Smiffys Zombie Ballerina Costume, Pink with Leotard, Tutu, Tights & Ribbons, Halloween Adult Fancy Dress, Halloween Dress Up Costumes

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I used this costume as my costume for a team performance flash mob! We all got to act like a different character or themed zombie. Our dance was to “Thriller” and we performed it at two Halloween festivals. It was AMAZING! (Just saying). Put a little bit of water in your spray bottle, about 1-2″. Add in a generous few squirts of paint, or you can mix colors (e.g. green, brown, gray, or green+brown, etc.), and swish to mix. If you have time you can “be a real zombie” and bury your clothes for a day or too just to get in the mood.

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You could really go all out with makeup, using latex and making wounds and so on. However, we kept it fairly simple – something that I could do at home without a lot of time, and also that cleaned up fairly easily. In fact, my 9-year-old did most of the makeup on her own. Note: for this costume, I opted not to use any “blood”, as in bloody hand prints, dripping blood, etc. because I wanted to keep it more kid-friendly for the elementary age kids. You can certainly add that in as a whole other element of the costume. To make lots of small scattered AWESOME holes you can stand far away and shoot the costume with birdshot! (Crazy but it seriously looks awesome!!!!!!) Try with a test piece of material to make sure the birdshot doesn’t blow a big hole because you’re too close. If you get a bottle of dry shampoo and spray it into your hair it makes it look gray and worn out but it will not ruin your hair.

Start with small holes in appropriate places less is always more believe me! You can start with a small hole then dry the costume and it might fray. Also you can crease the material and cut jaggedly to make it look ripped. This Homemade Dead Ballerina costume idea came from me being a dancer for a ballet company and on competition dance teams. This costume can be changed into a performance ballerina or a warm up practice ballerina. If you decide to be a performance ballerina you can wear a big tutu, a tiara and sparkly clothes if wanted. If you decide to be a practice ballerina as if you were in class you can wear warm up wear like leg and arm warmers have your hair more simple and have a simpler tutu. We recommend anyone in Northern Ireland, Isle of Wight, Shetlands, Scottish Highlands/off the coast of Scotland, Republic of Ireland, Isle of Man, and Channel Islands use Priority Delivery unless you require an urgent timed delivery through UPS courier which is at an additional cost. Please see below for postage prices. The goal with the hair was to make a beautiful bun – and then to make it a mess. So we made a lovely bun with a bun donut, and the proceeded to pull out strands and clumps of hair out of the bun and just make an overall disheveled mess. (I was tempted to even add in some dead leaves, but we were short on time). We then sprayed the hair with a grayish washable hair color. (My daughter has light hair and we didn’t have any issues with the hair color washing out, but make sure you take into account that the color can stain). Alternately, you can get creative with other outfits – like a zombie bride. How cool would it be to find an old wedding or prom dress at a thrift store and add the zombie touch?

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Ballet costume: leotard, tights, tutu, ballet slippers and any other accessories you want to use (tiara, gloves, etc) On the flip side, when it was time to remove the makeup, we used coconut oil to make the process easier (a great natural makeup remover). If you are going to add blood to the costume, that is another whole element you can add in. My daughter added in dainty pink gloves to her costume. We dirtied the gloves outside in the dirt and sprayed them with paint, but you could definitely make those a bloody mess. For the tutu, I made the paint a little more concentrated so that the colors would shop. We also ripped up the tutu a little bit using scissors, so that there were torn pieces of tulle hanging down. The goal was to make it look dirty and tattered.