How to Create a Voodoo Witch Costume

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How to Create a Voodoo Witch Costume

Costume designer Tilly Grimes joins Martha to make a scary and spectacular voodoo witch costume.

Voodoo Witch Costume

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Craft a bewitching costume for Halloween from simple household items.

Tools and Materials

Cheese grater
Cheesecloth
Large safety pins
Muslin or similar fabric
Sturdy fabric belt
Jute or other natural twine or rope
Plastic skeleton bones
Hot-glue gun and hot-glue sticks
Raffia, seashells, and other found natural objects
Old necklaces and assorted jewelry
Pincushion
Straight pins
Spray bottles
Coffee
Black fabric dye
Gray acrylic paint
Water
Paintbrushes

Voodoo Witch Costume How-To

Start by using a cheese grater to shred and distress a package of cheesecloth. Pull apart to produce a cobweb effect.
To create the base of the skirt, use large safety pins to attach 5 yards of muslin (or similar fabric) to a sturdy fabric belt, draping and swagging as desired as you go.
Add distressed cheesecloth to skirt, draping and pinning as desired. Save a piece of cheesecloth for scarf.
To create neck scarf, use jute or other natural twine or rope to tie plastic bones to old necklaces and jewelry. With hot glue, further embellish with raffia, shells, and other natural found objects and attach to piece of cheesecloth saved in step 3.
Create skirt embellishment in the same manner as the scarf -- with raffia, shells, and other found and natural objects. Secure to skirt with safety pins and hot glue.
Finish skirt embellishment by covering a standard pincushion with a scrap of muslin and tying in place with a piece of jute twine. Insert straight pins into cushion.
Fill three spray bottles with coffee, black liquid fabric dye, and gray acrylic paint diluted with water and spray skirt, scarf, and embellishments liberally to distress. Further distress by using paintbrushes to apply the same three liquids.

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