How To Make a Nun Costume

Ingredients

• A long black dress or graduation gown
• Rope
• White poster board
• Scissors
• Black fabric
• A hot glue gun
• Glue
• A crucifix or rosary beads
• Tunic sewing pattern (optional)

Steps

1. Make a habit from a long black dress with long sleeves, or a graduation gown. (30 sec. )
2. For added authenticity, purchase a pattern for a tunic at a fabric store and sew the tunic yourself. (36 sec. )
3. Tie a piece of rope around your waist as a belt. (42 sec. )
4. Take a strip of white poster board, and cut it to fit around your head. (48 sec. )
5. Cut the piece of black fabric into a large square so that the veil is the length you desire. Hot glue the fabric to the poster board ring to complete the veil. (52 sec. )
6. Accessorize the costume by adding a crucifix or rosary beads. (62 sec. )
7. In 2008, an Italian priest attempted to organize a beauty pageant for nuns, but his superiors quickly suspended the event. (67 sec. )