Let's start by making the accessories...
Once the clay has baked and cooled down thread the cord through the fangs to create a necklace. To make this easier I like to tape the ends of the cord so there are no frayed bits getting in the way. I kept the cord long enough to tie it up, but you could always cut it to the length you want and attach jewelry closures.
Using a hot glue gun, glue the earrings onto earring backs.
Now onto the clothes...
I dressed Lola in a strappy navy blue dress with a white tank top over the top. To make it look a little more authentic you could cut slits on each side of the tank top, but I didn't want to cut up clothes.
San wears a cloak made of wolf fur. To make this I simply took a piece of faux fur slightly larger than the length and width of Lola's back and draped it over her shoulders. I attached it to her dress straps with safety pins.
I then tied the wolf fang necklace around Lola's neck and clipped the earrings on to her ears.
San has arm bands as well as a headband. I made the arm bands with navy blue ribbon cut to length and simply attached them with double sided tape. For the headband I used the same blue ribbon and tied it around Lola's head.
Now for the face paint! Using a red face paint crayon I drew long triangles on each cheek and a small triangle between the brows.
Just like the costume from Kiki's Delivery Service, Mathilde wanted to join in as San's animal friend, so I made her a simple white wolf costume. Let's take a look at that...
White long sleeved top
White leggings
White faux fur
Safety pins
Headband
Black face paint
I then cut a length of white fur almost as long as Mathilde's legs for the tail. I folded it in half and sewed it together. tapering towards the end, but you could always hot glue it together instead. To attach the tail to Mathilde I simply used a safety pin on the waist of her pants.
Mathilde dressed in long white pajamas with the tail and ears, and I added the finishing touch. Big sharp teeth! I simply drew these on using a black face paint crayon.
Then my little wolf was ready to join San in the forest - or rather, our backyard!
I'm so happy with how these costumes turned out and so were the kids. In fact, if it wasn't cold here in the evening, Lola would love to wear her San costume out trick or treating, but she might freeze!
Do you have a favorite Studio Ghibli movie? What about these costumes I've been sharing? Which one is your favorite? I have to say that this Princess Mononoke costume is my favorite.
Happy Halloween!
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