Thứ Ba, 13 tháng 5, 2014
Guide Make a Monkey Costume
1Shop for a brown sweat suit with the person for whom you are making the costume. Choose brown hooded sweatshirts with matching pants that fit comfortably. You can find a sweat suit at a thrift store, at Walmart, or online, if you cannot find one in your town.
2Ask your child to try on the hoodie. Place it over your child's head and pull the ties so that it fits snuggly and frames your child's head. Pin a safety pin at the top of where you will want the monkey ears to be.
3Take 1 piece of brown fleece. The piece should be approximately 8.5 by 11 inches (21.6 by 28 cm). Fold the piece of fleece in half on the 11 inch (28 cm) side.
4Cut 4 inch (10.2 cm) long ovals out of the brown fleece to make your ears. You can cut an oval out on 1 side of the folded fleece, near the edge, and then place 1 of the ovals on the other side of the fleece to serve as a template.
5Place each pair of fleece ovals with the front sides together and pin. At 1 end of each oval, cut a horizontal line to create a flat end. This is where you will attach the ears to the hoodie.
6Sew around the outside of the ears by hand or on a sewing machine, leaving the flat end of the oval open. Flip the ovals inside out when you are done.
7Stuff the inside of the ears with pipe cleaners to make them stand up on their own. Pin the flat end of the oval shut.
8Cut out 3 inch (7.6 cm) long ovals from your tan felt. Make sure that the oval is at least 1/2 inch (1.3 cm) smaller on all sides than your brown ovals. These will form the inside of your monkey ears.
9Glue 1 piece of tan felt on top of your brown fleece ear with fabric glue. Repeat on the other ear. Allow the glue to dry before sewing again.
10Place 1 of your hands inside the hoodie on the right side. Align the ear so that it touches the safety pin at the top. Pin the ear in place.
11Hand sew the oval ears onto each side of the hoodie in the spot you have previously measured.
12Cut 2 circles of tan felt that are approximately 8 inches by 10 inches (20.3 by 25.4 cm). If you are making this costume for an adult, add a few inches (5 to 7 cm) to each measurement to fill up more of the belly portion of the hoodie.
13Glue the 2 circles together to make a thick attachment that will appear sturdy on your costume.
14Glue the belly circle onto the center and front of your hoodie. Allow it to dry before sewing further.
15Pin a brown marabou boa to the back center of your brown hoodie. Sew it into place with brown thread. You have completed your monkey suit.
16Have the costume-wearer put on the brown sweatpants and some brown shoes. Place the hoodie over the head carefully. Pull the hoodie strings tight and tie them under the chin so that the ears stand out to the sides.
For extra embellishment with your homemade monkey costume, give the costumed person a banana to carry.
Guide Make a Lamb Costume
1Glue the wool onto the t-shirt and leggings. Save some wool for later.
2Put on the t-shirt and leggings.
3Put your hair up tightly, if it's long.
4Put the wig on and secure it with bobby pins. Add the extra wool to it if you want.
5Apply the black face paint. Use black lipstick for your lips and eyelids; it won't be as fatal if you get it in your mouth or eyes.
6While you wait for the paint to dry, put on the socks and shoes.
7Optional- tie the cowbell around your neck.
8Practice making a lamb noise (baaaaaaa).
Guide Make a Jellicle Cat Wig
1Obtain a base for the wig. The most common materials used are pantyhose (cut the legs off and sew up the holes), swimming caps, or crocheted hats.
2Choose a yarn to make the hair out of. While you can use colors similar to the actual wig, it is easier to use white and color it later, especially if it is going to have stripes or other markings. Make sure the yarn frays easily and is not resistant to dye/ink. Cut it into a generous amount of pieces anywhere between 5 inches to 2 feet in length, depending on which cat's wig you're making. However, don't fray it yet.
3Using a yarn darner, start threading the yarn into the wig base. Tie the yarn in the middle; you will then have two pieces about two and a half inches long standing up with a knot in the middle. Do this all over the wig base.
4Use a fine tooth comb to fray the yarn. Once it is frayed, it will resemble the hair of the actual wigs.
5Use markers to add colour to the wig. While fabric markers are popular for this, Sharpies may work too if the wig is going to be mostly gray or black (like Munkustrap's, for example). Keep stripes and other markings in mind when you do this.
6Style the wig. While there are exceptions, most of the Jellicles have ears, which are made by twisting two bunches of hair and holding them in place (glue, hair gel, and hairspray are usually used for this). To ensure that the ears don't fall out of place, use some very small rubber bands/ponytail holders around the tips. This will make it look like there are little balls on the tips of the ears, but it will not make your wig look wrong and it is often even seen on professional wigs.
