right?! If i were braiding someone else's hair I would absolutely be able to do it, but on my own head? nope. I think I'm going to take my very old pink UA visor and glue a bunch of flowers to it instead of doing braids.
I hot glued golden horns on a stuffed alligator to complete my Loki variant costume during Wine and Dine and had the same dilemma for carrying it. I ended up stealing the idea from the stuffed Banshees/Porgs/Groots that sit on your shoulder. I hot glued a metal washer to the bottom of the gator and then attached a super strength magnet to a piece of duct tape that sat on the inside of my shirt on my shoulder. It stayed on perfectly while running and the magnet made it easy to remove the gator when I wanted to just carry it.
Hot glue some velcro to the paws so that it looks like he is clinging to your back.
I don't know that I could make myself do that. Not to mention passing out from heat prostration if the temps go up.
I'm the other way around, in that I won't feel the cold much on my legs. I'll want to make sure I'm warm from the waist up, hence the discardable sweat shirts for the first mile(s), depending upon the starting temps. And something I've noticed of late is wanting to keep my hands warm. Hmmm, I might bring some disposable handwarmer packs.
I always wear black capri leggings when running. I just wear the corresponding color as the skirt over top for my costumes.
Ouch. And I hear you. I've spent way more than I should have on costuming for these races. But, it's all about the photo ops....
This is awesome! Where did you find those pants? You're going to look seriously badass out there in that outfit!
Anything that you do to carry him will look great. Keep in mind that he's a platypus....they don't do much.
I think Amazon. Search under superhero running gear.
Good mindset, but tough to do for some of us. I was actually shopping for black running shoes to make the costume as complete as possible.
That's generally my mindset. If I can find a pair of my usual Ghosts that fit the outfit, great! I buy them for the race and use them afterwards. O/w I just stick with a shoes that doesn't match but won't kill my feet. My husband made that mistake once with some yellow Nike's for a mickey costume. They looks great, but they just didn't work great for his feet and they ended up being no-run shoes after suffering through the race. He ran some short runs in them ahead of time and said they weren't super comfy but he thought they would be ok. Afterwards, he said never again.
I opted for a Donald Duck running shirt from Etsy for the marathon. I feel like Rhodey in Iron Man..."Next time, baby!"
