Homemade Zombie Costumes

I lucked out on costume buying this last Halloween as my older 3 all decided they would go as zombies. We used old worn out clothes or if they didn't have any, I bought a couple cheap things at Goodwill.

Here is my son sporting the finished product :) I decided to use this picture because after trick or treating for awhile in the rain, he started using his jacket to cover his head. After seeing him like this I thought, what a perfect zombie pose!!

Now let's start from the beginning. First, here are the supplies I used:

1 long sleeve shirt

1 pair of pants

1 package of zombie tattoos (I used 2 packs for 3 kids)

1 can bright white temp hair color

1 can zombie grey temp hair color

1 tube white cream makeup

sidewalk chalk

good ole outdoor grass & dirt

I bought these items at Walmart. However, I am sure you can buy them at multiple places (Amazon, Party City, etc.). I also still have at least half a can of each color & most of the white cream makeup left over. So if you happen to have a stash from a previous Halloween, even better :) The zombie blood spray I did use, however, I don't suggest investing in it. It just faded into their clothes.

Step 1: Begin cutting & ripping strips in the clothes.

Step 2: Make holes by cutting & ripping.

 Tear & rip until you feel satisfied by how the clothing looks.

Step 3: Get them dirty!! (Whoever hear of a clean zombie??)

Here are two of my kids crawling through the grass. I had them crawl & roll around creating grass stains on their clothes. We also wet some dirt & they trudged through that as well. And to finish off the 'dirty' look, we rubbed chalk on their clothes.

Front & back

Step 4: Apply tattoos, make up & hair color.

I started out applying tattoos to their faces & hands. I used the white face make up around the tattoos on their faces to give them that pale zombie look. I then put the fake blood that came with the tattoos on so some of their 'wounds' looked as though they were dripping blood. When it came to their hair, I stuck mostly to the zombie grey. The hair color not only put color in their hair but it acted as a hair spray as well allowing me to be able to give them that nice zombie messed up hair.

I present to you, 3 zombies & a butterfly :)

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