2Choose a yarn to make the hair out of. While you can use colors similar to the actual wig, it is easier to use white and color it later, especially if it is going to have stripes or other markings. Make sure the yarn frays easily and is not resistant to dye/ink. Cut it into a generous amount of pieces anywhere between 5 inches to 2 feet in length, depending on which cat's wig you're making. However, don't fray it yet.
3Using a yarn darner, start threading the yarn into the wig base. Tie the yarn in the middle; you will then have two pieces about two and a half inches long standing up with a knot in the middle. Do this all over the wig base.
4Use a fine tooth comb to fray the yarn. Once it is frayed, it will resemble the hair of the actual wigs.
5Use markers to add colour to the wig. While fabric markers are popular for this, Sharpies may work too if the wig is going to be mostly gray or black (like Munkustrap's, for example). Keep stripes and other markings in mind when you do this.
6Style the wig. While there are exceptions, most of the Jellicles have ears, which are made by twisting two bunches of hair and holding them in place (glue, hair gel, and hairspray are usually used for this). To ensure that the ears don't fall out of place, use some very small rubber bands/ponytail holders around the tips. This will make it look like there are little balls on the tips of the ears, but it will not make your wig look wrong and it is often even seen on professional wigs.
Guide Make a Duck Costume
Part 1 of 5: Make the Duck Cap
1Get a yellow or white baseball cap. Use a white cap if you want to make an adult duck costume and a yellow cap if you want to make a duckling costume.
2Trace the shape of the visor onto orange felt. Lay the visor of the cap flat on top of a piece of orange craft felt. Draw around the visor, leaving a 1 inch (2.5 cm) margin between the edge of the visor and the pencil mark.[1]
Repeat this step once so that you have two visor-shaped pieces of orange felt.
Note that the visor and the pieces of felt will be used to make the beak of the duck costume.
3Glue the felt onto the visor. Cut out both beak pieces of orange felt. Use a glue stick or hot glue gun to adhere the felt to the visor of the cap. One piece should go on top, and the other piece should go on the bottom.
The overlap should slightly hang over the front of the visor. If desired, glue the excess felt overlap of the bottom and top pieces together after securing them onto the visor itself.
4Cut out and attach two felt circles for nostrils. Use black felt. Each circle should be 1/2 inch (1.25 cm) in diameter.
Position the two circles at the center top of the beak. They should be placed near the crown portion of the cap, but still on the beak or visor portion.
The circles should be placed about 1/2 inch (1.25 cm) to 1 inch (2.5 cm) apart from one another, with the middle point between the two circles being the center top of the beak.
5Glue two white pom-poms to the front of the cap. Place each pom-pom on the crown portion of the cap. Each one should be about 1 inch (2.5 cm) to the outer side of either nostril and 1/2 inch (1.25 cm) up and away from the visor.
6Cut out and attach two more felt circles for pupils. Cut out two more 1/2 inch (1.25 cm) circles of black felt. Use hot glue to attach these circles to the center front of your two white pom-poms.
This step finishes your duck cap. Set the cap aside as you work on the rest of your costume.
Part 2 of 5: Make the Duck Feet
1Trace around each shoe onto a piece of felt. Find the shoes that you intend to wear with your duck costume. Place each shoe on top of another sheet of orange felt and trace around it in pencil, leaving a 1 inch (2.5 cm) margin between the side of the shoe and the pencil mark.
Note that you need to do this with each sneaker so that you will have a foot traced out for both feet.
For best results, use a thin shoe for this. You will need to fit a sock on top of this shoe, and doing so might be difficult if you have bulky shoes on.
Alternatively, you can skip this procedure altogether and take a shortcut. Instead of making specific duck feet, wear orange rain boots with your costume.
2Make three webbed toes. Sketch out three triangular points at the top of each foot design. These points should look like the webbed toes of a duck.
3Cut out each foot shape. Use sharp scissors to cut around the outline of each duck foot.
Note that you may still see pencil marks on the felt feet after you cut them out. If so, simply designate the marked side of the felt as the bottom side of the foot.
4Cut an opening for the feet. Carefully and evenly fold each duck foot in half lengthwise. Make three cuts into the fold toward the back of the foot: one perpendicular to the fold, one diagonal and to the right of your first cut, and one diagonal and to the left of your first cut.
When you unfold the feet, you should notice an asterisk shape on the duck's foot.
Each cut should be about half the width of the widest part of your foot or ankle. You need the opening of each duck foot to fit over your real foot, but you do not want the cut to be so large that it slips off your foot or wrecks the felt.
5Apply Velcro to the duck feet and to your socks. Stick one side of a Velcro strip to the bottom of the duck foot, somewhere near the middle. Apply the corresponding strip of Velcro to an orange sock you plan on wearing with the costume, positioning it where the other piece of Velcro will fall out.
When choosing socks for your costume, look for socks that are a size larger than usual or otherwise a little loose. These socks will need to be able to fit over your shoes.
