How to Make a Clown Jumpsuit
Making a clown suit is one of the easiest costumes to make, because you can allow your creative impulse to take control and design a unique suit that fits your personality. By using a jumpsuit as the foundation, you can add a few classic clown elements to your suit and then supplement these designs with your own special touch.
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Peruse online clown costumes in order to get an idea of how a clown jumpsuit should fit and look. Typically, clown costumes are very baggy, with particularly wide legs and arms.
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Prepare a dye bath, in which you place the dye and a fixative in a large bowl or bucket. Typically, dyes that you buy in a store will come with both a fixative and instructions on how to use the dye. Consult these instructions when dying your jumpsuit.
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Wash your jumpsuit after the dying process. Keep in mind that the dye on a jumpsuit will appear much darker before it dries.
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Use paint to draw polka dots over the surface of the jumpsuit. These can be large or tiny circles, but it will look better if all of your circles are the same size.
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Use scissors to cut the longer sides of a pillow case, so you are left with only one side that is still closed. Then cut a head-sized hole in the closed side. You will place your head through this hole, and the pillow case will become the collar to your clown suit. You can paint the pillow case the same color as your jumpsuit or paint it a different color.
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Try on the clown suit and see how it looks. If you notice deficiencies in the dye or painting, then you can add extra elements to cover them. A big, colorful flower, for example, can cover up blotches in the chest area. Colorful patches can repair any holes or blotches in the pants.
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