MANEQUIN FOAM HEAD For Wig & Hat Display

I knit and blog about my creations, so I needed something to display my knitted hats.

I found this very inexpensive manequin foam head for a great price on Amazon. The head serves its purpose. However, there are a few minor flaws to consider. First, the head seems smaller than your average dome. It is also very, very light, so putting anything elaborate or unbalanced on top of it will make it topple over. Something heavy attached to the base would help.

I needed a mannequin head for taking pictures. This head looks good enough, and was reasonably priced. However, 3rd power shipped it in a box with zero bubble wrap or anything to hold it in place. It's made of just Styrofoam so when it arrived there were noticeable blotches and dents where it had probably rattled against the box during shipping.

Note: there's also a noticeable line running vertically down the middle of the mannequin. They show it in the picture so I can't complain too much, but I hadn't spotted it. It's very visible if you use the mannequin for picture taking.

I got most of the blotches, and the line out with sandpaper. I've gotten my use out of the mannequin, just frustrated I had to deal with the dents.

The base is wide so the head doesn't tip over as easily, there is a hole in the bottom if you have a mannequin stand. The head size is a a little small for sizing the hats or wearing them for display, however, this makes it a lot easier to construct the hats. I give it four stars because for hat making this may not be ideal, I should probably have an accurately sized block, but for price and my needs this suited me perfectly.