- [Voiceover] Dustin McLean.
Claire Max.
And Benjamin Martin.
Experts in the world of cosplay and DIY.
Masters of duct tape, cardboard, and hot glue.
Together, they are
The D.I.Y Costume Squad!
- Hey guys, it's Claire!
And today, we're going to be making
one of my childhood favorites: Sailor Moon.
This costume holds a lot of nostalgia for me.
So, let's get started!
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So, this is the costume I'm going to be making.
It's sort of her classic sailor uniform.
She's got a sort of one-piece dress
that's all built around kind of a leotard,
very tight-fitting, with a cute little sailor skirt,
a little sailor collar,
all kinds of cute little details,
and then she's got some knee-high boots,
elbow-length gloves,
and finally her little hair bobbles.
So I'm going to be making all of that today.
So, the first element I'm going to start with
is the base leotard that I'm going to build
everything else off of.
And for that, I am using this dance leotard.
I got this on Amazon for $16.00.
So, I'm going to start with the sort of
puffy sleeve rolls that she has,
and I'm going to use some of this stretchy knit fabric.
I just got this at a fabric store.
This piece was about $2.00,
and I'm going to stuff those
with some poly-fil.
This is the stuff you use to stuff
stuffed animals, or teddy bears
to make them puffy,
and this was about three bucks at the fabric store.
So, I'm going to start by tracing the shape of the sleeves
onto this fabric, because I'm gonna cut out
an extra piece that matches the sleeve shape.
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So now what I'm going to do is
sew these extra sleeve pieces
on top of my original sleeve,
and I'm gonna put the stuffing in between.
So these are gonna become the casing for the stuffing part.
So, I'm going to sew this,
but if you don't have a sewing machine
or you don't like to sew,
you can also glue it,
you could use an iron on adhesive,
you can do whatever works for you.
But this is my preferred method.
Now that I have the whole extra sleeve piece sewn down,
you can see it's a little loose,
and that's because there's gonna have stuffing inside.
So I just need to make two lines of stitching
going right down here so that it's separated
into three sections where the stuffing can sit.
So now the last thing left to do
is put in the stuffing through this hole
I left open at the bottom.
Okay, so I have one section filled.
Now I just have to do the other five.
It's really just a matter of patience and time,
making sure all that stuffing is kinda
squished around in there
so that it doesn't get big lumps.
To close up these little channels,
I'm gonna use some hot glue.
I'm just gonna squeeze a little
right inside there
and then just pinch it shut.
There are my finished sleeves.
So, the next piece I'm going to make
is this little hip roll.
What even is that?
I don't know, but I'm gonna make it.
So, Elanor is going to help me out,
but if you don't have a mannequin like Elanor,
you can put this on your own self
or you can have a friend help you out.
And I'm going to use pretty much the same technique
I used for the sleeves,
just kind of make a tube and stuff it.
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Now that I have the hip roll made,
before I attach it, I wanna attach the skirt.
So, for the skirt, I am using this
this glittery stretch knit.
It was $7.00 for this piece.
So now that I have my lines marked
where my skirt's going to go,
I'm just going to sew my skirt piece on.
This I glamorous, glamorous cosplay life.
I'm going to sew this skirt fabric on
using a zigzag stitch so that the fabric
can still stretch,
and I'm gonna gather it a little bit as I sew it on.
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Okay, so there's the skirt sewn on.
The last thing I have to do is stitch up this back seam.
Just gonna sew that closed.
So our skirt is now attached,
and what I'm gonna do now is cut it down
because it's a little bit too long.
So, I have the skirt attached now,
and the hip roll is just pinned on.
So I wanna attach this,
but I'm only going to attach it
at the very center front where the point is,
and the rest of it is just going to sit in place,
because I wanna be about to stretch it
to get my body into it.
Okay, so that looks pretty good.
The next step is to make her sailor collar,
and for that, I have some blue cotton fabric,
$2.00 for half a yard.
I'm using my trusty brown craft paper
to make a pattern,
and it is $5.00 for the roll.
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So now that Elanor has a super awesome paper bib,
I'm going to draw out the shape of my sailor collar
and then I'll be able to use that
to cut out the pattern.
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So you can see I now have two
perfectly symmetrical cotton collar pieces.
Next step is to sew them together.
We're just stitching around the outside
so you can still flip it inside out.
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It's hot glue time.
And so what I'm going to do is
fold it in a little bit
so then I have a good fold
to put the hot glue under.
And I'm gonna use this piece of cardboard to press it down
so I don't get hot glue burning my fingers.
So here's my less than beautiful hot glued seam,
but if I flip it over, ta-da!
You wouldn't even know I didn't sew that.
Hot glue to the rescue.
So the next step is to add the white stripes,
and for that I am using my bias tape
that's basically just a ribbon.
And this is $3.00 for the package.
And I'm just gonna hot glue it on.
Loading the glue gun! (laughs)
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So, I'm just going to add a dot of glue
right here at the neckline
to to hold this collar in place.
And that's the only place it's going to be
attached to the leotard
so that it's super easy to get it on and off.
Super cute!
So as you can see, she's got a big bow
on her chest right here,
and she has another big bow on the back.
