Experiments

I found it really hard to come up with ideas on what to make my costume with so decided the best way was to go shopping and get ideas.

A visit to the local scrap store was the first thing to see if there was any think there that I could use.

Then round the local shops like 99p store, wilkinson and G&T's

Then I started to experiment with the different materials I had found to create something I had envisioned.

Theses are some of my first ideas. I really wanted the eyes to droop and dance around when the children walked along. So I thought garden hoes pipe with wire inside would do the job. This was not strongnuf so a rethink hear was in order.

The antenners could be made out of centre cane and wire then raped in purple scraps of fabric to get the purple colour. I think this worked well and really court the essence of what I wanted out of the antenners.

The legs needed to be a bit more of a bold than the ones made of different materials although they can move and look more realistic you have to remember that I am designing for a carnival and carnivals need to be big and bold. So I think the plasterzote side worked better and the children can put yellow spots onto them. I would defiantly be thinker that the plasterzote that I have demonstrated with to have a big impact on the costume.

This was defiantly a good way to experiment with the materials for me as I couldn't imagine what the costume would look like in my head. Imagining what the different materials would look like. so for me this was defiantly the best way.