DIY Halloween Costume: Scream and Zombie

I’m not crafty by any means.

Last year I bought a sewing machine, thinking I’d make the boys their costumes. But when they decided to go dressed up as superheros, there was no way I could sew their costumes from scratch.

This Halloween, I got a little brave…

The Destroyer wanted to be the guy from the movie Scream while the Boss chose to dress up as a zombie. I figured, easy enough – right?

Well, after a little effort (okay, an afternoon’s worth), I did it!

SCREAM/ GRIM REAPER

I bought two metres of black fabric in a light cotton/polyester. I took measurements from a hoodie and drew up a quick pattern for the body, sleeves and hoodie. I sewed the robe together quite quickly – although don’t look at the seams closely as they are quite crooked!

ZOMBIE

For this costume, I used an old, worn-out pair of pants and a long sleeve shirt. I bought some mesh fabric from the dollar store actually, in the Halloween aisle! I used it to glue – yes, with hot glue – onto the pants and shirt.  With a red marker, I coloured some of the holes in, and underneath on the pants and shirt.

The boys aren’t allowed to wear masks to school so I had to paint their faces… lightly though because I’m afraid of a reaction from the make-up.