Giant 9-Foot Tall Preying Mantis Costume
by Michael Stocky, 10/17/10
This oversized praying mantis, which is a whopping 9-feet long and weighs 11 pounds, isn’t the first giant costume Michael Stocky has made, and he says creating them as a family project is half the fun. His daughter Sienna, who is a friend to all insects, wore the costume trick-or-treating this year. The head is made from a bicycle helmet, the eyes are metal strainers, the legs are wire repurposed from abandoned political campaign signs covered with pipe insulation, and the body is a metal dowel wrapped in plastic fencing and covered with fabric. The whole contraption is supported by an old backpack frame and a couple of braces made from shop-vac parts.
Woah! Larger than life. Cool!