Fairy Wing Harness DIY

Ahh yet another tutorial for the renaissance fest. Because I am going to be a scrappy fairy I needed a scrappy set of wings. This harness also holds the mask I made for a competition, so it serves a double purpose!

This build cost about $20 dollars and took about 5 hours to complete.

- Random thrift store finds (I used a red bandana, a belt, a scarf, and two ties)

- Needle and thread

- Feathers (I used dyed roaster tails)

If you are making a mask holder you will also need

- 2mm craft foam

- Worbla

- Magnets

I wrapped the belt around a mannequin. The harness is made of 3 straps. Two are made from neckties ( the left strap, and the back strap), the other strap I fashioned out of half of a bandanna that I weathered with washes of white, brown, and black paint. I sewed a corner of the bandanna to the belt and tied the other corner to a scarf. I also sewed the two neck ties to the belt.

Note: I only sewed one side of the straps to the belt because I will be looping the other end to the wing holder.

Because this harness doubles as a mask holder, I needed something to hold my mask. I molded a face like blob (I think it looks kind of like a sloth face) out of clay. I heated up a sheet of worbla and carefully molded it over the clay. After I had the shape of the worbla crafted. I put a magnet in nasal region of the worbla cusp (sadly I forgot to take a picture of me attaching the magnet, but pic 3 has a note where I put the magnet).

I cut a sort of triangular shape out of foam and heated a piece of worbla over the foam for strength. I carefully attached the worbla sloth face to the foam/worbla with a little heat. I cut 3 rectangular shapes in the foam/worbla for the straps to loop through, then sewed the straps in.

The last picture is of the magnet I fixed in my masquerade mask.

If you are not making a mask holder at this point just glue feathers to the worbla and foam back plate, and for the most part I did that as well. However I also made magnetic feather bunches that attach to the wings, and can also attach to my mask. For more info about the feather bunches check out my mask tutorial

Because of the mask and magnet talk this tutorial may be a bit confusing. However it really is just a back plate with feathers on it supported by straps. If you have any questions about this build feel free to message me or comment below :)

If you would like to see how I made the rest of my costume:

Fairy Mask

Tattered Dress