This step completes your duck feet. Set them aside as you work on the rest of your costume.
Part 3 of 5: Make an Adult Duck Body
1Gather a thick amount of polyfill. Bunch up the polyfill until you can gather a thick cylinder's worth that is about as wide as your waist (or the waist of the intended wearer).
The polyfill is not strictly necessary, but adding it will produce a plumper, more rounded duck costume, so it is strongly recommended.
2Tape the polyfill into a white sweatshirt. Turn a white sweatshirt inside out and place the cylinder of polyfill along the inside back of the shirt. Tape the stuffing in place with masking tape.
Note that the white sweatshirt you use should be long enough to cover your rear. The stuffing will be added to the stretch of sweatshirt between the bottom of the shirt and the waistline of your pants.
You might find it helpful to try the sweatshirt on after you add the filling to see how it looks. Remove or add more filling as necessary to get a smooth yet plump look you can deal with.
3Cut out and attach white felt tail feathers. Trace three skinny almond shapes onto white felt, each one measuring roughly 12 inches (30.5 cm) long and 3 inches (7.6 cm) wide at the thickest point.
Tape or glue the top 3 inches (7.6 cm) of each tail feather to the inside of the center back of your sweatshirt. Each feather should connect at the same point on the sweatshirt yet fan out in different directions from underneath the sweatshirt bottom.
4Design two wings. You will need a separate rectangle of 21 by 8 inch (53.3 by 20.3 cm) white felt for each wing.
To make a wing:
Fold the rectangle in half, shortening it from 21 inches (53.3 cm) to 10.5 inches (26.7 cm).
Trace a simple three or four feathered wing shape onto the felt. The ends of the feathers should point away from the folded part of the felt.
Cut the shape out. Leave the folded edge uncut.
Glue or tape the tips of the wings together, but leave enough room on the inside of the wing, near the fold, to slip the sweatshirt sleeve through.
Repeat for the second wing.
5Attach the wings to the sweatshirt arms. Slip the sweatshirt on temporarily. Slide the wings through your sweatshirt arms so that the feathers point down when you hold your arms out. Tape or glue in place.
Part 4 of 5: Make a Duckling Body
1Attach part of a yellow feather boa to the arms of a yellow sweatshirt.[2] Hold the feather boa up to the sweatshirt you plan on using for the costume. Place the boa over one arm and cut off enough to extend from the shoulder to the tip of the sleeve. Place the rest of the boa over the other arm and repeat, giving yourself another arm's length of feathers.
Use a hot glue gun or a needle and thread to attach the feather boa strips to each arm of the sweatshirt. Make sure that the feathers will be positioned on the top of the sleeves, rather than on the bottom or along the sides.
2Apply more feathers to the upper chest.[3] If you have enough length left from the original feather boa, drape the boa over the front of the chest, covering the distance between your two feathered shoulders and curving down below the neckline of the shirt. Cut off the appropriate length with sharp scissors.
As with the sleeves, use hot glue or a needle and thread to attach these feathers to the front of the sweatshirt chest.
3Consider adding a few more feathers to the duck cap. If you still have feathers left from the boa, you can glue up to 5 inches (12.7 cm) of boa to the top crown of your duck cap.
Part 5 of 5: Assembling the Full Costume
1Put on the duck or duckling body. Slip the sweatshirt on, being careful to avoid knocking off any of the felt or feathers.
If the sweatshirt feels uncomfortable, you could wear a separate shirt beneath it. Make sure that the under-shirt cannot be seen once you put the sweatshirt on. If it can be seen, choose a shirt that matches the color of your costume's body: white for the adult duck, yellow for the duckling.
2Add orange leggings. Most duck and duckling legs are orange, so to mimic the appearance of duck legs, you will need to wear orange leggings.
If you are uncomfortable with actual leggings, use orange sweatpants or orange yoga pants. You could also use orange dye to color an old pair of white jeans or other lightly colored structured pants.
3Put on shoes, then duck-feet socks. Slip your shoes on. Place your orange Velcro socks over the shoes, and slide the orange duck feet over the socks and above your foot. Fix the duck feet in place by pressing the Velcro squares onto the Velcro of your socks.
4Top it off with the duck cap. Place the duck cap on your head. Adjust as necessary to make it feel comfortable.
5Admire your work. Take a look in the mirror and straighten out any aspect of the costume that seems off-balance. Once you finish, your duck costume is complete and ready to show off.
1Get a yellow or white baseball cap. Use a white cap if you want to make an adult duck costume and a yellow cap if you want to make a duckling costume.
2Trace the shape of the visor onto orange felt. Lay the visor of the cap flat on top of a piece of orange craft felt. Draw around the visor, leaving a 1 inch (2.5 cm) margin between the edge of the visor and the pencil mark.[1]
Repeat this step once so that you have two visor-shaped pieces of orange felt.
