Covered in Glitter and Screaming

The Halloween Plan in 2011 was to dress up as the Justice League, Husband and I were Hawkman and Hawkgirl. Pardon the crappy photo, it's the only one we have full length and just the two of us. The Hawkman helmet was probably the single most successful costume piece I made this year. I used a store-bought mask and a stuffed plastic bag for the shape of the face and size of Husband's head, then layered on cardboard and paper maché until it got to be the right shape. There are some bits of foam filler in the eyebrows and cheekbones for articulation. The Hawkgirl helmet followed the same process as the Hawkman helmet. It was early enough in my serious costume experience that I didn't think to make a mold of Husband's torso out of duct tape, but that's what I would do for any future breastplates. We covered his torso in a plastic bag and I covered that with paper maché. Then more paper mache, including a paste made of flour, water, and tissue paper m...