Halloween Costume: Bird

For this costume, I used this tutorial to make a bird costume. You need an old pillowcase and scraps of fabric. I used blue and green fabric from old shirts I had. If you don't want to make a whole costume, you can also use a dress or shirt with feathers.

For accessories, items with feathers on it are good, such as feather earrings. For a bag, carry a straw bag or a bag with wooden handles. For my bag, I used a handmade crocheted purse I had with wooden handles that reminded me of twigs.

For your hair, pull it up in a messy bun. I added a straw like texture to make it look like a nest. Feather or straw accessories are good to use such as headbands and hairties. Your makeup and nails should match your outfit. This will depend on the colors you use and what type of bird you are trying to be. I wanted to be a peacock colored type of a bird so I did green and blue makeup and nails that matched my outfit.

Here are some more bird and peacock inspired items you can use to make a bird costume:

1. Metallic Peacock Embroidered Dress, Kidney Bean, $129
2. Peacock Feather Hairband, Polyver
3. Feather Post Earrings, Alex and Ani, $48
4. Office Souffle Feather Sandal Turquoise, Polyver, $15
5. Recycled Straw Beach Bag, Alibaba

Halloween Costume: Spider-Man

Being a superhero is a fun costume. My favorite superhero is Spider-Man so this tutorial explains how to get a Spider-Man costume. You can customize this costume however you like or get inspired to make your own superhero costume.

Costume

You can find a Spider-Man costume at Halloween Express or other costume stores. This costume is for women:

If you don't want to buy a costume, you can use any red and blue outfit. You can even draw spiderwebs on it in black sharpie marker.

Accessories

If you want the Spider-Man mask that covers your whole head, you can buy one here. You can buy Spider-Man gloves here:

Makeup

There's a good tutorial on how to get Spider-Man makeup here:

Nails

If you're not wearing gloves, paint your nails a fun Spider-Man design:

Millennium Park Yoga Workout

 

Millennium Park in Chicago has free summer workouts. The workouts take place outside on the lawn. I recently went to one of the morning yoga classes to try it out. 

 

I liked working out outside on the lawn. It was interesting to do yoga in the park instead of inside. I also liked seeing the architecture and having big open space in the park while I did yoga. The teacher spoke over a speak. The turnout wasn't too big, but I thought it was a fun experience. 

 

What events do you like to do in the summer?