Forget energy drinks. Halloween gives you wings

The trouble with taking classes in October is that despite having some rather lengthy assignments due, I'd much rather sit down and work out how to make the boy his Charizard costume this month. So after cranking out some truly dreadful papers, I sat down to watch football and put some wings together.

With last week's plan, I figured if I found the right colored duct tape I could build some wings out of whatever and just cover them to make them match. So viola, two foam board zip-tied together to make wings.

Before I got too far into those, I wanted to put eyes, horns, and fangs on the hat I had picked up. Don't ask me why, but I got foam this year instead of felt, so things are a little stiffer to work with.

The horns are just paper covered in the duct tape, but they're staying on alright so far. The eyes could be a problem though.

Is this identifiable as a charizard? I'm not saying. 

The boy was happy though, so I moved onto the wings. I had a couple of different patterns in mind, but ultimately thought a simple one was better, and easier to keep symmetrical. I traced it on paper and then onto the board on both sides to cut out. Then it was time to duct tape. Thankfully I had some good football to watch this weekend.

The wife brought up a good point right about then, suggesting that a 6-year old walking with a 4-foot wingspan might be frowned upon at an elementary school. So I came up with the idea of bending the wings back and using a wire hanger to keep them in the same shape. Makes it look a little more natural but also lets him fit through doors. This is the kind of troubleshooting I love at halloween.

Couple of snips and we're in business. 

As much fun as I was having at this point, one roll of orange was not enough, so I'm in a holding pattern until I can find time to go hunting for a second one. But I need to get some elastic too to actually put the wings on anyway, so I will probably be going shopping soon.

All the girl needs at this point is white felt added to her pink and blue clothes we bought for her Poppy costume, so that might not get any photos until actually trick or treating. But I can't wait to finish these wings and see if we built an honest to goodness pokemon.