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DIY Corpse Bride Costume
This is me a few years back when I went as the Corpse Bride. |
A few years ago, I went as the Corpse Bride. We took a thrift store wedding dress, soaked it in the kitchen sink with 8 large tea bags, bought a wig, painted some blue on it and we painted my arm like a skeleton. My dad painted my face, the eyebrows are key. You gotta get that “curvy” thing down! My mom added a light blue wash color to my skin using watered-down body art paint.
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The Corpse Bride |
Corpse Bride Costume
Supplies
1 unwanted wedding dress or slip (can find for cheap at the thrift store)
1 unwanted wedding veil
1 unwanted pair of long white gloves (optional)
1 black wig with white stripes (or all black is fine)
1 can blue spray-on hair paint
Tulip Face Paint Kit
Medium brush and a liner brush, sea sponge, cup of water
Red lip liner
Scissors
1 box of large tea bags
Directions: Take the dress and snip it vertically in various places at the bottom, and then rip it up above the knee, so the lining shows. Snip, and then rip the hand portion off the gloves. Fill the kitchen sink halfway with hot water, and add about 8 tea bags. Submerge the dress, veil and gloves in the tea bath and let soak for a couple of hours. During the process, squeeze the tea bags in your hands over various areas of the dress so there will be contrast in the stain. When the dress, veil and gloves are at the desired shade, take them out, wring and then hang to dry or put in dryer. Lay the dress flat on a table and on the right side of the rib cage area, paint on a white blob. Outline it with the black paint, using the liner brush so the blob will look like a hole in the dress. Use the white to paint bones and use the yellow to highlight and black to outline. Let dry.
To paint the wig, go outside and use the blue hair spray paint to cover the white streaks.
To paint the body, you want to create a “blue wash” look. Create a creamy, watery mixture of the light blue, white and water. Use the sponge to spread a light layer over the face, neck, arms and upper chest and back. Use the white and black paints to paint bones on the left arm. If desired, paint the skeleton jaw line and teeth along the left side of the face. Under the right eye, use the green, red and yellow paints to draw the maggot that crawls out of Emily’s eye.
The trick to getting the right facial expression is to paint the eyebrows in a curvy fashion (see picture), use dark-blue eye shadow on the lids and paint lines for the eyelashes. Use the lip liner to outline the shape of the mouth and fill in.
Here is one of my favorite scenes:
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CRAFT: Sally Facepainting (Nightmare Before Christmas)
You want to pull up a picture to use as a guide! I used this one:
Next, I had my dad help me with the eyes and eyelashes. Since I couldnt see….haha 🙂 Paint on the stitches on each end of your mouth and up the side of the face. Don’t forget the eyelashes and eyelid contouring, use a darker shade for that!
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How to glitter your fingernails! It’s easy!
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Homemade glittery nails using CraftyChica.com glitter! 😀 (excuse my chubby fingers) 😉 |
My friend Amy glittered her nails last week and I tried it last night! Amy even wrote up directions on how to do it! Here they are!
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“I made glitter nail polish!” |
By Amy Madanat
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CRAFT: Dia de los Muertos Hair Accessories
My mom, The Crafty Chica, has a new product line out at Michaels Stores through November 11! I thought I’d use some of her supplies to make some Day of the Dead hair accessories.
The first one I made is this headband!
You’ll need a headband and a piece of felt. Plus the design stuff. Here is a link to all the Crafty Chica products! I used the Flocked Iron On and ironed it to a piece of glittered canvas. I then added feathers and gems.
Once you finish the design, glue it to the headband and glue the piece of felt to hold it in place.
Here is my other project, a hair clip! I had a headband with a big zipper thingy that I didn’t like, so I revamped it into a hair clip!
I added Beads in a Bottle and glued the Crafty Chica applique in the center and added a dangling feather!
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Mustache Monday! (Luchadora costume idea!)
Halloween costume idea! Mexican wrestling mask, a skirt, cape, stockings and sneakers…I’m ready to kick some booty!
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CRAFT: Glow in the Dark Corset Top
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I’ve been craving to use the Tulip Glow in the Dark 3D Paints for Halloween, but I wanted to do something really cool and not cheesy. This is what I came up with…
I took a black fitted T-shirt and slipped it over a cardboard form and taped the back with clear tape so the shirt wouldn’t slip.
I then pulled out my favorite paints!
I used a piece of chalk to outline where I wanted to make the first line. After that, I just kept adding rows of designs. It took a couple hours. I suggest a good chick flick to keep your mind entertained as you make dot after dot after dot…Every so often I would hold it up to make sure it was all evenly spaced. I let it dry for several hours.
After that, it was ready to go. I love how it turned out and I’m really looking forward to wearing it out at night to a party or just goofing around with my friends. I think it would be really wild to do a whole pair of jeans like this too.
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DIY Corpse Bride Costume
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This is me a few years back when I went as the Corpse Bride. |
A few years ago, I went as the Corpse Bride. We took a thrift store wedding dress, soaked it in the kitchen sink with 8 large tea bags, bought a wig, painted some blue on it and we painted my arm like a skeleton. My dad painted my face, the eyebrows are key. You gotta get that “curvy” thing down! My mom added a light blue wash color to my skin using watered-down body art paint.
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The Corpse Bride |
Corpse Bride Costume
Supplies
1 unwanted wedding dress or slip (can find for cheap at the thrift store)
1 unwanted wedding veil
1 unwanted pair of long white gloves (optional)
1 black wig with white stripes (or all black is fine)
1 can blue spray-on hair paint
Tulip Face Paint Kit
Medium brush and a liner brush, sea sponge, cup of water
Red lip liner
Scissors
1 box of large tea bags
Directions: Take the dress and snip it vertically in various places at the bottom, and then rip it up above the knee, so the lining shows. Snip, and then rip the hand portion off the gloves. Fill the kitchen sink halfway with hot water, and add about 8 tea bags. Submerge the dress, veil and gloves in the tea bath and let soak for a couple of hours. During the process, squeeze the tea bags in your hands over various areas of the dress so there will be contrast in the stain. When the dress, veil and gloves are at the desired shade, take them out, wring and then hang to dry or put in dryer. Lay the dress flat on a table and on the right side of the rib cage area, paint on a white blob. Outline it with the black paint, using the liner brush so the blob will look like a hole in the dress. Use the white to paint bones and use the yellow to highlight and black to outline. Let dry.
To paint the wig, go outside and use the blue hair spray paint to cover the white streaks.
To paint the body, you want to create a “blue wash” look. Create a creamy, watery mixture of the light blue, white and water. Use the sponge to spread a light layer over the face, neck, arms and upper chest and back. Use the white and black paints to paint bones on the left arm. If desired, paint the skeleton jaw line and teeth along the left side of the face. Under the right eye, use the green, red and yellow paints to draw the maggot that crawls out of Emily’s eye.
The trick to getting the right facial expression is to paint the eyebrows in a curvy fashion (see picture), use dark-blue eye shadow on the lids and paint lines for the eyelashes. Use the lip liner to outline the shape of the mouth and fill in.
Here is one of my favorite scenes:
LINK
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Love, Maya
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