Barney Costume Advice

[gch28]

Hi. I am a puppet builder and Barney Fan since birth. I have always dreamed of building my own Barney The Dinosaur costume but don't know where I would start. Does anyone hear have advice. I am looking to build one of these. I have not decided yet but I am leaning towards the one in the classroom

Thanks,
Gabriel

 

[smithjohnj]

If you do an on-line research for "how to make a mascot costume" you will get some good starting points. You can then refine your searches to "mascot dinosaur head", mascot feet". etc.

 

[Dr Jones Sr]

I work at Disneyland and we have many character costumes that have that general overall shape.

I have no idea what the internal structure is, but there might be resources online from people who have replicated those costumes.

 

[gch28]

I found these photos from @oriandagger on instagram

 

[Allekai]

I would start with getting the basic measurements down first. Once you have that, you can an easier time putting the pieces together to create the overall shape!

 

[TKIC22483]

The bottom structure looks like a thin plastic. Does anyone know what kind it might be?

 

[sapper36]

Crazy idea - Find a good stuffed plush Barney that you like the shape of. Dissect him at the seams, Lay out the pieces & trace, then Blow up the patterns to the size you need. Should be able to figure the multiplcation factor by measuring the doll before vivisection!

 

[publiusr]

Even with that paunch, I'd still wear a groin cup and steel toe boots underneath-pads too. Little kids are punchy. I saw one baseball player tackle a mascot once. A tween girl was in it. Once I saw a photo of a guy in a Xenomorph suit holding a smiling baby. Googlie-eyes or a mall santa would likely have it shrieking-santa likely invoking an ancestral memory of bearded druids with the kid on a slab. Sorry about the stream of conciousness.

 

[Allekai]

The bottom structure looks like a thin plastic. Does anyone know what kind it might be?

The bottom structure of what?

 

[TKIC22483]

The bottom structure of what?

The very first photo, upon which the layers of foam and added, looks like a thin flexible plastic. What kind of plastic is it?