I wanted something unique and funny for my company costume contest. I saw the girl in the green loofah on this website, and I was sold! (thanks Wendy in FL!)
I decided to be a loofah, but expand on it a little. I bought 20 yards of purple netting on sale for $.77/yd. (tulle will work too), 1 yard of white cording, and box of safety pins at a craft store. I had an old black dress that I never wore, so I cut it off just above the knee. This was my base to anchor the netting to. A tank top would probably work too or even a t-shirt.
Then, I just started bunching the netting and safety pinning it until I covered the dress completely. It only took about an hour. You could sew it, but that would take a lot longer. When it was done, I thought it still needed “something”.
So, I went to a costume store and got a purple clown wig for $4 and a white mask for $.60 (they were having a great sale). I have a long sleeved purple shirt to wear and black pants. When it was all finished I decided to call myself the “Showerpuff Girl” and be a “CLEAN” super hero!
To top it off, I am going to take a bottle of bubbles and blow bubbles during the costume contest. I think I have a good chance? what do you think? Even if I don’t win, I know I will get some laughs!
Total Cost: $23
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Love it!!
I was all over this site the other day and decided to be a loofah. So I went to the fabric store and bought 20 yards of purple netting! Also fake eye lashes, and a bottle of body wash which im swited out to be bubbles! Great minds think alike!!
Sweet idea… En route to fabric store right now!
Totally awesome…
that’s all there is to it..
I love your outfit i bought 25yards of pink stuff and sewed it, bunched together and I bought big eye lashes and wore tights
I am going to do this on Friday and I am super excited!! Thanks for the explanation of how to construct!
LOVE THIS IDEA!!
So do you cut the netting first and then pin it or how does that work? OK, so I’m a little crazy to do this the night before but I am willing to stay up late!
Awesome costume! I decided to buy blue tulle to make my loofah costume.
I am looking to get my hands on some of that loofah netting. Where can i buy it?
Thanks
Bill
First, sorry for not responding. I know its probably too late now as Halloween is over… but here goes.
Bill V. — You can get nylon netting or tulle at any fabric/craft store.
Anonymous – RE: Need Help! — There was no cutting involved. I just bunched it on the outside of the dress (the base), and safety pinned it from the underneath, so that none of the safety pins were showing. I did this all the way around until it was covered. I hope you figured it out!! Sorry for not responding sooner!
Thanks for all the comments!! I didn’t win the contest at work. Some guy dressed up as Hulk Hogan and wore a yellow speedo…needless to say, he had the “shock factor” and he got the votes. I did get plenty of laughs though, so it was still worth it!! :0)
I’m going to make one too but I have decided to get some polyfil and make a ‘soap suds’ hat and maybe put some in various places on the loofah!
You bout 20/30yards but how wide was the tulle? My local fabric shop sells tulle 1m wide for 7$ or under skirt netting for 2.40$ a yard and they are 1m wide also. Thanks
successfully made mine today. bought 26 yards of purple toulle. I chose the coarsest kind I could find at just over $1.00 per yard. no cutting involved. I bought a large shirt, cut it’s sleeves off and made it into a short dress.
I used safety pins to do all the work. I chose to spraypaint my safety pins a matching purple so that they would blend in better. The whole process of pinning the fabric and bunching only took me about 2.5 hours.
I also used upholstery cord because it was super thick and only .29 per yard.
Wore this over black leggings and a form fitting black long sleeve shirt. It was a hit!
Would you suggest cutting the tulle into strips, bunching the strips and then safety pinning each bunch on? Or try to safety pin all 25yrds in one go?
I did not cut it into strips. I just left it on the cardboard and unrolled it as I went. It really didn’t take me long at all. I was looking for easy.