Angry Flower Costume

Having collected these smiling stuffed toy flowers for years, my initial costume plan was to be a giant “Happy Flower”. But I have a tendancy to put a twist into all my costume ideas - resulting in original, never seen before characters. I thought, “What if not all the flowers were happy?” Thus sparked the creation of “One Angry Flower”. And with the added height of the stilts, we can rephrase that by saying, "one GIANT angry flower"!!

The entire costume was handmade from scrap pieces found mostly at thrift stores, the head frame started as chicken wire found in my backyard. And the jumping stilts I found on eBay. Since I had no pattern, the whole project was a “trial and error”, then “fix it” basis. I started in March, and slowly worked out problems along the way. The added bonus was the great workouts with learning to move around on the stilts.

By Natalie V., McAlester, OK.