How to Make a Grandma Costume

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Things You'll Need

  • Cornstarch, baby powder, or flour

  • Grey wig

  • Makeup

  • Glasses

  • Wig

  • Robe

  • Stockings

  • Slippers

  • Coffee cup

  • Newspaper

  • Cat stuffed animals

  • Safety pins

  • Scissors

  • Litter box scoop

  • Cat toy

A grandma costume is a fun and easy idea!
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Have some fun channeling your inner granny, whoever she may be, by dressing yourself up in a grandma costume that you can easily cobble together yourself, and it will cost you practically nothing. A sweet old lady costume is a classic choice, but you may also decide to put a twist on it by being a lazy grandma, or even a crazy-cat-lady grandma. Check out your local thrift store for some vintage clothing or ask to borrow some of your own grandmother's clothes for a fun costume on the cheap.

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Grandma Costume Essentials

Create the Hair for your Grandma Costume

Wear a grey wig that is styled in way a grandma would wear her hair.
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Sprinkle cornstarch, baby powder, or flour in your hair and work in with your fingers to give it an aged look without dying it. Alternatively, you can wear a wig with grey, white or silver hair. There was a fashion sometime ago that many elderly women employed using blue dye in their hair.

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Apply the Perfect Makeup

Wear makeup in tones your grandmother wears.
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Put on a light-toned facial powder or costume makeup to give skin a pale look, and put pink blush on the apples of your cheeks. Use a bright-colored eye shadow, such as purple or blue. Apply a bright pink or coral lipstick to finish your grandma costume.

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Add Some Wire Rimmed Glasses

Find a pair of wire-rimmed glasses. If they are prescription glasses, be sure to remove the lenses to prevent injury.

Lazy Grandma

Grandma Doesn't Want to Do Her Hair

Add rollers to your hair or wig to give your grandma costume a just-got-out-of-bed look.

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Wear a Bathrobe

Wear an old robe or mu-mu that is secured at the waist with a knotted belt. Add a stockings that are rolled down to your knees and a pair of house slippers to complete the wardrobe.

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Accessorize Your Lazy Grandma

Carry a coffee cup or a newspaper as an accessory to the costume..

Crazy Cat Lady Grandma

Get Some Messy Hair

Style your hair or wig so it looks unkempt. The messier the hair, the better the look.

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Slop On the Makeup

Apply thick layers of blush and eye shadow -- and get some lipstick on your teeth. When applying your makeup, be sloppy about it.

Get Some Kitty Cats

Pin cat stuffed animals to your robe.
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Attach multiple cat stuffed animals to a old robe using safety pins. Get creative and pin some to the inside of the robe too, so it looks like they are peeking out from under the hems. Cut slashes into the robe with scissors to replicate cat scratches. Wear a pair of house slippers to complete the look.

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Cat Toys and a Litter Box

Carry around a clean litter box scoop or cat toy as an accessory.

Tip

An alternative look for the crazy-cat-lady grandma could be to wear a sweatshirt with a cat screen printed on it with a pair of high-waisted slacks. Safety pin stuffed cats all over the outfit. Wear a pair of Oxford shoes.

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