Friday, November 2, 2012

Fashion Fabulous Friday- With Instructions!

JR's final Halloween costume came courtesy of the Internet.
I was told over and over again how 'creative' I was, but truth be told, finding a picture and copying it doesn't take much creativity.
 
 
It does, however, take a husband with a degree in engineering.
 
 
The only instructions I could find on how to make a " homemade headless costume" came with instructions of building a whole upper torso with things like plaster of Paris or paper mache.
 
(Of course, neither material fits into my life motto of "make it easy on yourself".
 
 
 
So before we go any further with instructions, here's the finished product.
(JR said he had the best costume in the 3rd grade.)
 
 
Headless Waiter!

This was another costume that didn't cost a thing.
 
Here's the secret to do the headless part easily:

1. You need a bag with a handle. 
A backpack would have worked better, but we only had JR's duffel bag. 
(We tapped the bag trying to make it smaller.)
 
 
2. Tape on a coat hanger upside down. 
(This forms the shoulders where the shirt and jacket will hang.)
 
 
3. I tried to hot glue cardboard on the top of the handle to build a neck, but found the easiest and most realistic looking was to just cover it with a red, fabric book cover.

4. JR then wore the duffel bag like a backpack, and we dressed him with the shirt and coat's shoulders hanging on the hanger.
 
Easy, easy.
And it's a great costume!
 

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Very clever idea. I know he had fun wearing that. MR