

At the moment I'm going to keep it clean, but if I can dirty it up pretty well without making it look like I just dropped it in the mud, then I'd like to try that.