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“I want to dress up as Bellatrix Lestrange”<\/strong> – It was decided, I’d be making Emma a Bellatrix costume for Comic-Con this year.<\/p>\n

Emma’s interest in all things Harry Potter is still going strong, and even after a couple of years, shows no signs of waning.<\/p>\n

After cosplaying Luna Lovegood<\/a> last year for Comic-Con, this year she chose a much darker character – Bellatrix Lestrange.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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In the Harry Potter books and movies, Bellatrix is a fanatical Death Eater that is quite unhinged, especially after a long stint in Azkaban prison.<\/p>\n

Bellatrix is a fun character to cosplay, as her look is gothic and slightly disheveled.<\/p>\n

As usual when it comes to researching her cosplay, Emma studied the movie costumes in detail. After all, the key to nailing a good cosplay is in the details.<\/p>\n

In the movies Helena Bonham Carter, who plays Bellatrix Lestrange, wears a silver bird skull necklace. Of course, I could have purchased a bird skull necklace online<\/a>, but it’s more fun to make one don’t you think?
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I’ll be sharing the full Bellatrix Lestrange costume DIY<\/strong> next week, including how to make a leather corset and how to style a Bellatrix wig.<\/p>\n

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Our Bellatrix Lestrange necklace was quite easy to make with polymer clay, and other assorted items from my craft stash and around the house.<\/p>\n

The idea to used polymer clay to make this bird skull necklace was inspired by this video tutorial by The Woodland Elf<\/a>. I adapted it to use materials that I had on hand.<\/p>\n

You won’t need much polymer clay to make this necklace, a ball about the size of a walnut will do, which is slightly more than a quarter of a regular 2oz (57g) pack.<\/p>\n

Grey polymer clay is ideal as it only requires minimal embellishment to achieve the look of metal, but you can use any other colour. You’ll just need to paint it grey.<\/p>\n

I didn’t have grey clay so I combined a few black and white polymer clay scraps together till they were blended sufficiently.<\/p>\n

How to make a Bellatrix Lestrange Necklace<\/h2>\n

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You will need:<\/h3>\n