Gaara Cosplay

my gaara costume...unfortunately we attached the gourd to my back at the last minute and i didnt get to do a test run so as you can imagine that thing weighs a whoooooole lot and it killed my shoulder all we did was make a messenger bag type of strap next year it's gonna be an f-ing backpack strap >8(
i only got to wear it 4-5 hrs on friday cause it hurt T____T
Gourd is made out of wonderflex, sand and paint the sad thing is is that i had made an attachment for the gourd and i couldn't use it T___T well there's always next year