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Only few weeks left before the Halloween. Some Children are excited to do trick or treat and wear their best scary costume. We have a Halloween celebration here in my village wherein the children are invited to join, but it has a twist. Their costumes should not be bought from store. It should be recycled and crafted by themselves or with the help of their guardians or parents.

On the past years, I created KILLER CLOWN and JASON X, they are both male character. For this year, I decided to make a new one which is a female character, Maleficent, that is known for having a black curly horn with a staff/wand on her hand.

The materials used for this costume are:
* old rubber mat
* old bag
* old slippers
* electrical tape
* old steel wires
* glue stick/glue gun
* old glitters
* glue
* masking tape
* gawgaw
* old newspapers
* old stick
* old perfume bottle

PROCESS

I drew the main hat/horn to have a guide while making it.
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Then I started to create the frame of the horns.
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For the base, I used the old head dress that I created for the festival in the past years.

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I continued creating the frame and added lots of interlocking wires to make sure it will be tough and can't be bent easily
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Next step, covering the part of the head with rubber mats.
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For the horn part, I will use old papers for the first layer to cover it.
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To fix the papers in their position, I covered it with masking tape for the second layer.
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Then adding rubber mats to achieve the v shaped frame of the head part.
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I am now done with the head frame and horn. Time to cover it up with newspapers, to lessen the rough edges.
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I will use "gawgaw" as my paste because it is affordable and it hardens the newspaper when it dries.
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Time to let it dry
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While waiting for it to dry. I am thinking and searching for old resources inside my house that I can use for adding details on the Maleficent hat and wand.

I found this old perfume bottle and it looks great for the upper part of the wand(the crystal) where all the magic and stuffs come out.

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The spray part of the bottle is fixed, so I removed it by sawing it.
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And then combining the sticks and the perfume bottle to start forming the wand.
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After that, I covered it with newspapers and gawgaw to make it look like wood and a vine crawled on it.

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Time to let this wand dry and proceed to the hat.

I found this old slippers and the support of it looks great for the v shaped part of the heart.
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Then I added an old cloth belt. I cut it and make some adjustments, so it will perfectly fit on the head part.
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It is now placed and time to cover the horns with electrical tape.
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Then I added another support for the horn made from the sling of the bag.
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It is almost finish, and I found another sling bag that I can use for the center part of the hat.
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I just continued covering it, until i reach the center part.

ADDING SOME FINISHING TOUCHES

Putting some glitters to have a glowing effect.
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The wand have dried, time to paint it with white paint for the first coating and then orange paint for the second coating.
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And it is done!
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