Step 1: What you’ll need to make your Max costume

Because I was making my costume to be worn at a festival in England’s unpredictable Summer I thought that I’d make an outfit closer to the one seen in the Where The Wild Things Are film than the book. It’s more furry than that seen in Maurice Sendak’s original illustrations but I guessed that I’d appreciate that extra warmth in a field in the early hours of the morning.

I bought:

• 1 x Disposable decorator’s overalls
• 4m Grey fur from a fabric shop in Brighton, the thickest I could find
• 4m of cotton to use as lining material
• 1m of wadding to use as stuffing
• 5 large buttons
• Grey cotton thread
• Large, new, sharp scissors
• 2m of thick long black fur for the tail