How to Make a Mother Earth Costume

Making a Mother Earth costume presents the costume maker with a creative challenge. Thinking about Mother Earth and what that costume should look like requires an open mind and earth tone materials. This costume can be a hit at the next Halloween costume party. It can certainly be the most beautiful, creative and ravishing.

Difficulty: Challenging

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Brown shirt
• Brown pants
• Sheer organza (blue and green)
• Glitter face paint
• Bobby pins
• Silk flowers
• Safety pins

1. Take a trip to your local department store to buy a pair of brown stretch pants and a brown long-sleeved shirt. These items are the base of your Mother Earth costume.

2. Visit your nearby craft and fabric store to purchase 3 yards of green sheer organza fabric and blue organza fabric.

3. Drape the fabric over your brown clothing as freely as possible. Pin in place with safety pins. Overlap the green and blue organza to make for a more stunning look.

4. Paint your face with glitter face paint of orange and gold earth tones. This makes for a dramatic look. You can either smear the glitter paint over your entire face or just apply above your eyes as an eye shadow.

5. Pin the silk flowers of various color in your hair. Your hair can be down or in a messy type bun or ponytail. The flowers serve their purpose no matter which way you style it.

6. Attach the rest of the silk flowers to the flowing organza with a safety pin to complete your simple, yet elegant Mother Nature costume.

Tips & Warnings

• Buy extra sheer organza in case you are at a Halloween party that is rowdier than expected. In the event that your organza should tear, you then have more in your car to repair your Mother Earth costume.