I chose to base my costume off the infamous Audrey II from little shop of horrors. My dad and I share a love for this movie and I thought it would be fun to try something out of my comfort zone, so why not make a giant man eating plant head??

I enlisted my dad to help me create the structure of the bead using water hosing, duct tape and chicken wire. We attached the top and bottom pieces using a screw and bolt on either side of the “jaw.” I used foam noodles to create the lips for the plant. I then covered the base in paper mache and some yarn for detail. When it was dry I used insulator foam on the inside to create texture and spray painted the whole base. I used acrylic paint to do the details and used the same foam noodles to make the teeth. I covered the whole thing in an acrylic spray to seal it.

In the process of making the head, I was also creating a custom bodysuit to wear. Instead of big top little pants, I went big head, little outfit. Just because the outfit was small, does not mean it was not difficult. I used some scrap fabric I thrifted as well as a scarf my grandmother gave me. The scarf was a hard fabric to work with and I ended up going back multiple times to hand sew the pieces in place. This was my first attempt at a bodysuit, now I definitely think I could make some improvements in the future but I am pretty impressed with myself.