How To Make A Raggedy Andy Costume in 3 Easy Steps
Making your own Raggedy Andy costume is an inexpensive way to dress up as a great fun character for Halloween. Raggedy Andy is the brother of Raggedy Ann and was first brought to life in the Raggedy Andy stories 90 years ago. He is a very popular character to dress up for either parties or Halloween and his costume is an easy one to make.
Raggedy Andy is a rag doll with red hair and traditionally wears a sailor outfit and hat and so this is the effect we are going for. The stand out elements of the costume are the red hair, the clothes and the makeup on the face to recreate the rag doll effect. His trousers are blue and he often wears black shoes or boots which has the beneficial side effect of being easy to recreate..
So here are the 3 easy steps for creating an authentic looking costume:
1) To make a convincing Raggedy Andy costume we will need to recreate the red mop of hair and the easiest and cheapest way to do this is to visit your local joke shop and purchase a red wig. Another good alternate if to buy a mop and dye it red and then put this over you head as a homemade wig. Dying your hair is another alternative although this is messy and harder to remove.
2) Once we have the red hair in place we need to recreate the sailor suit. This can be done easily by using a loose fitting, baggy white shirt and pairing it up with stockings with red and white horizontal stripes. Blue jeans go well but you can also wear shorts held up with braces. Finish off the clothing with black shoes. Most people should have these items of clothing lying around the house so there is often no need to go out and buy specialist clothing for this costume.
3) Finish the costume off by painting your nose red with some make up and apply round spots of red makeup on your cheeks as well. This will really apply the finishing touches and ensure your costume is as authentic as possible.
This is all you will need for an authentic Raggedy Andy costume for Halloween this year and you will have saved money as well as had a lot of fun in the process. It will also ensure you have the most original costume on the whole street.
This guide showed you how to create a simple, yet effective, Raggedy Andy costume using simple materials you have around the house and an inexpensive wig – I hope you have fun this Halloween and really enjoy making your costume.
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