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In 2024, my son wanted to be a Super Axe Hacker, which is a fictional log harvesting vehicle featured in the book “The Lorax”, by Dr. Suess. (My other son went as the Lorax, I was the Once-ler, and my partner was a forest of Truffula trees). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was a challenging costume in that the vehicle isn’t designed rationally — it’s not balanced, the proportions are whimsical, and nothing is square. I thought that the only way to really make this easily was to create an armature from chicken wire and paper mache it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I used vinyl-coated chicken wire to minimize pinprick cuts. In order to cover the whole costume, I had to apply the paper mache in stages, since it doesn’t stick to the armature when it’s wet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I made “axes” out of cardboard, painted them gray, and used spray adhesive and glitter to make the axes sparkle. I used flexible plastic tubes as the axe handles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I hung the whole costume from my clothesline and hit it up with spray primer and paint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I used pipe insulation around the opening to protect the wearer from being poked by chicken wire. This mostly worked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This costume was immediately recognizable by most of the parents and younger kids on my street, especially next to everyone else’s costumes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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