The Muppet Costumes
It’s that time of year again – the leaves are changing, the birds are migrating south, and my entire living room has been converted into a rather cramped workshop. Once again I find myself in a mad rush to complete costumes for the NYC Greenwich Village Halloween Parade..… only this year it’s really mad as I’m simultaneously working on 14 costumes at once!
But it’s not just the sheer volume – it’s also juggling tasks. I need to time things right so that I don’t turn up to an important business meeting with blue hands like this.
I wouldn’t want to look back and think ‘wow, I really blew it’… <ahem>
This year, in an attempt to alleviate my anxiety I decided to create a spreadsheet of outstanding tasks with 10 days left to go. Phew, only 100 items on the list left to complete! Consider my anxiety alleviated. Or not.
I started making these miniature models to work out exactly how the Muppet costume heads will be constructed… just on a slightly larger scale (that’s the LG logo on the TV in the background, so they’re petite!).
Once they were complete, I was officially able to open the Muppet factory.
Employee total: 1
Creating Animal, and Chef!
Making Gonzo (first a paper model) then the real thing, and then Janice and Dr Teeth!
Next up, the infamous Kermit... and Scooter!
Walking in the NYC Halloween Parade was a blast! We could hear everyone shouting out individual muppet names as we walked along the parade route...
And a family portrait - Animal, one of the Snowths, Chef, Scooter (just), Kermit, Mahna Mahna, Janice with the guitar, Beaker, Bunsen and Gonzo!
... and we finished up with some classical portraits the next day.
