Bird Woman

This year…

My hat was my costume!

I had the idea and made a sketch several weeks ago and have been working it out. I finished it last night, just in time.

It is a hat with a plastic bird skeleton. There is a company called Crazy Bonez that has all kinds of fantastic plastic skeletons. I have begun a small (yet growing) collection that includes frogs, rat, vulture, bat, hands, etc. I love them for art projects!

I found a wonderful pumpkin light that is battery operated and has a prism that rotates. It gives the bird a look of being on fire.

I used a pre-made witch hat and added cheese cloth dyed black. I wanted to use a hat with a narrower brim as in my drawing but the light wouldn’t fit in and be wearable. The actual assembly was a little tricky and I won’t bore you with details. But it worked out just the way I had in mind.

I wore it to work (a retail store) and everyone loved it. It was a lot of fun and I was pleased that it held together and was fairly comfortable. I changed my name tag to "Bird Woman" and when a delivery guy needed my signature...

 

 

Happy Hallowe’en everyone!