Where the Wild Things Are Couples Costume

by Jamie
(Birmingham, AL)

We’ve always been a fan of Where the Wild Things Are, but when I saw the trailer with one of my favorite Arcade Fire songs playing I was enchanted! So months ago I started planning how to make the costumes. I searched all over the internet for photos and ideas. Do you realize it is almost impossible to find good info on fur dress making on the net?

Anyway I made the headpiece first from paper mache on a pot with playdough then started with felting and pinning. I worked and reworked the headpiece until 5:30 a.m. the day of Halloween. The Max costume was the first sewing project I've done which I didn't tear apart and redo over and over! I was really happy with how it turned out, so was my husband, but I think he just liked how cozy it was. He made the crown and wand (again very proud!)

The skirt I am wearing started as a dress and when I squeezed into it I realized I needed to go another direction. So at 5 pm the night before Halloween I started adding felt 'scale' inserts to the now chopped off dress, added a waistband and then realized it needed more. The arm and legwarmers had been done for days and I needed something else. So I was scrolling through the net when I found the most lovely painting on etsy of a wild thing claw picking up the boat with Max in it. I knew the felt version of that was the ticket so off to felt cutting heaven. I'm really proud of how it turned out. But next year I may be buying readymade costumes.