cndnveggie
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Hope it's okay to start a thread for Diary of a Wimpy Kid - if one already exists, please let me know 
This was a fun and fairly easy costume to make - I need to credit http://www.projectdenneler.com/2011/10/wimpy-kid.html for the great idea and material suggestions!
However, I need some last minute advice. I have created the head out of a 12" smoothfoam ball, which is hollow and comes in two pieces. In order to keep it from moving back and forth too much, and also because I cut the mouth a bit lower than I should have, the hole in the bottom is not large enough to lift the ball off my son's head if I glue the two pieces together. So I'm trying to think of a way to attach the front and back pieces so that we can take it apart as needed. I thought velcro might work, but two problems - it leaves a visible gap between the two pieces due to the thickness of the velcro, and it also doesn't stick that well to the smoothfoam (although I'm sure I could overcome this with the right glue). Before I resort to that, I thought I'd ask for advice here - any ideas of how we can have the front and back pieces of the head stick together securely while being worn, but come apart again easily whenever we need to take the head off? TIA!
Below are pics of front and back pieces of head, then side views so you can see how they fit and how the seam should ideally look. The last pic is the almost finished costume - I still have to cut/shape the hair and make a red "Diary" to carry around, but otherwise good!
This was a fun and fairly easy costume to make - I need to credit http://www.projectdenneler.com/2011/10/wimpy-kid.html for the great idea and material suggestions!
However, I need some last minute advice. I have created the head out of a 12" smoothfoam ball, which is hollow and comes in two pieces. In order to keep it from moving back and forth too much, and also because I cut the mouth a bit lower than I should have, the hole in the bottom is not large enough to lift the ball off my son's head if I glue the two pieces together. So I'm trying to think of a way to attach the front and back pieces so that we can take it apart as needed. I thought velcro might work, but two problems - it leaves a visible gap between the two pieces due to the thickness of the velcro, and it also doesn't stick that well to the smoothfoam (although I'm sure I could overcome this with the right glue). Before I resort to that, I thought I'd ask for advice here - any ideas of how we can have the front and back pieces of the head stick together securely while being worn, but come apart again easily whenever we need to take the head off? TIA!
Below are pics of front and back pieces of head, then side views so you can see how they fit and how the seam should ideally look. The last pic is the almost finished costume - I still have to cut/shape the hair and make a red "Diary" to carry around, but otherwise good!
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