Anyone out there who's good at easy yet creative school play costumes?

[KingscoteStaff]

Ok, I need to costume 12 Year Fives (boys and girls) for a Witches Dance in our production of Macbeth. 3 of them will then be the speaking witches in the play.

They will be wearing black leggings/trousers and t-shirts. We want to give them some sort of greeny/browny/earthy colour, possibly with some sort of floating steamers/wings.

a bit like this www.ags.bucks.sch.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/macbeth3.jpg

I can buy cheap lining material, but what do I do?

Should I cut a head hole and create some sort of poncho or serape and then cut up the arms? If I cut it with pinking shears, can I avoid hemming? (It will only be worn 4 or 5 times).

I feel so ignorant, and I just know there's someone out there who could do this!

I might put this in Staffroom too...

Hmm. I might be tempted to go for organza rather than lining fabric. You can get it in 6" wide I think (look on ebay) in rolls for not ridiculous amounts. You can then tack it along the top edge of the sleeves/shoulders and it can dangle either side.
Organza is see through and floats better than lining. If you cut 6" on an angle, or zigzag it shouldn't fray too badly.

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Printed-Sparkle-Sheer-Organza-Roll-Spool-6-x-10-yards-Fabric-Tutu-Wedding-Craft-/301306956002?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&var=&hash=item46274b48e2#ht_920wt_1161
(sorry about the length of the link)

Or get some huge green/brown t-shirts and rip them upwards.

Giant t shirts is a good idea.

I'm thinking khaki Primark blokes' t shirts.

That organza looks fab, but perhaps a bit glam for witches...?

www.ags.bucks.sch.uk/macbeth-production-fantastic-mesmerising-and-does-absolute-justice-to-a-classic/
Scroll down on this link. There are some tattered brown ponchos that I think look great.

Oops. Just noticed that was your link above. I think hemming would ruin the effect. The tattier the better.

I used shredded t shirts for zombies once (we used white with them wearing red underneath that showed through)

The trick is not to cut them but to score them randomly with sharp scissors. I reckon it would work with grey/black/brown.