La Catrina, Day of the Dead Costume
This week on Corinne’s Craft Closet, I show you how to transform yourself into the creepy but classy, La Catrina, complete with how tos on hair, makeup, and her hat.
Costumes, Cosplay, and Props
Have you ever wanted to create props or DIY cosplay costumes? If making is your passion, look no further; we’ve rounded up some of the best inspiration out there that will help you get started on your dream project. Whether it’s bringing comic book characters to life with movie-accurate costumes or unleashing your creativity in crafting realistic props from household items, these amazing makers are sure to inspire you!
Eggs and Bacon Halloween Costume
With Halloween fast-approaching, here are two adorable and funny costumes you can easily spin out of one project, Eggs and Bacon and Breakfast of Champions. Want to include your small-fry? I show you how to scale down the measurements for your dog or kiddo.
For more:http://mt.makezine.com/cgi-bin/mt/mt.cgi
Make: Projects – Costume Minigun
From user Douglas Desrochers. The barrels appear to be PVC. They rotate around a piece of 1/2″ copper pipe, and a high-intensity LED is positioned to shine down the top one, strobing as the barrels spin. The whole thing is driven by the motor and battery pack from a cheap cordless drill. Let the Predator jokes commence.
Shawn Thorsson’s “Dead Space 2” Getup
More sci-fi cosplay badness from prop-maker, costumer, and MAKE pal Shawn Thorsson. I haven’t played Dead Space 2, yet, but I enjoyed the first one, and I have to say that protagonist Isaac Clarke’s “Engineering RIG suit” looks exactly the same to me. And Shawn’s version is pretty spot-on. Lots of details over at Shawn’s blog, and more pics in his Flickr set. [Thanks, Shawn!]
How-To: Achieve Total Halloween Domination!
Halloween was made for makers. Let’s face it, there’s only so much fun you can have with homemade Christmas tree ornaments. Saint Patrick’s Day is pretty much limited to coloring your homebrew green, and on the Fourth of July, homemade fireworks are usually a bad idea (or at least that’s what the local police keep telling me).
DIY 80’s Halloween Costumes
Halloween is getting closer and we all want to look totally tubular on the big day. I am posting a great CRAFT video for you on Friday, but until then, here is my DIY 80’s Halloween Costumes for those of you who want to go back in time.
Best of DIY Halloween
Halloween is on its way crafters! I fracken love this time of year. For this episode of Corinne’s Craft Closet, I share with you my favorite DIY Halloween resources. xoxo c
More great Halloween ideas: http://craftzine.com
RoundUps:
http://www.halloweenmonsterlist.info/
http://www.etsy.com/blog/en/2010/etsy-halloween-2010-diy-ideas/
http://archive.blisstree.com/live/50-do-it-yourself-halloween-ideas/
http://craftgossip.com/blog/tag/halloween/
http://makeprojects.com/Topic/Halloween
http://www.instructables.com/halloween/
http://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/search?q=halloween&x=0&y=0
http://annies-eats.net/2010/10/29/halloween-ideas-last-minute-round-up/
http://kblog.lunchboxbunch.com/2010/10/vegan-halloween-round-up.html
Projects:
Dead Mau5: http://www.instructables.com/id/Make-Your-Own-Deadmau5-Head/
Marie: http://makeprojects.com/Project/Headless-Marie-Antoinette-Costume/209/1
http://www.instructables.com/id/Creepy-Formerly-Decapitated-Necklace/
Tiara: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TcagMn29pg
Make-up:
Fairy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAYRUVDBOTk
Black Swan: http://youtu.be/SZwaKDaSgqY
Avatar: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5x2Vv3tvLY
Mad Hatter: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnpKKtzRHlY&feature=relmfu
Last minute costume ideas:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzNmDOTShKU