I am still working on this post, if you are interested in any of the detail get in touch and ask me

Pierrot Costume Accessories

What you need:

• Silver Tinsel Wig (optional) – I got mine at Spotlight, other novelty and perhaps $2 shops would also have them. Mine was on sale for 50% and cost $2.50

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  Silver Tinsel Wig

• Black and White Felt Remnants
• Black and White Material Remnants
• 1 Pack of 5mm diameter black Pom Poms (1o in Pack) – I bought them for $1.99 at Spotlight, but you could also make them from spare wool or get them from your local craft or discount shop.
• 1 Pack of 5mm diameter white Pom Poms (10 in Pack) – I bought them for $1.99 at Spotlight, but you could also make them from spare wool or get them from your local craft or discount shop.
• a black or white head band – an alice band shape (the one that is shaped like a horseshoe not a noose)
• White face Paint  (optional)- I bought some for $5.99 at Spotlight for 40ml
• black eyeliner (it needs to be reasonably easy to write with on your skin without gouging yourself)
• various bright coloured eyeshadows and lipstick (I used red face paint crayon, but you can use lipstick- and I used my mums lavender eyeshadow, not that I don’t have lavender eyeshadow or that it’s a mum thing, just that I was at her house when painting.)
• Tights (optional) - I purchased checked diamond harlequin black and white tights from a costume store for $14.99 – but you can modify plain black tights.
• Spare Wire any comfortable guage (pipe cleaners may work) – Mine are around 18 guage wire that I use to practise wire work for beading and wire work jewellery
• Wire Cutters (to cut the wires – you can use scissors, but may never be able to cut super straight with the scissors again, your call!)
• I had a black tulle skirt I borrowed, but you could use any black skirt
• Needle and Thread ( I just used white polyester thread)
• Measuring Tape or Ruler
• Scissors for cutting Material and Paper
• Ribbon or Elastic
• Plain Black or Plain White Top

Maximum Cost of Costume with all Options – $27.50

Wear a plain Black or Plain White Top and contrast your Accessories Accordingly.

Disclaimers and Stuff
I didn’t injure myself making or wearing my costume, I guess it’s safe for you, but I am not really offering any guarantees, if you are unsure or have doubts about any of it, don’t do it!  I am writing this from memory, and most of the bits and pieces fell apart already now, but it lasted on the day and that was what mattered.

Making your Felt Pierrot Hat

Pierrot Felt Hat

- Piece of Paper for Template (about A4 size)
- 3 to 4 Pom Poms (alternating colours)
- Black and White Felt Remnants
- Needle and Thread

1. Fold your piece of Paper into a Party Hat Shape by twisting it into a cone and sticking the edges together (I used masking tape) anything will do (pins, paper clips, sticky tape, blue tack, etc)
2. Put it on your head to check the size is ok
3. Mark the length of the Hat on the paper so that the hat will be the height you want.
4. Take Paper off your Head, Fold Flat and Cut a Straight Line Across the bottom.
5. Recheck the size of the hat on your head.
6. Fold Flat Again, Folding the hat Flat will effectively give you the template for cutting out the Felt. It looks like an elongated diamond in shape, but does actually end up being a cone shaped hat!
7. Cut one of black and one of white of the template adding a comfortable 0.5 to 1cm onto each edge for the seam allowance (ie. don’t cut on the line of the template, instead cut outside the line at a consistent distance around the entire edge.
8. Pin and Stitch the template together on the height sides (where black is meeting white felt) and hem the plain coloured sides (don’t stitch together your head goes in there!)
9. Attach Alternating coloured pom poms down the adjoining colour seam on the front of the hat
10. Attach your hat to your head band – I used wire, you can use, thread, masking tape, etc… whatever works.
11. Et Voila – one Pierrot Hat

Pierrot Jewellery
Various Pom Poms
Wire
Wire Cutters

1. String Alternating Pom Poms onto Wire Shaped as a bangle. Tie wire and Wear as a Bangle
2. String Alternating Pom Poms onto Straight Wire – Attach Wire to Existing Earings to wear as earrings – I actually bent the wires into ear wires and stuck them directly in my ear, but I would really not reccommend them, just in case you have sensitive ears, or the wire has burs on it or all sorts of very good health and safety reasons.
3. String Alternating Pom Poms onto Wire and use as a Necklace Pendant
4. (The leftovers from the earrings can be seen in the main photo above)

Pierrot Top (and Tights or Pants)
Scraps of White and Black Material
Needle and Thread

1. Measure the circumference of your arm, midway between your shoulder and elbow (use a tape measure, if you don’t have one, use a piece of material, a scarf or a belt, ensure you know where the start and end meets on your arm then lay it flat and measure with a ruler instead)
2. Cut 2 lengths of ribbon or elastic to the length you measured in step 1 + 30cm (if using the ribbon)
3. Cut the scraps of material into Squares (mine were around the size of a CD case) – I cut 4 Squares of White and 4 squares of Black
4. Cut the squares in half along the diagonal into Triangles
5. Stitch half the Triangles into a Strip along the Strips that are not pointed, alternating white and black. (Should have 8 triangles in a row)
6. Repeat step 5 with the rest of the Triangles
7. Gather the strip onto your elastic for ribbon so that it covers the area that will go around your arm.
8. Sew the gathered strip to the elastic  or ribbon
9. Stitch into a circle for the elastic (if using ribbon you will tie it to your arm)
10. If your plain top has long sleeves you can repeat this at the top and bottom of your sleeves
11. If you have plain tights or pants instead of a purchased chequered pair repeat this so that you also have a pair to attach to the bottom edge of footless tights or around mid calf to your pants or full length tights.

Pierrot Face Make Up or Face Paint