This week I’m offering five costumes you can make at home with things you probably have or can get quickly. Find the others @austin360.com/raisingaustin.
Watch this video and see how we did it. (The instructions are also below.) Share your own DIY costumes #360Costumes.
Old-fashioned prisoner
Supplies:
White long-sleeved shirt
White pants
Black duct tape
Scissors
Foam ball
Shower curtain rings
Black, white or gray headband
Aluminum foil
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Instructions:
Spread out the shirt and pants flat. Use duct tape to make horizontal stripes on the front and back.
To make a ball and chain, hook a shower curtain ring into the foam ball. Attach other rings to the first ring. Attach the end ring to the headband. If you have non-silver rings, you can wrap the rings in aluminum foil. Wrap the ball in aluminum foil.
Variations: Make a Charlie Brown outfit using brown duct tape in a Chevron pattern on a yellow shirt. Make a bar code using a white shirt and black duct tape stripes going vertically.