So, for those, I am going to use this red cotton fabric.
This was 3.99.
This is basically just going to be
cutting out a bunch of big rectangles.
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So I now have four rectangles.
The smaller ones are for the front chest bow,
and the bigger one's for the back butt bow.
Okay, so this is all glued together,
and now I'm going to flip it inside out.
And there's the first piece of my front bow.
I know it doesn't look like a bow right now,
but once I go like this,
we're gonna have a bow.
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So, I'm going to make a little strip of fabric
to wrap around and hold these guys together,
and we will have a completed bow.
Right?
Cute, isn't it?
So now that we have most of our
main body of the costume done,
we are going to move on to the boots.
These don't look like the right boots at all.
I salvaged these from an old costume.
Sailor Moon's boots are knee high,
they come to a point at the top.
So, I am going to
Mark out on both of these boots
where I want to cut them.
All right, so these are all done,
and it is time for paint.
So, this is metallic red spray paint.
It's about $6.00 a can, and I am going to use this
to paint my boots.
So, these are dry,
and now it's time to add the stripes to the tops of them.
For that, I'm going to use some white tape.
You could also paint them,
you could use really anything,
white fabric, but I thought the tape would be easiest.
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So, I'm going to make the little
crescent moon emblems that are going to go
on the tops of her boots.
So, I'm just going to use
a piece of yellow craft foam.
You can get these in a pack with a bunch of colors
for about $5.00,
And I'm also going to use a spool of thread.
This is going to be my pattern
For drawing the circles.
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All right, so I'm going to paint those with my
gold metallic spray paint, $6.00 for the can.
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All right, now that the boots are done,
it is time to move on to the gloves.
I'm starting with a pair of gloves
that I repurposed from an old costume.
These are a little bit too long
since hers stop at the elbow,
but I'm just gonna roll them down.
And for the red puffy cuffs,
I'm gonna use my cotton fabric again,
and my good old poly-fil stuffing.
So, basically I'm making a rectangle out of the fabric
and then stuffing it with the filling
kind of like a big fabric burrito,
adding a little glue to the edge
and rolling the whole thing up like a sushi roll.
So, this is a really easy no-sew method
for making those puffy tubes
that you can use for the sleeves, the waist, or the gloves.
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So, I'm just sealing up the ends of my tubes with glue.
So it doesn't look ugly, I'll cover up these ends
with another piece of fabric.
And there we go.
Now I'm going to make her little hair bobbles,
whatever those things are,
and for that I'm using once again
my trusty craft foam all from the same pack.
I'm also using a spray paint can
and a rubber cement can as my circle templates.
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To make my little hair bobbles look
very anime shiny,
I'm gonna paint some shinies on them
with some acrylic paint.
This is about $3.00.
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Okay, so my hair bobbles are done,
and I'm just going to attach these to my wig,
which I got online for about 30,00.
It came pre-styled with these ponytails and the buns.
I just did a little extra styling
and curled the bangs and the little side pieces myself.
It's kinda hit or miss when you buy these
pre-styled wigs online,
but this one turned out to be pretty okay.
So, I'm going to use some more craft foam
for the tiara and the rest of the details.
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To make her earrings,
I'm going to sandwich a couple of my
crescent moons with one of these eye pins
that I can use to dangle them from some earrings.
And these are $3.00.
So, I'm just going to give them
a coat of metallic gold.
So, for the finishing touch on my accessory pieces,
I'm going to use some rhinestones.
These are $4.00 at the craft store.
Okay, so I'm just going to attach some elastic
to my tiara so that it can
go around my head like a headband.
I had this, but you can get this
at the craft store for $2.00.
So, to make her little choker necklace,
I'm going to use a strip of my red fabric.
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And that's the whole thing finished.
All that's left now is to try it all on.
And I'm gonna start with the leotard
All right, not bad!.
Let's put on the rest of the costume.
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All right, so this costume is all done.
I'm really happy with how it turned out,
and I can't wait to go show the squad.
- All right, it's time to see Claire's Sailor Moon.
Are you ready for this?
- I can't wait, let's check it out.
- Here she comes.
All right, that is amazing!
- It's like a cartoon, it's crazy.
- Yeah, I love these that look like
a cartoon come to life.
So awesome.
- It's like, these little pieces here
just turn it into like, an anime.
It's so great.
Wonder Woman boots.
- Yes, the Wonder Woman boots.
Not the most comfortable or practical for crime fighting.
- There's also kind of a Stay Puft Marshmallow Man
vibe I'm getting from the shoulders.
- Yeah, I'm getting that.
These are very cool, I just,
I kinda wanna bite them, actually.
- Right? I could just take a nap on my shoulder.
- Yeah. How much did you end up spending on this?
- So, the costume itself, about $50.00,
and then the wig was 30.
- Let's go make our own now, right?
- I know what I'm gonna make Dustin for his birthday.
- Well, you guys can be the other Sailor Scouts.
- Okay.
- Oh, okay.
- You could be Sailor Jupiter
and you could be Sailor Venus.
- Okay, perfect.
- All right, thanks so much for watching.
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Costume Squad:
- [All] Anime pose!
- (laughing) Did we do the same one?
(laughing)
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