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Building a Gritty costume for Halloween

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Think big when it comes to Gritty’s face

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Dayton recommended building Gritty’s face on a bucket or Canada Goose Outlet rolling heavy duty cardboard into a cylinder that fits around your head. I opted for a $7 orange cowboy hat I found at Party City so I could use the brim to capture his signature underbite. (Don’t forget a little bit of pink fabric for his tongue.) If you’re on a budget, Raymond also suggested gluing googly eyes to a pair of cheap sunglasses and hanging orange fabric off of the frame for his beard.

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Dayton also recommended replicating Gritty’s oversized sneakers with black fabric and foam. “You could wrap a dog toy in fabric canada goose uk shop and tuck it under your jersey.”

Raymond pointed out that if you’re going the googly eye route and let’s face it, you have to you should never stand still when you’re in costume.

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