Hey guys! Joan of Arc, and arrows for St. Denis, carrying his own head. Check out the MANY saint costume posts on the blog for more ideas. I always like say that my motto is: Anything worth doing is worth overdoing. All you have to do is find a familiar image of the saint from art or a photograph or a holy card. Keep in mind that saints, just like all of us, had varied lives.
Feel free to represent your saint from whichever era of his life will be easiest. Saints have traditional attributes that are usually found in representations of them. Having a prop can really make the costume. You can also use shirts from the thrift store or old shirts from around the house. Just turn anything with graphics inside out.
Tear a 2 foot piece of duct tape. Fold it in half lengthwise to create a thin doubled 2 foot piece for the circlet. Assembly: put on white tunic, put on red over-dress, use a long strip of tape to belt the over-dress above the waist. Add veil. Wrap the doubled tape around the forehead and secure with a piece of tape in the back. Add accessories. Cuts: on the green shirt, make a trapezoid-shaped cut from the front leaving the collar band intact to make his cape.
Assembly: put on green tunic, add white toque. The face should look out the head hole. Fold up the bottom of the white and gather most of it to the back, add the black veil on top. Fold the pipe cleaners into a St. Brigid Cross. On the green shirt, cut 1 foot off of the bottom shorter than the brown shirt. Cut off left sleeve with a straight cut about 2 feet long. Cut off right sleeve and collar with a diagonal cut. Cuts: on the red shirt, make a trapezoid-shaped cut from the front leaving the collar band intact to make her cape.
On shirt 2 wrap , cut off left sleeve with a straight cut about 2 feet long. Cut about 1 foot off of the bottom. Add a stripe of tape to the newly cut edges. Shirt 3 is the veil. Add tape to that one later. Note: cut lengths of tape into 4 very thin strips lengthwise and add two thin stripes with each thick stripe for a more realistic look, but a more challenging project.
