It was much fun for my husband because nobody knew who he was. This idea came from his dad who wore the same costume when he was around 19 years old, over 18 years ago. I also used a few strategically placed safety pins to keep excess material from falling to his ankles or wrists. I then wrapped my son literally from head to toe with the strips making sure to go up and around arms ever so often to keep the muslin up otherwise it would fall to the floor.
After that he put on tan colored 2-piece long johns (long underwear – sweats could also work). I then applied the scary face makeup from a store bought kit. I bought about 3-4 yards of muslin type fabric and tore it into 2-3 inch wide strips for the length of the fabric then set aside. Not to mention more boys in the entire pack. Good thing I did because out of 7 boys in his den alone, 5 were wearing “Scream”. I told him that if he didn’t like this costume, we would go buy “Scream” for Halloween but to give this one a chance. My son wanted to buy and wear the “Scream” costume, but I convinced him to be more creative. My 10 year-old son is in cub scouts and for his pack meeting last October they were allowed to wear a costume (they had also planned a costume contest). Picture of Mummy costume by Jamie S., Scottsdale, AZ He did end up winning the Halloween parade 1st place and received numerous comments on how realistic and real he looked. His hair underneath the cheesecloth was just slicked back with gel and wrapped with the cheesecloth.
I then dusted his face with loose powder and tore sections of cheesecloth in strips and randomly placed them on face and throughout the rest of his body leaving frayed area hang off to give a more realistic look. I continued this process till the entire face was finished. To the syrup/makeup mixture I tore pieces of the prepared paper towel using small pieces and placing them on top on the makeup mixture and scrunching it with fingers as applying it to give it the look of wrinkled aged skin. Then I used a wooden Popsicle stick to apply syrup and cream makeup mixture in small areas at a time to the face. To start, I took black and brown eye pencil and shaded in under both eyes and edges of nose.
#COSTUMES FROM THE MUMMY MOVIE SKIN#
I previously prepared the mummy skin by taking paper towels non-printed and soaking them in cold coffee and letting them dry over night to give them aged effect. I used karo syrup and mixed brown cream makeup to a consistency of thick paste. I then tore it in shredded strips and wrapped him over the thermal underwear leaving pieces dangling here and there.įor the face it did take about an hour and a half to apply. Then I purchased a flat sheet and let it soak in cold coffee and then dry to give it an aged effect. So each year we try to put our own costumes together that we make ourselves.įor the body of the costume I had him wear long cream-colored thermal underwear as the base. He does not like ordinary store bought costumes.
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