Covered in Glitter and Screaming

This year's costumes were the Egyptian gods Bast and Anubis . Anubis I had a more clear vision of what I wanted for Anubis, so I started there. I opted to build it on a baseball cap instead of as a mask to give the appearance of a longer neck, and that was definitely the way to go. Clumsy paper template, edges removed from the hat bill, then a less clumsy paper template to get the basic shapes right. Translation of paper shapes into craft foam shapes Articulation of the cheekbones and brow ridges (so it wouldn't look so much like a duck). Lights in the eyes: a strip of red LEDs wrapped around the baseball cap under the foam face. The foam cheekbones aren't glued down to allow access to the lights just in case it was needed. The LEDs are diffused by a few layers of packing foam. In real life you can see the points of the lights, but it photographs well. Ears added, some black paper clay added to smooth out the shapes, then layers and layers ...