Print PDF
Favorite
Email
My daughter is in love with Lady Gaga. I'm not entirely sure how I feel about this, but at least she's over the dreaded Beiber stage. I can't really judge too harshly, I was listening to all kinds of junk at that age, and I still listen to very little that isn't punk rock. What does that say about the sophistication of my musical tastes? At least I had an older brother to introduce me to new stuff.
This Halloween she wanted to be Lady Gaga, in particular she wanted one of the outfits from the video for "You and I". If you are unfamiliar with the song, I recommend an interesting experiment: listen to it before watching the video. It's quite a straightforward, tame pop song. The video is, you might say, a tad on the weird side. India would kill me for saying so, but I think she falls more to the Perform This Way side of things than the Born This Way.
Musical criticism aside, I was of course happy to help India work on the props for her costume. It was a nice break from the ridiculous difficulty of my own costume, I got to build something with my daughter, and the results looked great!
Here's a quick shot of her in her full get up, being annoyed with me:
This Halloween she wanted to be Lady Gaga, in particular she wanted one of the outfits from the video for "You and I". If you are unfamiliar with the song, I recommend an interesting experiment: listen to it before watching the video. It's quite a straightforward, tame pop song. The video is, you might say, a tad on the weird side. India would kill me for saying so, but I think she falls more to the Perform This Way side of things than the Born This Way.
Musical criticism aside, I was of course happy to help India work on the props for her costume. It was a nice break from the ridiculous difficulty of my own costume, I got to build something with my daughter, and the results looked great!
Here's a quick shot of her in her full get up, being annoyed with me:
Remove these ads by
Signing UpStep 1Gather Materials
The costume required a suit jacket, high heels, and slacks, all of which we acquired from thrift stores. India's mom sewed a hook and eye into the top of the jacket so she could wear it with one arm hanging out.
For the hat, we used:
For the hat, we used:
- Cardboard
- Duct tape
- Chicken wire
- Hot glue
- Epoxy
- Black spraypaint
- Window screen
- An old baseball cap
- Cardboard
- Washers, rods, other shiny metal things
- Silver spraypaint
- Red and black wires
- An old phone cord
- Rubber bands
- Hot glue
- Some stiff wire
| « Previous Step | Download PDFView All Steps | Next Step » |
Your Pippi Longstockings outfit is awesome, by the way.