How to make a clown costume

Have you been invited to a costume party and do not know what costume to wear? You want to innovate but you do not know how to do it, what do you think if you forget the fashionable disguises of the moment and opt for a classic? Undoubtedly, one of the traditional ones is the clown costume and, contrary to what you may think, it can become one of the most original if you know how to do it. Therefore, in this article we intend to take advantage of materials that you have at home and make your own clown costume in an easy and fast way. You can reuse it in other celebrations like Carnival or Halloween, do not miss it!

• Large and colorful clothing
• Adornment as buttons, pieces of cloth, pompoms
• A vest or suspenders
• Makeup
• Red nose
• Colorful wig

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To start making this clown costume the first thing you should do is a selection of clothes that you have at home. This clothing should be large and colorful, typical of clowns. If you do not have, do not hesitate to ask a family member or friend to use a size more than you pants, shirt or dress. As for the colors, if it is old clothes that you are not going to use again, you have the option to dye it following the instructions that we give you in the article How to dye clothes.

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Modify this clothes a little. For example, to the top you can add large colored buttons or a pompom to recreate even more the style of clowns. With the pants, you can do the same, put some back pocket or patch with a piece of cloth of a bright color. Or, if you have two pants that you will not wear and the fabrics and shape are similar, you can join the left leg of one of them with the right of the other. So your costume will be more elaborate. You do not need to have an advanced level of sewing, remember that clowns are characterized by wearing uneven garments, poorly sewn, faded and wide.

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If you want you can put on a vest, where you can put a toy flower that splashes water to spend jokes on your friends, like a real clown. It is not absolutely dispensable, but it is a good detail. If you prefer, you can put some suspenders or simulate them with two pieces of tape. These can be colorful or black, however you like them, but remember that bright colors will look better in your clown costume.

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Continuing with the characterization of the clowns, do not hesitate to use a bow tie or a bib . They can be made of fabric, bought or made by yourself with pinocho paper. Remember that exaggeration is one of the most characteristic features of these funny characters, so, they must have a huge size and be very bright colors.

To make the bow tie with pinocho paper, simply cut a fairly large rectangle, rag it in the center, put some adhesive tape so it is wrinkled and cover the tape with another piece of paper of the same or another color.

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Every good clown costume needs a good makeup . To do this, first apply a layer of hydrating cream on your face to protect the skin. Then, paint the whole face white, with special facial paint for costumes. This done, let the paint dry a little and highlight the eyes and mouth with other colors. You can do it by drawing a circle around the eyes and filling it, or simply leaving the outline and center white. As for the mouth, the perfect color is red. Draw a large smiling mouth and fill it with red.

As ornaments, you can draw tears falling from the eyes, stars in the cheeks, or triangles above and below the eyes. Let your imagination fly and complement your clown makeup as you like. Glitter is always a perfect option to finish decorating your makeup.

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Finally, we have the key details that every good homemade clown costume should have: a red nose, a colorful wig and huge shoes . If you do not want to buy a wig, you always have the option to card all your hair, if you have it long, and paint it with special colors spray for costumes. And, if you want to add some more, do not hesitate to put a small colored hat on your hair.

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If you want to make a clown costume for a woman, you must make a series of modifications to the costume to give it that feminine and attractive touch.

• Use skirts or dresses instead of pants: to emphasize the female body we recommend that you leave your legs outdoors and, instead of wearing pants, you dare with a miniskirt or a short dress that can highlight your silhouette.
• Use heels : for a costume of woman clown we recommend that, instead of wearing the big shoes typical of clowns, opt for red heels or bright colors so that, thus, combine with your suit but stylize your figure and put that more feminine touch.
• Two pigtails for the hairstyle : if you have long hair, you can choose to pick it up in a fun and feminine with two pigtails high or on the sides. Instead of putting on an afro type wig, if you want a more attractive outfit, this hairstyle will be your best ally.
• Specific makeup : it is good to paint a star on your eye and put on your clown nose, but you can also highlight your most feminine part with a red lipstick and long eyelashes highlighted with black mascara. It's okay to go in disguise but also go pretty!