Keeping organic elements on The Last of Us costume

Tesseract

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Hey, I was supposed to go as a Clicker from The Last of Us but my head was destroyed, now I'm just going as a normal infected enemy, I have some mushrooms I wanted to incorporate since I couldnt find fake ones. What's a good way to keep them from falling apart during the day? I was going to coat them in a thin coat of liquid latex...any other ideas?
 
Yo.

I'm at work dressed as Joel today, but no one's even noticed. :)


This could work, do let us know how you get on. Though if you do actually get infected by the mushrooms, I WILL be smacking you in the face with a brick.

how to preserve mushroom for decoration


Directions
1
Place a sheet of newspaper in a baking tray and cover with a clean sheet of baking parchment. To ensure even drying, larger wild mushrooms should be sliced into strips. Spread mushrooms over parchment, making sure that none overlap.

2
Place baking tray somewhere where there is a steady flow of warm air. Leave for at least one day to begin to dry.

3
Turn conventional oven to 350 degrees and let it heat for 20 minutes. Turn the oven off. Open oven door slightly until it stays open a couple inches. Let the oven cool off for five minutes.

4
Place the baking tray of partly dried mushrooms in the oven, leaving the door cracked open. In an hour, remove the mushrooms from the oven and let stand. While still warm, mushroom slices should bend slightly without breaking.

5
When the mushrooms are cooled, test them. Mushrooms are fully dried when hard to the touch, like crackers, with no spongy feel at all.
 
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