Day Of The Dead Skeleton Man
I love Halloween and I always look forward to making the costumes each year for my family. This year I took a kind of upcycle approach to my husbands costume. I used bits and pieces of old clothing and costumes to make the new and original item you see in the photos.
The skelleton pattern on his costume was cut from a child size costume I found at the resale shop. It was cut out and sewn on to more appropriate sized black garments.
The hat I also found at the resale shop. It started out as a paper and wire hat that I covered with some knit fabric and than cut up some old halloween decorations to glue onto the hat for the embelishments.
The tail coat is what I am most proud of. I used one of my hubby’s old work jackets and cut it short in front. I added two new pannels in the back to add all the length in the tails. It came out so cool. I finished it off by making a pocket squair out of some old satin and a flower to finish the look.
I had sculpted a mask as well but it bothered him and made it more difficult to see. He came home late from work so there was no time to do make up. I did put a lot of work building the mask with paper towls and modpodge. I finished the mask by modpodging a layer of white cotton over the papertowl layers to smooth out the bumps a bit.
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