I wired the eyes to the head by stapling wires to the flat side of ball, and then threading them to the head.įur: The fur was the most expensive part. The pupils are just circles cut out of electrical tape (I used a nickel to trace). I cut the ball in half with a saw, and dipped both halves in white paint. The black part of the mouth was cut from an old black t-shirt that I hot glued to the cardboard, while the the tongue, a piece from a red shirt.Įyes: His eyes are a wood ball I found at a craft store. I used wire to stitch the cardbooard mouth to the frame all the way around the opening. Mouth: I found some thick cardboard, and folded an oval in half and used duct tape to make a mitt (a pocket to hold my fingers on one side, and my thumb on the other). I wrapped his head in fur (which was very forgiving for hiding the lumpiness of the chicken wire). I had originally formed the shape around a basketball, and then tried to make it shaped like Pac-man. Head: His head frame is made of chicken-wire. Instead, I went with the normal garbage man look.
As much as I like the idea of a full sized Bruno costume (the garbage man who normally carries Oscar), this costume was already getting pretty cumbersome, and I needed to be able to get in and out of it by myself (party requirement… should nature call). I like to make most of my costumes, and this one incorporated a lot of hot glue, chicken wire, duct tape, and a ridiculous amount of green fur. He had robotic eyelids that would make him look like he was surprised, or go up and down when he was talking (controlled by my thumb on the inside of the front of Oscar’s can). I was able to make the fake arms look so real that people could not initially figure out how Oscar was moving. Oscar assisted me with all of my beverages (passing them over his left). The DIY Oscar the Grouch Halloween costume was an absolute hit. In all, I spent about 10 hours searching/acquiring materials, and about 15 hours of total assembly. I like to go to a lot of parties on Halloween, and for some reason, the idea of Oscar the grouch getting rowdy at a party really appealed to me (i.e. I saw a lot of Oscar costumes, but I wanted the focus to mostly be on the puppet (or muppet depending on how you see it).
Oscar the Grouch has been one of my favorite all time characters.
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