i made the head with snonotube (cardboard concrete forming tube) then styrospan which is a dense syrofoam for the top/bottom.
yes it was a PITA to walk, dance, see but it was worth it not like it was on my head all the time, i had to drink right? also if u do it paint it a few days before we painted ours hours before and I think the fumes got me more f'd up then the drinking because I was wrecked by the end of the night.
we felt like celeberites in the place everyone loved it, too bad we didnt go last night there was a costume contest and I was told we would of won the $500 prize.