How to Make Do-It- Yourself Costumes

Do It Yourself Costumes How to Make Do It Yourself Costumes If you are heading to a Halloween party or a themed party you must be wondering what you could be. Well, there are a quite a lot of things right now inside your wardrobes and attics that could help you make a costume for yourself. You needn’t hire expensive costumes because creating your own costume needs a bit of imagination and some basic stuff at home.
Here’s how you can be the life of a themed party with a costume that you create on your own. You will love all the praises and compliments.

Firstly, decide on what you could be. You must have read so many stories, seen movies and you can even seek inspiration from things around you.
Make a list of things you will need for that costume.
Check how and where you will find these things. Collect them all in one place.

Make a fortune teller costume
Things you will need:

A scarf
Lots of strung beads, rings and anklets and bangles
Some make-up
A floral top, a skirt or harem pants
A temporary tattoo and lots of safety pins

- Wear the floral top and the pants.
- Make a tattoo with an eye make-up pencil or stick a temporary one.
- Wear the beads around your neck; wear lots f bangles and finger rings.
- Give your eyes some loud make up with make-up pencils and eye liner. Apply green eye shadow
- Apply some golden brown blush on cheeks to sport a tan.
- Now wear the scarf inverted around your head. Cover your head and pin the ends of the scarf behind.
- Paint your nails red.
- You are all set to pose as a fortune teller. Don’t forget to carry a medium sized gazing ball or a chart with star diagrams or may be a pack of cards. You will be more believable of you carry your pet parrot along.

Make a Witch/ Wizard costume
Things you will need:

A long coat
Chart paper
Colored paper and golden paper
A thin stick and some crepe paper
Glue
A box of paint

- Colour the chart paper and let it dry. Make a cone shape with it. Cut out ends. Now you can cut golden stars from the golden paper and stick them on the cone cap. Pierce two tiny holes on either sides and pass a string through it. Know it at on end. Your wizard cap is ready
- Apply glue on crepe paper and wrap it on the stick. This will be the wand.
- Now wear a shirt and pant. Wear the long coat over it.
- Put on the wizard’s cap and do not forget to pick the wand.
- Learn a small smell and you are a magical wizard.

Make a Mummy costume
Things you will need:

A vest
Body hugging leggings
2-3 packets of bandages
Paint box, scissors, cello tape and safety pins

Wear your vest and leggings.

- Now start wrapping yourself with the white bandages. Once one pack ends use to safety pin and pin it up so that it doesn’t come off. Leave some bandage ends free to fly but pin them before they end.
- Do it on your entire body. You can do it easily but make sure you don’t sweat too much.
- Drop some red paint on yourself to make it look like blood.
- Now just make a scary noise and the mummy has risen alive.