I went as Deidara for Halloween. I searched for WEEKS for some way to make a cloak, but I couldn't find a way, so I made up my own. Because I'm too cheap to buy one.
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I went to a store that sold really general Halloween costumes (so, yes, this is easiest to make around Halloween) and I found a vampire cloak. It was a good length, already had a red inside, AND the neckband.
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Of course, it didn't come with sleeves.
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So I had my grandma sew some on. Then, I put some velcro along the middle so that it would close. I couldn't find a zipper long enough, and snaps were harder to attach. I found some nice red fabric and cut out cloud shapes (four: two on the sides, one on the front, and one on the back) and used a sewing machine to make sure they'd stay on (one of my friends taped theirs
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). I bought some *sparkly* white fabric paint and put it around the edges of the clouds. When the clouds were sewed on, they were really bunched up but the paint hid most of that. The cloak turned out really good. I had to make two (one for my brother) and both worked. I don't have any pictures, I can't find my camera.
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And we only took one group picture, anyways. I'm going to post the headband instructions next...