Materials: Hilti foam, Spray Paint, a kickass graphics artist
These are for our upcoming production of 'Assassins' and they were a hoot to make. The actress will be eating out of the bag- but she prefers to eat something that won't leave cheesy orange powder all over her costume and props. Can you blame her? Cheetoes are delicious, but you have to be committed to orange. Our solution is a double layered bag. Jill Lyons, prop graphics artist extrordinaire, created our vintage bag. This, we stuffed with a layer of fake Cheetoes, and nestled a clean plastic bag inside to act as a nest for the edible snacks.
It's worth noting that we did consider using real Cheetoes, but decided that the real thing wouldn't hold up to the constant use, and we'd end up with Cheeto dust. (How exactly DO you spell the singular of Cheetoes?)
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Happy Propping!
What will she actually be eating?
ReplyDeleteBugles. For some reason. *Shrugs*
ReplyDeleteI would have suggested some other kind of extruded corn curl, but really the key is to give the actress what she's comfortable with- and bugles is what she wanted. Likely, only the first few rows could tell if they were looking- and if they're looking, the focus is in the wrong place.
What did you use to make the bag? What kind of material is that? I needed to make a bag of vintage English "Crisp Chips" for the Dumb Waiter and didn't know what to use. I ended up just using a small brown bag that Shredded Wheat comes in and creating a vintage label from Photoshop. Looked good but I would have rather used a clear bag like you have here.
ReplyDeleteWe found plastic snack bags that were the correct size. Then, Jill printed the opaque parts of the label onto adhesive photo paper, which she cut out and stuck onto the bag. You can get crinkly cellophane bags in stores that sell candy making supplies. I hope that helps!
DeleteErik was telling me about Assassins over the summer at the opera, he seemed excited to get started on it! hope all goes well at MRT this season! and please tell him Shane says hey if you don't mind
ReplyDeleteAwesome! I was just needing to make a vintage bag of pretzels. Your Cheetos bag looks great! I will have to search out something larger that a snack bag though. Any suggestions?
ReplyDeleteYes, check with floral supply stores for larger, clear bags. Otherwise, you could fabricate your own out of cellophane and double stick tape.
Deletedo you have any spares floating around :)
ReplyDeleteSadly, no. But look how easy it is to make your own!
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