{"id":56356,"date":"2017-06-26T13:12:38","date_gmt":"2017-06-26T03:12:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypoppet.com.au\/makes\/?p=56356"},"modified":"2021-04-27T15:11:01","modified_gmt":"2021-04-27T05:11:01","slug":"diy-poison-ivy-cosplay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypoppet.com.au\/makes\/diy-poison-ivy-cosplay\/","title":{"rendered":"DIY: Poison Ivy Costume Cosplay"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yep it’s Comic-Con season at Casa My Poppet! For the last couple of weeks I’ve been busy working my crafty mummy magic transforming a pile of ordinary craft supplies into a cosplay costume worthy of meeting Emma’s high expectations.<\/p>\n

Every year the planning on her part seems to start earlier and earlier, I can’t even count the number of very important bedtime conversations Emma has with me about who she will go as this year, it’s very serious business for an eight year old.<\/p>\n

The constant deliberations are pretty endearing, but also drive me bat-shit-crazy! I look forward to the actual event just so I can have a short reprieve from the ‘What will I wear this year?’ conversation.<\/p>\n

In the past she’s cosplayed as some comic book characters like Raven<\/a> from Teen Titans, and Princess Bubblegum<\/a> from Adventure Time.<\/p>\n

This year, Emma finally decided on going as Poison Ivy<\/strong>: DC Comics Super-Villain and Batman adversary. A botanist and notorious Eco-terrorist who uses plant toxins and mind-controlling pheromones for her criminal activities, usually aimed at protecting endangered species and the natural environment.<\/p>\n

This kid loves the villains! – Read about Why Girls need Superheroes AND Super Villains as Role Models<\/a><\/p>\n

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The hardest part about making a cosplay for Emma is expectation management, this kids has such big ideas. When the Poison Ivy costume was on the cards, she described a vine shooting contraption that would be built into a pair of gloves, I mean I’m pretty good but not that good!<\/p>\n

Overall the Poison Ivy costume was fairly straight forward to put together, the challenging part was gathering the materials. I didn’t realise how hard it would be to source green stretch fabric and green tights, obviously green is not an on-trend the colour this season.<\/p>\n

If I was more organised, I would have ordered well ahead of time online, but in the end I just hit the pavement and sourced everything locally.<\/p>\n

The stretch velvet for the leotard wasn’t my ideal choice, the colour was a little too blue and I was worried it would be difficult to sew with. But in the end it was not too bad and I actually like how the sheen on the fabric makes the costume look kind of vintage.<\/p>\n

I shot an Instagram stories video while I was sewing, and thought you’d enjoy seeing the process too, so I re-edited it for Youtube. You can watch above.<\/p>\n

The costume took about one week to finish all up, there was lots of hand sewing involved and more than a little bit of blood shed from needle stick injuries. But I’ve survived and created this sartorial masterpiece!  – I’ll give you more details below.<\/p>\n

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Melbourne OZ Comic-Con<\/a> isn’t till next weekend, but because it’s always pretty hectic there, I thought it would be fun to have a photo-shoot before the event. We headed over to the St Kilda Botanical gardens and I think you’ll agree, the end result looks amazing. Emma really loves getting into character, and as soon as she put on the cosplay, she insisted we call her Ivy!<\/p>\n

I hope you enjoy the photos, there is a ton here, but they all turned out so great, I couldn’t bear not too include all the best ones.<\/p>\n

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How to make a Poison Ivy Costume<\/h2>\n

Depending on your sewing skills you can attempt to make this costume from scratch (like I did), or take a few shortcuts and use a pre-made leotard. I’ll included some shopping links below for those of you in the States that are Amazon shoppers.<\/p>\n

This DIY tutorial could certainly be adapted to make a woman’s costume.<\/p>\n

You will need:<\/h3>\n

\"How<\/p>\n

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  • Stretch green fabric (or pre-made green leotard)<\/li>\n
  • Leotard sewing pattern (I adapted this Burda 9914 to fit Emma – purchased from the op-shop)<\/li>\n
  • General sewing supplies to make leotard (including elastic and jersey needle)<\/li>\n
  • Faux Ivy vines (try and find ones with fabric leaves)<\/li>\n
  • Glitter paint (for extra sparkle)<\/li>\n
  • Green tights<\/li>\n
  • Sewing needle and thread<\/li>\n
  • Metal hair clips<\/li>\n
  • Hot glue gun<\/li>\n
  • Red hair spray paint<\/li>\n
  • Makeup including green eyeshadow and red lipstick<\/li>\n
  • Black or green boots<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n