Homemade Children Mummy Costumes
- 1). Fill a metal basin or bathtub with hot water. Toss in a few tea bags and let them steep until the water is the color of weak tea.
- 2). Submerge a white sheet in the water and let it sit until the color transfers onto the sheet. Remove the sheet from the water and let it air dry completely.
- 3). Rip the sheet into strips that are about 3 inches wide.
- 4). Lay the long johns in front of you and wrap a strip of sheet around the ankles, winding up as you go. Sew loosely into place. Make sure that you don't constrict the natural movement of the fabric on the long johns, as you want your child to be able to get in and out of the costume easily.
- 5). Continue wrapping pieces of fabric around long johns until you completely conceal them, moving onto the trunk of the shirt and the arms of the shirt. Sew loose stitches to keep the strips in place.
- 6). Ask your child to put on the costume. Wrap a few more strips of fabric around his waist, concealing where the shirt and long johns meet. Sew into place.
- 7). Wrap a few strips of fabric loosely around your child's neck and forehead. Add a few loose stitches to secure them.
- 8). Dab a few drops of cosmetic glue around your child's cheekbones and press four or five fake flies into the adhesive. Have your child keep the areas still until the glue dries.
- 9). Blend purple and green face paint together and dab it to your child's lips and under his eyes. This will give him a ghoulish appearance.
