Squid Costume
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The Problem:
As a toy product design instructor, it would be my job to introduce my student team at their final play-sensations, and all of the instructors were going to present dressed up as their team animal.
I was the instructor for squid team, and this squid costume wouldn’t do.
The Plan:
If I was going to be a squid, I was going to be an awesome squid.
I made a sketch of a costume that I thought would be a more true squid representation, with a lot more dignity.![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ebd313cc858b4021f9fbc4b4e0f219097f3bef575821c5ae7eac09e840e79319/sketch.jpg)
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I cut rough sections of blue foam and glued them together around an extra hard hat we had on hand
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The Completed Costume:
The final (and very last minute) touch was to add “tentacles” which were made using a thrift-store dress. I attached the dress to the squid body and then cut it in the shape of tentacles.
Here I am with the studens of team squid, their incredible toy (Infect It!), and their mentor Jonah:
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It was finished just in time for playsentations (this is me):
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other people may have worn it better though:
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/34f10fd60e00ea2adbc56774aca03d5a12d4ace85334ceba021dd9912e1f7f7e/squid-hat-m-3.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/34893f1c3e6b9e4eeb0ee44f78e6d3231bc8894cf4ea37cc838d938691fe3d24/squid-hat-m-4.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3076d475d65dcdb3fde617c834cef0ff950c937276f7f8bfb111f5652fd4a31e/squid-hat-m-5.jpg)