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Halloween costumes can be elaborate handmade items or simple collaborations using fabric scraps, vintage finds and garments out of the closet. Get great costume ideas with this free video series on Halloween.
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An autumn costume for Halloween can take the form of an autumn fairy, with flowing skirts, a leaf crown and whimsical wings, or an autumn goddess, with a toga dress, a laurel crown and autumnal colors. Create an autumn costume with a demonstration from a professional costume designer and makeup artist in this free video on Halloween attire.
When hosting a Halloween vampire gathering, decorate a grand venue, offer blood-colored beverages, create ominous invitations and adorn the room with candelabras. Host a vampire party, equipped with vampire servers and party favors, with a demonstration from a professional costume designer and makeup artist in this free video on Halloween attire.
Making a child's fairy costume for dress up or Halloween requires shredding old pajamas or torn clothing, adding glitter and trinkets to the outfit and creating fairy wings out of shaped wire and pantyhose. Create a one-of-a-kind fairy outfit for a child with a demonstration from a professional costume designer and makeup artist in this free video on Halloween attire.
To make a Dorothy of Oz costume for Halloween, find a gingham dress at a thrift store or purchase a pattern, braid the hair into pigtails, decorate shoes with red glitter and accessorize with a basket and a stuffed Toto doll. Be Dorothy for Halloween, adding small details to polish off the look, with a demonstration from a professional costume designer and makeup artist in this free video on Halloween attire.
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.
To make a Halloween devil costume, keep it simple with a pair of black velvet pants, homemade devil horns made from Fimo oven-baked clay and a devil pitchfork. Create a devil outfit in a variety of ways with a demonstration from a professional costume designer and makeup artist in this free video on Halloween attire.
Making a Halloween mummy involves wearing a simple Egyptian skirt and wrapping the entire body in cheesecloth strips, dirtying them up and applying some makeup to the face for an authentic look. Be an ancient mummy for Halloween with a demonstration from a professional costume designer and makeup artist in this free video on Halloween attire.
To make a Halloween muscle man costume, wear temporary tattoos on the arms, wear loose pants with a sash around the waist and create a set of weights out of cardboard tubes. Create a muscle man costume, equipped with pillow muscles, with a demonstration from a professional costume designer and makeup artist in this free video on Halloween attire.
Making a nun costume for Halloween involves wearing a simple, long black dress, using a rope as a belt, wearing a cross around the neck and creating a nun's habit for an authentic feel. Be a nun for Halloween, making it naughty by simply shortening the dress and adding heels, with a demonstration from a professional costume designer and makeup artist in this free video on Halloween attire.
To make a Halloween swag to hang over a doorway, gather corn husks, autumn leaf sprigs and twigs with a twine or wire and wrapping it all together with a ribbon before hanging it on the wall with a nail. Create an easy autumn swag, using natural elements, with a demonstration from a professional costume designer and makeup artist in this free video on Halloween attire.
Making a Halloween tree to use as decoration can be done using twigs and branches from the outdoors, using corn husks and other natural fibers gathered together or by cutting out cardboard and paper into flat tree shapes. Create a unique table centerpiece for the autumn holidays with a demonstration from a professional costume designer and makeup artist in this free video on Halloween attire.
Making homemade Halloween costumes is easy by using clothes from the closet or everyday kitchen items, such as trash bags, to create a simple vampire or witch outfit. Use simple craft supplies and everyday garments for an easy Halloween costume with a demonstration from a professional costume designer and makeup artist in this free video on Halloween attire.
To make a Mary Poppins Halloween costume, the accessories are key, as a long jacket, a fun vintage hat, a pair of fancy boots and a large umbrella are all important aspects to the look. Be Mary Poppins for Halloween with a demonstration from a professional costume designer and makeup artist in this free video on Halloween attire.
Making a pumpkin costume for Halloween requires finding a pumpkin pattern and making it out of felt, using a pumpkin printed garbage bag as a dress and wearing an orange ski cap to top it off. Create an easy no-sew pumpkin outfit with a demonstration from a professional costume designer and makeup artist in this free video on Halloween attire.
Making a cat Halloween costume can be as elaborate as a head-to-toe fur outfit or as simple as adding a felt tail and kitty ears to a black leotard and leggings. Create a cat costume, whether simplified or realistic, with a demonstration from a professional costume designer and makeup artist in this free video on Halloween attire.
Couples Halloween costumes can be a 1950s greaser couple, with rolled up jeans, leather jackets and saddle shoes, or a 1940s Bonnie and Clyde duo, with a double-breasted suit and a vintage dress. Create simple couples costumes using garments right out of the closet with with a demonstration from a professional costume designer and makeup artist in this free video on Halloween attire.
To be Ryan and Sharpay for Halloween, find a great pink dress and a bright blond wig, coupled with a guy in a golfer's cap and a dress jacket over a t-shirt and jeans. Create costumes for High School Musical characters with a demonstration from a professional costume designer and makeup artist in this free video on Halloween attire.
Halloween is a great holiday for fun and festivities that the whole family can enjoy. Dating back to the fifth century B.C. in Celtic Ireland, Halloween originally may have developed on a day when the Celts believed that spirits could intermingle with the living. While this superstition may no longer apply, the fun and excitement of the whole experience has led to the modern day celebrations of Halloween. Today, the Halloween holiday is full of children and adults dressing up in costumes. Many people carve Halloween pumpkins to make Jack-O-Lanterns, and all love the excuse to decorate their house with fake spider webs, bats, ghosts and other ghoulish delights. In this free video series on Halloween, a professional costume designer and makeup artist discusses several Halloween costume ideas for both children and adults. Find out how to make a great fairy outfit, vampire attire and character garb using clothing from the closet as well as a few homemade pieces. Use things lying around the house to create ghoulish decorations, fairy or insect wings and fun props to finish off any costume. Go all out this year for All Hallow's Eve, creating a one-of-a-kind costume to wow friends and family.
Angel Jones 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 cosmetologist, specializing in period hair and makeup. Jones teaches classes for the City of Ventura, runs a historical reenactment group of the 1500-1600’s and hosts multi-guild workshop weekends.dkdk
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