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This costume is very hot among
Halloween celebrations
Wizard
Needs a little skill to put it together.
Things You Need:
- 2 to 4 flashing star rings
- Canvas sneakers
- Cornucopia basket
- Cotton cording
- Craft glue
- Evening blue, purple and fuchsia fabric dyes
- Glitter
- Long-sleeved cotton nightgown or cotton sheet for tunic
- Oversized adult robe, preferably with exaggerated pointed sleeves
- Paintbrushes
- Paper stars
- Paper stencils for stars, moon and sun
- Pipe cleaners of regular, large and ruffled types
- Polyester fiberfill
- Similar fabric as in tunic for cape
Instructions:
- Dye the robe with evening blue color using the manufacturer's
instructions. Any extra fabric can be saved for making tie-dye cuffs
and lapels.
- Tie-dye 6" wide cuff and lapel fabric in fuchsia color to
make any pattern.
- Repeat tying, dyeing and rinsing till you get the shade you want.
- Wash and dry to remove any excess color.
- Dye tunic and cape fabric in purple color.
- Make one or more small holes in the lapels to insert flashing
rings.
- Dye some cotton cording in purple color and add it to the neck of
the robe and attach the sun, moon and star cutouts to its ends.
- For the cape, cut a basic triangle from the purple fabric ad
attach its two long ends to the shoulders of the robe.
- On the bottom edge of the robe, make star patterns using stencils
and paint it with craft glue and sprinkle glitter on it.
- Stuff the inside of the cornucopia basket with polyester
fiberfill to act as a cushion and wig.
- Brush the basket with craft glue and sprinkle with glitter to
lend it a magical look.
- You may also attach paper stars to the point.
- Curl the pipe cleaners around your fingers and its one end can be
secured to the rim of the basket.
- Pull the fiberfill through the curled pipe cleaner to secure the
wig in place while a large ruffled pipe cleaner can be shaped into a
moustache and secured in a similar fashion to the rim of the basket.
- Dyed cotton cording can make the wizard's beard.
- Make interesting patterns on shows with craft glue and sprinkle
with glitter and let them dry.
- For making an interesting wand for the wizard, twist the large
pipe cleaners to make the sturdy, yet not very rigid, wand.
- Put a flashing star atop it. Alternatively, use a paper star
sprinkled with glitter.
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