You voted for it, this week at Halloween Wednesday, we are making a mummy costume.
Alright, so here are the supplies you going to need it in order to make your “kick-ass mummy costume”.
First, grab some white sheets. I got this twin set at ‘Goodwill’ for only four bucks. You are also going to need to get a pair of white pants or jeans and a white long-sleeve T-shirt preferably a turtle neck. I got both of these at “Goodwill” for only six bucks.
So the first step is getting that dirty off-white century-old kind of look that mummy usually wear. So we can do this by dying all of the material to black tea. I picked up this box of a hundred tea bags for only about… now grab some three to five gallon buckets, add some tea, hot water, throw your material in and stink for about two to six hours.
Now take them out, dry it and you got yourself some mummy material.
Now, layout your sheet, grab your scissors and start cutting some two to three-inch-slits down the side of your sheet.
Now, this is the easiest part. You are going to tear the strips of the length of the sheet. They are all rip pretty evenly and have a really cool edge. You now have your mummy bandages. Start wrapping them around your turtle neck and get some of the strips around your shirt.
This is the most time consuming part. However, the sloppier and less conform this suit is on, the better. Overlap your strips, place some pieces longer than others, it is a mummy costume, you seriously can not mess it up.
Then once you get on to the chest area, I grab a pair of scissors and cut and seam each of the sleeves. Lay it down flat, cut some pieces of material out—appropriate length of the sleeves and get to sewing them on—layer by layer by layer. Once you done adding your material, sew on the rest of your shirt to finish your shirt, turn it inside out and sew your sleeves back now.
Now, grab your seam removers and your pants. Reap up the inseam all the way to the crutch. Lay it flat and cut your strips out to cover your pants. Start from the bottom and begin to sewing your shirts on the both legs.
You can stop when you get to the crutch because your shirt is going to cover the rest. Now, turn your pants inside out and sew back up your legs.
With your mummy outfit almost complete, you just need to cover your face with your excess material, add some baby powder for that ancient mummy effect and you are ready to get your costume on.
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