Pranky's Guide to Making the Perfect Halloween Costume in Lots of Not-so-simple Steps
Step 1: Choose a costume idea
This is probably the most straightforward of all of the steps. All you need to do is choose an idea:
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For those of you who don't know, I play the tuba. I chose to be a tuba for Halloween to represent the small percentage of tubists (fancy for 'a person who plays the tuba') who are female.
Step 2: Buy lots of foam board
Seriously! All of these costumes can be made with the right color foam board (orange for pumpkin, silver/white with silver spray paint for spatula and yellow, tan and pink for pencil). I'm using yellow foam board for my tuba costume. You'll also need:
An X-ACTO Knife
Something to use as as straps (caution tape, duct tape, etc.)
Decorations such as felt, glitter, and shiny stuff (optional)
Black marker (for details on something like a tuba)
Step 3: Make the costume
Unfortunately, this step really isn't very straightforward. You need to cut out the shape of the costume, glue/tape the straps on, put on any decorations you might need, see if the costume fits you, etc.
