halloween costume 2015: sloth

all i knew was that for halloween i wanted to create some kind of headpiece art from scratch. from there it was just about setting my priorities straight.

--if i have to work on something for awhile, i need to love it....sloths!
--if i have to wear something on my head, this year it needs to have big flowers on it....hibiscus!
--if i'm going to put a sloth on my head, it has to be reaching out at people...obviously, because that's the dream: a sloth reaching out to hug you while it noms on flowers.

everything was made from cardboard, paper, foil, masking tape and paint. except the leaves. i had planned on making all the leaves, but i'm really glad i didn't.

in total, this costume cost me $15 because i used what i had and what i used was negligible. i only purchased the fake leaves and a thrifted baseball cap that i didn't end up using.

from concept to costume contest winner!:

this was one of those extremely rare projects that sorta came out exactly as planned.

i sized some cardboard strips to my head like a triple headband and started building.

starting to look pretty cute!

40 painted paper hibiscus petals & papier mache

adding color and painted texture w/ hibiscus prototype.

i forgot to take more in progress photos so it magically looks completed.

a sloth mantra.
i also like "live gently, do whatever you want, and don't worry about dying" but it's not as catchy.

nick finally put together his cool but socially awkward costume.

i won a prize! 

until next year, Halloween!