Easy-to-Make Skeleton Costume

(this is posted by my brother)

This is my first time making a costume from scratch. It is a fairly easy project, takes probably less than 7 hours to make, and cost less than 10 bucks.

You will need: 
- cardboard that you can cut in 1 1/2" strips that can be wrapped around your head
- sheets of newspaper to cover the base of the mask
- white glue (Elmer's)
- a hot glue gun and a bag of glue sticks
- a black permanent marker
- white duct tape
- black duct tape
- a hooded sweatshirt
- plain black gloves

Step 1 Building a Mask

Basically, what you want at this beginning step is a covered half dome, and you could really use a number of materials to accomplish this. Here, I used cardboard and newspaper. Cut a 1 1/2" wide piece of cardboard that will fit a little loosely around your head (maybe big enough to stick a finger underneath). Take two more strips of cardboard, one running from the forehead to the back of your head, the other from one ear to the other and attach these to the original strip with your hot glue gun. You will have a circle with crisscrossing strips. When these are complete, begin filling in the empty space and this can be done several ways such as covering a base in fabric or tin foil, for example. I used a few more strips of cardboard to minimize the amount of empty space in the mask base, and covered this with newspaper by covering the mask in white craft glue, and laying down strips of newspaper on top. When I finished that step, I covered it once more in aluminum foil and taped it along the bottom with duct tape, though this isn't necessary.

Comments

[haduq]

its from medievil!

[dweebcentric]

ha! i hadn't thought of that till you said so.

[d.i.y master]

lol an "upside down u" you mean ad "n" jk i love this mask its so good im going to make one for halloween

[Hoaxinmi]

 Rad! I like the skull design.