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How to Make Crepe Paper Costumes -- A 1920s Guide for Making 60 Vintage Costumes and Accessories
by Dennison Manufacturing Co.

{softcover, 32 pages, 5.5x8.5, 2009, ISBN: 1936049279}

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Originally published in 1925, this book will guide you through the creation of 60 different paper costumes including:

- floral costumes (chrysanthemum, jonquil, wisteria, hollyhock, 
  rose, lily, apple tree, daisy, sweet pea, carnation)
- slip over costumes (butterfly, Halloween, rose, peasant, 
  flower, valentine, decorated crepe, ruffled, pansy, bird)
- special day costumes (Irish lassie, Easter, autumn, patriotic, 
  queen of hearts)
- health plays and pageants (string bean, sunbeam, orange, 
  cauliflower, beet)
- costumes from all parts of the world (Chinese, Italian,
  Russian, Scandinavian, Dutch, Scotch)
- nature costumes (dicky ducky, sir bumble bee, breeze, snow 
  bunny, butterfly, raindrop)
- story book costumes (little bo-peep, mistress mary, fluffy 
  ruffles, May pole lass, wood elf, hiawatha, fairy)

Instructions for accessories are also included:

- 3 types of wings
- sheperds crook
- wigs
- hats

There are two ways to make the costumes -- the slip over style which is worn like an apron over your own clothing and the cloth foundation method where you glue or sew crepe to the simple cloth foundation. Instructions for working with crepe including sewing guidelines, wrapping wires, wiring petals and leaves and making rose petals, strips of petals, pompons, fluted edges, fringe, crushed and crinkled effects are all detailed.

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