The "Pinterest" craze has definitely sucked me right in. So I thought I would add a little tutorial for the tornado costume we made for Halloween last year. I've never been big on Halloween but when little "E" kept mentioning she wanted to be a tornado I couldn't turn down that creative spark inside her, so I had to think quick. I had lots of thoughts quickly pop into my head about how I could pull this off but these supplies are the ones that did the trick.
- A plastic LIGHTED hula hoop (Small size if possible)
- Flexible metal wire
- Several bags of white and black spider web decoration
- Black spray paint, Silver and silver sparkle spray (I used the kind that you get for kids hair)
- Duct tape
- Miscellainous toys (stop sign, cow, fence)
These are the main things I used. YOu can use your imagination from here. I will try to go step by step but I did not take pictures along the way.
THe Hula hoop I used was to big so I cut a section out of it and then taped it back together so it was smaller. Spray painted it black. Next the metal wire I found wasn't quite as strong as I had hoped so once again duct tape came in very handy. I doubled or tripled it in about sections of 3 feet, duct taped it together, and worked it into the spiral shape i wanted, connecting the 3 foot sections as I went.
It took a lot of working with to get it into the perfect shape.
In order for it to stay on her I made a "grid" from side to side on the hula hoop for it to fit across her shoulders. You can kind of see it in
this picture. It is not what I was originally thinking of but it worked.
I used some extra padding on her shoulders so it wasn't uncomfortable.
Once I had the basic shape I used spray adhesive to attach the "web" I used a mixture of white and black spider web decorations. Starting at the top and wrapping it around the hula hoop, then stretching it till it reached the spiral metal wire. The spray adhesive worked really well. once I had it where I wanted it, I cut out arm holes and had fun decorating the tornado. We used little plastic horses and cows. We even had a little witch from wizard of Oz, so we stuck her in there. Then finished it all with some glitter spray.
Originally I had found some really cute silver sparkly high tops for her to wear then we came up with the dorothy costume underneath. I couldn't find much on the internet about how to design this last year, so hopefully this will help someone.
Have fun!
