Snickers Grocery Store Lady Costume?
October 13, 2010 7:39 PM Subscribe
Maybe everyone else does also, but I want my Halloween costume to be the [candy-bar brand name irrelevant] grocery store lady. "I'm only helping!"
Crowd-sourcers, let's figure this one out! Leopard-pattern coat and wig easy enough, but where does one get a Jocelyn Wildernstern mask or distended mannequin baby hands?
Crowd-sourcers, let's figure this one out! Leopard-pattern coat and wig easy enough, but where does one get a Jocelyn Wildernstern mask or distended mannequin baby hands?
Holy shit, I just googled Jocelyn Wildenstein. DO NOT WANT.
To make the mask, find a mask that's the right shape/contour and then spraypaint it that off-white. You can use fabric paint or something that's billed as "flexible acrylic" to do up the features, or, if you want to spend a few dollars at the drug store, buy a pile of that super cheap makeup you normally find on the endcaps of rows. You can seal the makeup with a spray on varnish (available in arts and crafts stores, and probably home depot) or even hairspray, if you're not planning on using it ever again.
Don't forget the hideous floral print skirt thing! I'd suggest a "maxi dress" which you can find in large numbers at any thrift store worth its salt.
The hands look like they're on sticks. You can stuff glove fingers with newspaper or foil, and then make a ball of duct tape around the end of your dowels. Heck, wooden spoons would also work. Then, put another layer of tape, sticky-side out, around the outside of the ball. Shove it in the glove and squeeze until it's all sticking together. Sew or tape the dowels to the inside of your coat sleeves about halfway down, so you can let go of them during the evening, and only gesture creepily with them when needed.
Definitely carry a pouch of candy bars with you, by the way, or people won't get the joke. I'd go for a fanny pack for extra weirdness.
posted by Mizu at 8:46 PM on October 13, 2010
To make the mask, find a mask that's the right shape/contour and then spraypaint it that off-white. You can use fabric paint or something that's billed as "flexible acrylic" to do up the features, or, if you want to spend a few dollars at the drug store, buy a pile of that super cheap makeup you normally find on the endcaps of rows. You can seal the makeup with a spray on varnish (available in arts and crafts stores, and probably home depot) or even hairspray, if you're not planning on using it ever again.
Don't forget the hideous floral print skirt thing! I'd suggest a "maxi dress" which you can find in large numbers at any thrift store worth its salt.
The hands look like they're on sticks. You can stuff glove fingers with newspaper or foil, and then make a ball of duct tape around the end of your dowels. Heck, wooden spoons would also work. Then, put another layer of tape, sticky-side out, around the outside of the ball. Shove it in the glove and squeeze until it's all sticking together. Sew or tape the dowels to the inside of your coat sleeves about halfway down, so you can let go of them during the evening, and only gesture creepily with them when needed.
Definitely carry a pouch of candy bars with you, by the way, or people won't get the joke. I'd go for a fanny pack for extra weirdness.
posted by Mizu at 8:46 PM on October 13, 2010
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I have no idea where you'd find a Jocelyn Wildenstein mask. Maybe you could get an oversized blank mask, tuck it in the appropriate places, and paint the features on?
posted by phunniemee at 7:49 PM on October 13, 2010