Haunted Potrait!

by Michelle Modica
(Jacksonville, Florida)

This is my son, Brian. He is 11 years old and we are from Jacksonville, Florida.

This year, he wanted to be something "scary"! So much for the cute Puppy costumes or Clowns! So I came up with the idea of making him a haunted portrait where he was a live talking person inside a frame.

But, I wanted it to go from just a picture, to a decapitated picture! I built a frame out of foam board with hot glue, painted it and used an old red robe as the background. I used an old shirt of his and bought some trinkets at a local goodwill store for the rest.

There is a piece of foamboard that runs through the frame that allows him to surprise people by dropping the bottom of the frame to "decapitate" his head!

Total cost for the entire costume was less than $10...but the amount of fun I had building it was worth its weight in gold! We have never entered a costume contest but Ive been making him costumes for years! Figured this year...I'd show off! :)