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How to Be a Three-Headed Monster for Halloween

Professional costume designer Dana Osborne gives us a how-to

Okay, so this is actually a two-headed monster. But you get the idea.

You asked for it, and here it is: instructions for creating a three-headed monster Halloween costume. Since our costume-making skills don’t extend too far beyond cutting two holes in a bedsheet, we went to professional costume designer Dana Osborne. The materials required are all easy to find, and kids can totally help with drawing scary monster faces or picking out monster masks at the store.

Materials needed:

2 styrofoam wig heads from wig/theatrical makeup store
Secondhand athletic shoulder padding that you could attach the heads to
Super-adhesive epoxy glue (keep away from kids)
3 monster masks or 3 monster wigs
One monster costume/shirt that you can cut holes in the top of the shoulders in for the other heads

Here’s how you do it: