How Do You Make A Grim Reaper Costume?
If you’re interested in giving people a scare on Halloween you can’t go wrong with the Grim Reaper. Stop people dead in their tracks with a swing of your scythe and a point of your bony finger. Avoid the trouble of creating an elaborate costume, the Grim Reaper is a frighteningly perfect choice. Find a full length, hooded black cloak. Be sure that the cloak goes all the way to the floor, covers your arms completely and has a hood. Flowing arms and a belt are ideal. Wear a mask to turn yourself into a skeleton. Find a mask in the Halloween section of a store. Apply black make up around your eyes to look more sinister. Paint a skeleton face by first covering your entire face with white make up. Draw and fill in circles around your eyes with black make up. Create an upside down heart on your nose and fill in the hollows of your cheeks. Use black eyeliner pencil to draw teeth over your mouth. Purchase a pair of skeleton gloves. They’re available in the Halloween aisle. Look for the gloves
• Spray paint the stick that will be used for the scythe handle. • Cut the cardboard in the shape of a scythe blade. Use stiff cardboard and have the stick next you in view whilst you do it, just so you don’t make it too big or too small by mistake. • Spray paint it and nail the blade on, using small nails and a hammer, or use tacks. Let the paint dry. You might want to add a little blood. • If the sheet is already in the color desired, there is no need to dye it. If not, dye the sheet the color that you have chosen to create a cloak, or cape for “Grim Reaper.” Once that is done, move on to the next step. • Dress up in dark apparel, there’s no need for shoes and socks because they should be obscured by the wide, hanging cloak, giving the costume a floating effect. • You can wear a skeleton mask, a zombie mask, or do the usual look and just don’t show your face. You can put something to cover the face, like a piece of tissue paper, and glue it to the top and bottom, but that’s just a su
