Soy Sauce and Sushi Halloween Costume

I am a Halloween Baby. I am not a Halloween fanatic per say, but I do appreciate creative Halloween costumes. I am known among my friends for always making my own. This year we decided on soy sauce and sushi. ​Below you can find a DIY tutorial on how I made our costumes. It only took two hours to complete. 

 Things you'll need: DIY Soy sauce costume
Printer to print out the logo
Scissors
Seam Ripper
Sewing machine or no sew tape
Yellow duck masking tape
You can also use yellow duck tape - but not sure if you'd be able to see the logo underneath
Hot Glue Gun
White Craft Paint ($0.50 at walmart)
Foam Paint brush ($1.00 at walmart) 
Red plastic dog bowl (I found the one I'm wearing at the dollar tree)
One yard of black fabric
​One yard of salmon colored fabric

I purchased the following clothing items: I had red heels so I wore them, but you can also wear black heels. 

Soy Sauce Costume:

1. Remove the pockets on the apron with a seam ripper. You can also buy a plain black apron without pockets, but I wanted a bit more of a girlier look, so I went with the ruffle one.

2. Print out these two items

3. Place a layer of yellow craft tape over the logo, Kikkoman and Soy Sauce lettering until it gives you the brightness that you want. I put three layers of tape. One layer horizontal, one layer vertical, and the third layer horizontal.

4. Flip the paper over. You should still be able to see the outline of the logo and letters so you can cut around it with sharp, small scissors. Cut the logo and each individual letter out. 

5. Once you have them all cut out, use a hot glue gun to first place the logo centered. Then Kikkoman, Naturally Brewed, and then soy sauce. The edges may peel up so make sure you put enough glue to get to the edge, but not too much that the glue will seep out. ​

I didn't feel like cutting out  the "Naturally brewed" letters individually. Instead I decided to glue it on in one piece. You can laminate it or put clear packaging tape over it and hot glue. 

Tip - If you get hot glue that seeps out from the edges, you can place a paper towel over the affected area and use a hot iron over top to get the excess hot glue off. ​ The excess hot glue should seep into the paper towel.

6. The logo was probably the hardest thing to cut out, but you can do it! Glue it on and be proud of yourself for being crafty. Another method which I think is more time consuming. You can laminate the logo, Reverse cut it, and use it as a stencil and hand paint it. For me, I didn't have time to wait for several layers of paint to dry, so I went with duck tape. I have used that method with mod podge and glitter. Works nicely that way as well.
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7. Note, this apron had pleats. In order for the letters to not get lost in the pleats, I made sure to pinch some areas of fabric together and glue the letter over the pinched fabric. As you can see, you can't really tell and the letters still stood out.  Voila - the bulk of the costume is done!

8. For the hat, I had my husband do this, but he drilled a hole through the bottom of the dog bowl. It was big enough so that I could use bobby pins to keep the bowl in place. 

And that's it - you're done! I would recommend winged eyeliner, red lipstick, a side bun, and chopsticks in your hair

Salmon Sushi Costume

1. Take the one yard of salmon colored fabric and fold horizontally. I used a white piece of fabric for reference. Cut accordingly to size. My husband is 6'5" so I ddin't get any off the top or bottom. If you're making this for a child you may want to size it accordingly. Cut the four corners off to get it a more rounded piece of "salmon" look. Sew or use sewing tape to hem the opposite edges together.  Leave a decent size hole in one of the corners so you can stuff it. 

2. Once you have them "sewn" together, flip right side out so seams are now inside. Stuff. Use enough to make it full. Once you have it stuffed to how you like it.  Use the sew tape or hand sew the hole together. 

3. Use the white paint and foam brush to paint the white lines. Let dry for at least 30 minutes.

4. For the sash, use one yard of black fabric.  I had to cut it horizontally and sew the two pieces together to make it long enough. Tie from back to front. The wider the sash, the more stable the sushi. If I were to do it all over again, I would have just sewn the pillow to the edges of the shirt and not used a sash to hold it in place.