As is the goal every October, my friends and I try to top ourselves when it comes to our Halloween costumes; usually finding inspiration in a cult classic film. This year we chose John Carpenter’s 1988 classic “They Live.”

Wes, was the hero played by Rowdy Roddy Piper:

While Kiersten and I were the aristocratic aliens:

We made our alien masks ourselves by cannibalizing store-bought masks and sculpting over them with paper-mache and clay, and painted them with acrylics.

Stay tuned for a step-by-step tutorial on how to make your own alien mask!

OBEY. CONSUME.

pics courtesy, your friendly neighborhood Kiersten