Summary: Making a Halloween bee costume involves layering black and yellow fabric over a leotard, creating an outfit from scratch or finding a bee pattern, adding wire and pantyhose insect wings to finish off the look. Create a homemade bee outfit, not forgetting to add the stinger on the back, with a demonstration from a professional costume designer and makeup artist in this free video on Halloween attire.
Angel Jones has been designing and costuming for shows and events for more than 20 years. Jones owns and operates Wenches and Warriors, a costume rental store. She is also a licensed...read more
"How to make an easy bee costume. Ashton's wearing an easy to make patterned bee costume. Something that you can easily purchase from the fabric store, finding the fabric, the pattern, everything that you need. It's a simple almost stress-like type you put over the head you put over they have a little elastic on this side. It even has a cute little stinger that you can you can stuff in the back if you'd like to. Very simple to do. You can also make very simple bee bodies at home as well. Purchasing either a black leotard or a yellow leotard whatever you can get your hands on, perhaps you have something in the closet, and then just simply purchasing some fabric paint or perhaps some yellow ribbon just adding it on either with glue or with sewing, however you like to work. The paint of course is the simplest. Make sure to use fabric paint versus a craft paint. They absorb differently and you'll want a good absorption. So that and some black tights that will make a simple little bee body. You'll also want to finish your bee off with some lovely bee wings. These are easy to make with wire and simply taking a pantyhose and running it over the edge of the bee wing, tying it real tight in the back there, painting it up with some yellow, maybe adding a little bee bling, along with some elastic on the shoulder pieces, giving it an easy comfortable fit for your little bee. You'll also want to add some bee antennas. This can be easily purchased or as well made with a headband some simple wire and a little cotton ball puffs at the end. You'll also want to finish up with a little bit of bee detail around the face, ending it with a great bee look."
eHow Article: How to Make a Halloween Bee Costume