Halloween DIY: Evil Fairy Wings

One of the most fun parts of the high school experience is spirit week. This past week, one of my favorite days was All Hallows Eve Day. Halloween being one of my favorite holidays, ( I mean,who doesn't love a holiday where you dress up and people give you free candy?)I decided to go all out.

I was looking through my closet and found a pair of old fairy wings from my childhood. Suddenly a brilliant idea popped into my head. I'd transform the wings and be a dark fairy. This is how I did it.

1.)My materials were my wings, black spray paint, and a pocket knife (you can use really anything that can make rips and holes).

(not my image)

(not my image)

2.)I carefully spray painted the wings so that almost all of the light, cheery colors were gone. You can spray paint it completely and utterly black, but I thought it would look eerie to have just a hint of color showing through.

3.)Let it dry overnight.

4.) To me, this is the most fun part. I used a pocket knife (side note: these are quite handy to have,mine's quite old and dull so I don't know really how much they would cost now but If you're crafty it's a good investment)and a fork to rip holes and scratches in the wings. Anything sharp will really work. Go crazy.

(for these kinds of tears I used a fork)

5.) Flaunt your awesome original costume! I paired them with a black high necked shirt, black tutu, spider web fishnets,and edgy jacket.(sorry I never got a picture :/)


For makeup I made fairy-like patterns with silver eyeliner from my eyes to my cheek but use your artistic freedom. How would you picture a dark fairy to look?



So there you have it! Your easy breezy 4-step super cheap costume idea! Happy Halloween!