SCISSORHANDS

I built these for my 2021 Halloween costume. The scissor "blades" are cut from cardboard, folded to fit the glove, and glued with hot glue. All the fingers were then given a coat of epoxy resin. I covered each of the blades with aluminum tape, which were then spray painted and buffed with steel wool to give a weathered look. The back of the hands and scissor grips were made from EVA foam. The base is a pair of black costume gloves, and the wrist pieces are sections cut from rubber gasket that I laced with leather shoelaces. On the original prop there are external armatures that connect some of the fingers to the wrist, so I replicated these with light weight plastic tubing, rope, and hot glue. It was important that I be able to take the gloves on and off without assistance, so the armatures are attached to the wrist with neodymium magnets so they can easily be disconnected.