Scourers: A Halloween Guide Part 2/4 Of the DIY Costume Series
With Halloween coming up, we've received quite a few suggestions for potential costumes for people to make. This week, by popular demand, we will tell you how to make the perfect Spooky Scourer costume.
Now for the people who live under a rock, Scourers are the reason we have Rappaport's Law in the first place. Simply put, they're evil Non-Maj's who want nothing more than to kill everyone in the WW. So definitely super appropriate for Halloween, especially if you want to scare your friends.
Now if we look back at history, the last sighting of Scourers was in 1790, which means that in order to really get this right, you're going to need tight pants, tall boots, a button down shirt, and a really long jacket. Now all of these, if you can’t find them in your closet or an attic, are easily found at a second hand store. I’d also recommend finding lighter colored pants and darker colored jackets and bright shirts, because for some reason they thought that was fashionable. From there, buttons were all the rage, so all you need to do is charm all of the buttons into your house to stick to your jacket and shirt.
Now remember that with costumes are only as good as their accessories, and with a Scourer it is essential to get the effect. Anyone who reads the old stories know that they had long beards, eye-patches and hats with skulls on them. These again are easily found at any store pretty cheap, or you can make your own. Eye-patches are just a swatch of fabric with two strings tied on either side, the beard can be made from charming cotton balls to stick on your face (with the exact same spell you’d use for the buttons, just make sure to know the counter-charm or it will hurt taking them off!). Last but not least, what Scourer would be complete without their old time walking-stick? This after all was their weapon of choice, used to beat the Wizards of old to death. This is easy enough to find: all you’d have to do is break a branch of a tree and you’ll have it. Or if your family happens to have some classy background, it’ll easily be found up in your attic as well.
Now in case you want to spice things up, instructions for our Sexy Scourer costume will be on the hyperweb by the end of the day, for all of you who want that extra bit of danger in your love life.
So there you have it: the guide to make the perfect Scourer outfit to scare the robes off of your friends. Though overall, it also reminds us of a time in our history that we don’t want to repeat. So that just shows us that it’s a good thing that we still have Rappaport’s Law in place, despite what some influential people might be saying. Repealing the law would bring back the very things that we were forced to fear so many years ago.
And nobody wants that. Do they Senator Cyrano?