MomOfOneFunOne Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 Remarkably enough, my daughter wants to be a chimney sweep for halloween (just finished Water Babies). When I was a kid, if blackening of faces (the hobo look) we used black shoe polish (the cream kind). I don't know about that . . . my daughter's has pretty sensitive skin and it seems like it would make more mess than it would be worth . . . to me, not her, of course. Flour would work okay but somewhat of the wrong color.:tongue_smilie: Black flour? What ideas do you have for soot? C'mon! I know you can do it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sahamamama Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 Sorry, I posted on the K-8 board before I realized you had moved over here. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacqui in mo Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 You could make some real soot...burn some candles and when the wicks have cooled get some of the blackening off the tips. Or you could burn a small bit of newspaper, (if you have a place you can do that) and use the soot from the ashes. We used real ashes for my son's mad scientist costume. Didn't cause any problems. After all it's "Just good clean soot". jacqui Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ConnieB Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 How about charcoal briquets? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sputterduck Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 Cocoa powder! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In The Great White North Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 How about charcoal briquets? That's what we used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myfunnybunch Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 What about black face paint? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happi duck Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 I know! I know! Pick me!!!! I loved being a hobo practically every Halloween...weird I know. My mom kept a burnt cork for that "needs a shave" look. Burn the end of a cork and rub on the face (when cool of course). You can save the cork for future costumes. (of course do a test spot first, but I have fairly sensitive skin and it never bothered me) HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FourOaks Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 I second the burnt cork. That's what we used when we were kids. Boy does that bring back memories! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrganicAnn Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 How about oreo cookies? I would crush them and put vaseline lightly on and then the oreo crumbs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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