Easy Ways to Make a Hollywood Costume

Cynthia Azari is the former president of the Butler County Community College, where she developed the college’s alumni association and created the Distinguished Alumni program. Outside of her professional pursuits, Cynthia Azari enjoys reading, teaching, and costume making.

Making a costume for Halloween requires skill, time, and work. A costume can be made out of many things, and not all of them have to be fancy. Sometimes random peculiar things can do the trick. Taking your measurements before starting is mandatory to make sure that clothes fit in. Finding the right material that’s easy to wear and easy to work with in case you want to sew parts of the costume is an important task.

A costume doesn’t necessarily have to be sewed. Visiting a shop and picking the items that might help you achieve the desired custome is also an option. You can just find the right objects and materials at home. Boxes can make a great start for a robot costume or glue to stick different things to an outfit such as paper or leaves or toys to make it more unique.

A costume can describe someone’s personality and the things he’s interested in. For example, thinking about your favorite superheroes or favorite characters from a movie or a tv series can make you figure out what costume you would like to make. Accessories are always a good idea for a suit or a costume to make it unique. A hat, a tiara, or even a mask could change the whole look of the costume.