How to Make an Evil Jester Costume
Jesters are fun and cheerful as well as a little bit creepy. Ever wonder what is really behind that smiling painted face. Besides, the disjointed colors, the bizarre hat, the head on a stick--what a look for a super villain. You can make a great evil jester costume with things you have lying around the house and some inexpensive items from costume shops or thrift stores.
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Things You'll Need
- Two pair of old sweatpants in contrasting colors
- Colorful thigh length top
- 2-12 inch pieces of ribbon
- Pair of colorful socks
- Jester hat from a costume shop
- 2-18 inch squares of felt in contrasting colors
- 6 to 12 small skull charms
- 1 baseball size plastic skull
- 3/4 inch dowel 12 inches long
- Clown makeup
- Hot glue gun
- Good pair of scissors
- Black or charcoal gray powered makeup
- Large make up brush
- 2 or 3 sheets of colorful construction paper
- Colored rubber bands
Instructions
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How to Make an Evil Jester Costume
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To make the tights, cut one leg off of each pair sweatpants. Make sure they are the opposite legs. Remove elastic band at bottom and cut into a ragged pattern. Slip on both pair and tie ribbons around your ankles.
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To make a fun collar for your top, cut the felt into large triangles. Sew them together into a six pointed star. Cut a hole in the middle for your neck with a slit between two points of the star. Attach Velcro fasteners on either side of the slit.
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Pinch the socks into a point with the rubber bands.
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Now you have a jester. Next thing is to make him evil. Instead of bells on the pointed tips of the hat, collar and socks, add the skull charms. These may be gotten from the jewelry making section of craft store for less than $2 each.
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Glue the plastic skull to the end of the dowel and add a mini-construction paper version of your jester hat.
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For the makeup, bring out the psycho in your evil jester by dividing the face down the middle with a black line. Make him happy on one side and angry on the other.
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Give the whole costume that "been in the ciders of the netherworld" look by brushing on black or charcoal gray powered makeup.
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