Making Homemade Costumes
Posted: Wednesday, October 28, 2009
by carolee
Often we don't think how easy it is to create our own costumes. It doesn't take that much time and can be fun. There a many web sites that can help you to achieve this. A little creativity and time and you are on your way.
To start with use the second hand stores. You can find all kinds of clothing at a very low price. Just pick out what you would like to be a clown, ghost, bomb or something else.
Cardboard boxes are often helpful in designing a costume. Just paint the box a color adds a face or other effects and you can be a robot or wash machine.
Using sweat pants or tights can be helpful in creating various things like a spider, skunk and bunny.
If you need to add make-up to your costume you can use soft shorting, cornstarch and food coloring this will do the trick.
A little history about Halloween
The origins come from ancient Celtics. A festival would be celebrated at this time called Samhain which was derived from Old Irish. It means, summers end or "lighter half of the year and the beginning of the darker half also regarded as The Celtics New Year".
The ancient Celtics believed that the border between this world became thin allowing both (harmful and helpful spirits) to come threw. In order to ward off the bad spirits the young men dressed in white covering and wore masks, veils and blackened faces. On Halloween, the ancient Celtics would place skeletons on their window sills to represent the departed.
Halloween didn't appear in The United States till around 1934.
I placed this in my article because of the top comment. Maybe others will be interested in this also.
To start with use the second hand stores. You can find all kinds of clothing at a very low price. Just pick out what you would like to be a clown, ghost, bomb or something else.
Using sweat pants or tights can be helpful in creating various things like a spider, skunk and bunny.
If you need to add make-up to your costume you can use soft shorting, cornstarch and food coloring this will do the trick.
A little history about Halloween
The origins come from ancient Celtics. A festival would be celebrated at this time called Samhain which was derived from Old Irish. It means, summers end or "lighter half of the year and the beginning of the darker half also regarded as The Celtics New Year".
The ancient Celtics believed that the border between this world became thin allowing both (harmful and helpful spirits) to come threw. In order to ward off the bad spirits the young men dressed in white covering and wore masks, veils and blackened faces. On Halloween, the ancient Celtics would place skeletons on their window sills to represent the departed.
Halloween didn't appear in The United States till around 1934.
I placed this in my article because of the top comment. Maybe others will be interested in this also.
Halloween spelled Hallowe'en is shortened from All Hallows'even-e'en is shorting of even which is the shorting for evening. This is derived from Old English. Is is now know as "Eve of All Saints Day" which is Nov.1. Around 800Ad the Christian church declared Nov.1st All Saints Day part of the Roman Festival. Halloween really doesn't have a meaning it is a contraction of All Hallows Eve or All Saints Day.
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Top-level comments on this article: (8 total)I would have mentioned the origin of the word Halloween. Do you know it?yes I do. It can be a bit hard to explain. Thanks for your comment.
Some creative ideas on costumes, Carolee. Thanks for sharing this with the readers. MarijoYour welcome Happy Halloween!I am smiling because we are in the middle of an all day snow storm in these parts... MarijoI guess it is ok if you like snow. The older I get the less I like it. Take care.
Hi Carolee. Thank you for writing this article and thank you for sharing this information to us. In the Philippines, we do not celebrate Halloween but we do celebrate All Saints Day, November 1st followed by All Souls Day, November 2nd. Happy Halloween! ~ Nenita~Glade you liked it. Thanks for the comments.
Thanks for sharing your information, Carolee. I didn't know about the shortening of the name.yes that was a little surprising to me also.
A very interesting summary of Hallow'een. Many christians avoid halloween due to the imitation of demons etc, but it has been santized in the US by the inclusion of all sorts of dressing up.yes it has. Thank you for your comment!
Great article. Well done.Loved the bit about history. Very interesting.Ok Thanks for the nice comment!
Interesting history and great ideas about halloween. Thanks for sharing.Linda DYour welcome I'm glad you liked it.
As a kid it was always easy and inexpensive;I always got to be a pirate with a bandana an earring and a mascara mustache.
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