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My group, (Me, Milo, Izzy and Blessing) went for recreating The Green Man.

And I think it worked really well!

We put my Hoodie on a dress form, so I could also help out while we made the costume. Izzy and Blessing we're ripping strips of newspaper, and sticking them to the hoodie, and using Cardboard to make a back piece.

And me and Milo were cutting out leaves.

We drew the shape on the top sheet of a newspaper and then used that to cut through multiple sheets at a time so we could make as many leaves as we could in as little time as possible. Then we took the leaves and stuck them to strips of sellotape to that Izzy and Blessing could drape them down the hoodie.

When everyone was adding the last bits to the hoodie, I started taking the last few leaves we cut out and sticking them to my face, because in all the pictures we saw, The Green Man's face has also been covered. At first I just stuck them in random places on my face, then Milo suggested we turn it into a beard, mustache, and eyebrows, and I think that worked better.

Starting with 9 points equallly spaced on a line. (Continue explaining)

Made from takeaway pots, bottle lids, corrugated cardboard, foam and various fabrics. (Dark green matte, green shiny, and green glittery fabric. Pink felt for the inside of the mouth and red fabric for the tongue.)

And the 'Fire' stick from orange netting and light and dark orange fabric strips tied and glued to a short wooden pole.

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Then I cut it out and hemmed the edges.

I had to wash the fabric before I dyed it.

Then I filled the bucket with warm water and added the dye powder, left it for a little bit, then added salt to help the dye stick. Then left it to sit for 20 minutes

Then I filled the bucket with warm water and added the dye powder, left it for a little bit, then added salt to help the dye stick. Then left it to sit for 20 minutes

The blue dye didn't take very well the first time I tried it.

So I took the base skirt and 1 of the ruffles out and kept them as the lightest blue. Then I put some of the ruffles back in the same blue dye, put a couple in a different bucket with some brighter blue dye, and some in another bucket with some purple dye and swapped them around to try and get as many different shades of blue as I could.

I started with the brown leaves with red tips for the bottom, I placed them and glues them on 1 by 1 so I could make sure I got the spacing I wanted.

And finished it with a lot smaller darker green leaves along the top.

I used the awl to poke holes in the leather so it would be easier to sew, then used waxed thread to sew my leather to the top corners of the cape and the two ends of the belt together.

I only hemmed one edge because the zigzaged edge will be hidden by the layer sewn above it.

Then I put the shirt on over the flood skirt base and put a line of pins where the skirt sat, so I would know what the highest point of the short I could cut was.

The Mask has all 4 seasons on it. The small white roses/ buds are for Spring, the flowers at the sides are for Summer, the leaves around the edges are for Autumn and the icicles at the bottom are for Winter.

The Antlers with flowers on (I sourced, rather than made), are for Spring.

The Chest plate is for Winter.

The Cape mostly for Autumn but has some bright green leaves at the top for the end of Summer.

And the Skirt is for Summer in full bloom.

I put a petticoat under the flood skirt to give it a bit more volume and shape.

Then I single crocheted over the wire to completely hide it.