Well Halloween is my favourite!!!! I thought I could sacrifice it but I just couldn't! October 30 we managed to whip something up. As you know we are expecting so we had to think of a costume that was appropriate. We wanted to do something original so costumes like bun in the oven and zombie baby arms were out of the question. We ended up going as "The Mummy." I went as a mummy and Jason dressed up as Brendan Fraser's character.
My costume even included some sewing. I took lots of pictures so you could see the process of creating our ultimate costume.
First off we bought all of our supplies. Old sheet, lace curtains, tank top, beige pants and a long sleeve shirt.
Once we got home I quickly ripped up the sheets that we just bought and threw them into a bucket of tea. We made it nice and hot so the color would stick and stay. Our tea concoction was quite steamy, I needed a long spoon to stir all these sheets but we didn't have one so I just used a curtain rod. I felt like a witch making my potion. 
Once the sheet strips were stained and dried I began sewing them onto beige pants. First I tried wrapping it around he legs and then sewing down in strips but that was quite frustrating. I kept stabbing myself with pins and there were needles everywhere. I ended up not using pins at all. I just free handed it. I just put in large stitches and wrapped the material around the legs as I went. Which turned out perfect since I was going for a bit raggedy. I found the perfect shirt so luckily I didn't have to sew the shirt as well.
Here is the finished mummy costume.
Our couple costume.
Yes, this is as spooky as I get for Halloween. I much prefer fun to scary.
Happy Halloween Everyone!!
No comments:
Post a Comment