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 Posted: Sun May 20, 2007 5:25 pm
As many of you may know, there is exactly 4 months, 5 days, 6 hours, and about 35 minutes left til Halloween. (stfu) And...I have no idea what to have my costume as! Now I know many of you are thinking, "There's like four months!" True...But everytime I wait til September, I get into a panic. A big panic. So, what should I be? I want something that won't show much skin since, and I don't mean this as 120 pounds, fat, but still frightening. I'm going to be making my costume (since I've had BAD experiences with premade costumes) so something that won't cost much in the way of fabric. Suggestions?
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Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 8:46 am
Hmmm, not too much in the way of fabric. Well, simplicity has some alright patterns for faerie type things, anything Greek goddess would be alright, mages, robe type stuff. Since you have four months though, you can always hit up the shops for fabric when it's on sale and get some really awesome stuff for your costume. Last year I was a gypsy and I made a 400$ costume for like 120$. Or, depending on your skill, you can make an Elizabethan dress that will last you ages with curtain material. Particularly the stuff out of the sale box.
Just some ideas for you.
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Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 10:38 am
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Posted: Sat May 26, 2007 11:13 pm
Latex full head Jack O Lantern mask will set you back forty bucks in some sites, make yourself a scarecrow.
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Posted: Thu May 31, 2007 8:16 pm
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Posted: Sat Aug 25, 2007 2:09 am
How about a mummy? A girlfriend of mine came up with a great costume which required fairly inexpensive materials.
The costume materials were:
arrow An old brown leotard that she splattered with bleach and brown fabric dyes, then washed to give it a mottled and diseased look.
arrow Several yards of cheap cotton fabric cut into strips several feet in length to simulate mummy wrappings, which she "aged" with strong tea and washed several times to create the bandages.
arrow Pieces of velcro sewn onto both the leotard in strategic locations and the bandages to hold the costume together. Each bandage should be several feet in length and have a velcro piece at each end.
arrow Egyptian costume jewelry.
arrow Appropriate horror makeup.
(we used a white base, then applied a sickly gray hue with faint green and blue makeup for shadows and highlights, then put dark blue around her eyes to simulate kohl)
To put the costume together, she simply wrapped herself in the bandages and secured them with velcro, attaching the bandages to both the leotard and each other. After applying the makeup, she brushed out her hair and stiffened it with hairspray, then put on the Egyptian jewelry.
The only problem was that after spending two hours putting on her makeup and costume, she lost her nerve and refused to enter the costume contest!
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Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 7:30 pm
ok if you have a thrift shop around go in and see what ever you can find the gawdiest must unflater ing clothes you can find ..then just carry a realy over large bag and on halloween just start taking random pictures boom instant pain in the a** benny lol
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Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2007 9:55 pm
Get a white bed sheet, preferably one that covers a good portion of yourself, cut out eyes for you to see, and you are now a ghost! YAY!
Ok, so I'm not all the creative with coming up with costumes, but what is it you're going for? Do you want scary, or do you want cute? What are things you've been before, and would you like to follow that pattern?
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