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My son is a airplane fanatic....I would like to make him a plane costume. you know the kind where he supports the plane with straps over his shoulders and his legs are out of the bottom?.....
Do I build the frame of the plane with chicken wire and start layering the strips? or is there another way?....ANY advice on how I can do this would be appreciated!!
thanks!!
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Yes, you could make a frame out of light wood and cover with chicken wire. Since it is a children's costume, and therefore not terribly large, you could probably omit the chicken wire and just use sturdy cardboard instead. Then cover with paper mache to create details and a uniform texture. Here is a link to a website of a guy in California who has made lots of paper mache custumes and larger-scale paper mache pieces using wood frames: http://www.cockeyed.com/incredible/incredible.html
Best of luck...
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Chicken wire is a little more difficult to work with than you might think. I have the scars to prove it.
What about making the wings from construction foam? You can buy it at Home Depot (etc) in 2-ft wide sections. It comes in pink and blue colors, and is easier to carve than the beaded type in white. The white is cheaper, but much harder to carve decently. The pink and blue have finer grain and can be easily cut with a serrated knife or a hacksaw blade (without the handle -- just use the blade). I found a hot-wire unit for cutting foam at Michael's Arts & Crafts store a year ago. It cost $10 and uses 2 D-cell batteries.
You could papier mache strips over the foam after you added a box cut to fit over your son's upper body, which would be the fusilage of the plane.
Sue
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