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Props and Costumes: Wood Dowel Spears with Decorative Fake Feathers for Cave Drill Squad

See how these costumes and props worked in our theater production of Ptime Flies Like A Pterodactyl.

The entire play of Ptime Flies Like A Pterodactyl: Script, Stage Directions and Props is available in both paperback and Kindle – Go HERE

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Wood Dowel Spear with Decorative Fake Feathers and a spear fighter from The Missing Link:

wood dowel spear and spear fighter

Our Wood Dowel Spears with Decorative Fake Feathers from the Original Production:

Wood Dowel Spears with Decorative Fake Feathers

Wood dowels (3/4-inch by 4-feet) wrapped with red duct tape. Plastic decorative ties with felt feathers were then attached. For storage and safety reasons, no pointy spearheads were ever used or attached.

Our Decorative Spear Feather Ties from the Original Production (close-up detail):

Close-up of Feather Ties on Spears

Braided and beaded plastic strands with felt feathers attached with duct tape.

Our Decorative Spear Feathers from the Original Production (close-up detail):

Close-up of Spear Tie Feathers

Different colored felt was cut and feathered.

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