Dexter Costume Tutorial

The long awaited DIY Dexter Victim Costume Tutorial with links to purchase things to make a DIY Dexter Costume.

I did not want to recreate the actual costume I wore because it was time consuming but I did take pictures of the different steps to make everything more clear. It is a very simple process that takes time but is worth the reactions from other Dexter fans! Also a disclaimer, it was very difficult to go the bathroom and you WILL get VERY sweaty in this! Sometimes we need to sacrifice things to have an AWESOME Halloween costume though, your call (haha)!

MATERIALS:

Dress:
Nude Bra (I used the sticky ones)

Purchased at Walmart.

Nude Boy Shorts
Saran Wrap (2 rolls)
Clear Packaging Tape 

The cheap brands work too!

Knife:
Plastic Knife Handle (from headband)
Plastic (from headband) 

Purchased this at Walmart.

Lighter

Blood:
Corn Syrup
Red Food Coloring
Eye DropperOptional but VERY helpful:
A Friend

INSTRUCTIONS

1- Make the blood for later use. Mix a spoonful of corn syrup with a lot of drops or red food coloring. When you get it to the color you want it, eave it aside.
*You can also buy fake blood but this way is cheaper since some of you might already have these two ingredients in your pantry.

2- Put on bra and undies and decide if you want a dress or a two piece costume.
*I used a sticky bra like this:

3- Start at the bottom and decided how long (or short!) you want it to be. This will be the base point of the wrapping.
*Since it was Halloween and I had on boy shorts underneath, I went for the shorter length 😉

3- Get help from a friend to start wrapping you around with the saran wrap. 
*Don’t stretch the saran wrap so its super tight but don’t just loosely place it on you either. That will prevent you from being able to sit, dance, or even  move in general.When you do this don’t keep your legs together, stand with them spread out a little.

5- Decide how you want your top to look once you have wrapped your self a couple of time.
* Depending on your bust size, how tight you are wrapping, and how much cleavage you want, you will need to play around a little. When I started wrapping myself I noticed that I had NO cleavage. I wanted more and started wrapping myself in a criss cross pattern around my chest. This is probably the most trickiest part because you will probably have to play a around with a few wraps before you get it to stay and look the way you want it.

 

6- Continue to wrap. While your friend is wrapping you and walking in circles around you, help them scrunch and twist the saran wrap as they are moving.
*Scrunching AND twisting will make it eventually NOT see through. Make sure you mix scrunching, twisting, and leaving it flat. Also make sure you are layering all areas the same amount. I recommend checking your views from the side and back to make sure there are no unusual lumpy areas from wrapping one part more than  others.

 

Scrunched

Twisted

Better view of twisted

6- If you run out of saran wrap before you are opaque, tape the end with the packaging tape. Take the other roll, tape the end to the bottom and continue.
* I ended up using 1 and half rolls of saran wrap. It ended up being really thick, so don’t worry, it will EVENTUALLY become non see through.

8- When you are satisfied with the transparency of your saran wrap, tape the end with the clear packaging tape. 
*Check your angles and make sure you are not bulging anywhere you are not suppose to. If you are go back with the saran wrap and wrap yourself more to make those parts even. Make sure you still have some saran wrap left (this will be used to cover the blood so it doesn’t get one everything and everyone).

9- Make the knife handle fit your costume. Manipulate plastic pieces to make your knife fit in your costume.
*My knife piece was originally from a head band. To make the knife fit where i wanted it we had to make the headband plastic pieces into a “H” shape.

My knife handle half from the headband.

Side view.

I made my plastic piece in this “H” shape (in pink). The 4 ends are what  I used to tuck in the dress so the knife handle would stand up the right way

 

10- Attach the knife to your costume. Stick the plastic pieces that are hanging out into sections of the saran wrap.

*You can also wrap more saran wrap to keep it firmly in place.
11- Put blood in the eye dropper and start dropping blood (drop by drop) right below the knife. Let it run down a little. Once its done dripping wrap a couple of layers of saran wrap over your torso area. 
*This will prevent this sticky “blood” to get on everything.

12- Pair with nude, clear, or black heels and admire your awesome costume!!!
*I chose to wear black because it matches the handle on the knife!

CUT ON CHEEK

Here is a link to a tutorial that will teach you how to do the realistic cheek cut.“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jfGq4qN1MY“. This isn’t the originally tutorial I watched but it is very similar. I used the blood I made with the corn syrup for this too.
MORE PICTURES 

Dexter’s Victim Cut Cheek

This is what the blood will look like with saran wrap over it.

Full body shot 🙂

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