Note that the visor and the pieces of felt will be used to make the beak of the duck costume.
3Glue the felt onto the visor. Cut out both beak pieces of orange felt. Use a glue stick or hot glue gun to adhere the felt to the visor of the cap. One piece should go on top, and the other piece should go on the bottom.
The overlap should slightly hang over the front of the visor. If desired, glue the excess felt overlap of the bottom and top pieces together after securing them onto the visor itself.
4Cut out and attach two felt circles for nostrils. Use black felt. Each circle should be 1/2 inch (1.25 cm) in diameter.
Position the two circles at the center top of the beak. They should be placed near the crown portion of the cap, but still on the beak or visor portion.
The circles should be placed about 1/2 inch (1.25 cm) to 1 inch (2.5 cm) apart from one another, with the middle point between the two circles being the center top of the beak.
5Glue two white pom-poms to the front of the cap. Place each pom-pom on the crown portion of the cap. Each one should be about 1 inch (2.5 cm) to the outer side of either nostril and 1/2 inch (1.25 cm) up and away from the visor.
6Cut out and attach two more felt circles for pupils. Cut out two more 1/2 inch (1.25 cm) circles of black felt. Use hot glue to attach these circles to the center front of your two white pom-poms.
This step finishes your duck cap. Set the cap aside as you work on the rest of your costume.
Part 2 of 5: Make the Duck Feet
1Trace around each shoe onto a piece of felt. Find the shoes that you intend to wear with your duck costume. Place each shoe on top of another sheet of orange felt and trace around it in pencil, leaving a 1 inch (2.5 cm) margin between the side of the shoe and the pencil mark.
Note that you need to do this with each sneaker so that you will have a foot traced out for both feet.
For best results, use a thin shoe for this. You will need to fit a sock on top of this shoe, and doing so might be difficult if you have bulky shoes on.
Alternatively, you can skip this procedure altogether and take a shortcut. Instead of making specific duck feet, wear orange rain boots with your costume.
2Make three webbed toes. Sketch out three triangular points at the top of each foot design. These points should look like the webbed toes of a duck.
3Cut out each foot shape. Use sharp scissors to cut around the outline of each duck foot.
Note that you may still see pencil marks on the felt feet after you cut them out. If so, simply designate the marked side of the felt as the bottom side of the foot.
4Cut an opening for the feet. Carefully and evenly fold each duck foot in half lengthwise. Make three cuts into the fold toward the back of the foot: one perpendicular to the fold, one diagonal and to the right of your first cut, and one diagonal and to the left of your first cut.
When you unfold the feet, you should notice an asterisk shape on the duck's foot.
Each cut should be about half the width of the widest part of your foot or ankle. You need the opening of each duck foot to fit over your real foot, but you do not want the cut to be so large that it slips off your foot or wrecks the felt.
5Apply Velcro to the duck feet and to your socks. Stick one side of a Velcro strip to the bottom of the duck foot, somewhere near the middle. Apply the corresponding strip of Velcro to an orange sock you plan on wearing with the costume, positioning it where the other piece of Velcro will fall out.
When choosing socks for your costume, look for socks that are a size larger than usual or otherwise a little loose. These socks will need to be able to fit over your shoes.
This step completes your duck feet. Set them aside as you work on the rest of your costume.
Part 3 of 5: Make an Adult Duck Body
1Gather a thick amount of polyfill. Bunch up the polyfill until you can gather a thick cylinder's worth that is about as wide as your waist (or the waist of the intended wearer).
The polyfill is not strictly necessary, but adding it will produce a plumper, more rounded duck costume, so it is strongly recommended.
2Tape the polyfill into a white sweatshirt. Turn a white sweatshirt inside out and place the cylinder of polyfill along the inside back of the shirt. Tape the stuffing in place with masking tape.
Note that the white sweatshirt you use should be long enough to cover your rear. The stuffing will be added to the stretch of sweatshirt between the bottom of the shirt and the waistline of your pants.
You might find it helpful to try the sweatshirt on after you add the filling to see how it looks. Remove or add more filling as necessary to get a smooth yet plump look you can deal with.
3Cut out and attach white felt tail feathers. Trace three skinny almond shapes onto white felt, each one measuring roughly 12 inches (30.5 cm) long and 3 inches (7.6 cm) wide at the thickest point.
Tape or glue the top 3 inches (7.6 cm) of each tail feather to the inside of the center back of your sweatshirt. Each feather should connect at the same point on the sweatshirt yet fan out in different directions from underneath the sweatshirt bottom.
4Design two wings. You will need a separate rectangle of 21 by 8 inch (53.3 by 20.3 cm) white felt for each wing.
To make a wing:
Fold the rectangle in half, shortening it from 21 inches (53.3 cm) to 10.5 inches (26.7 cm).
Trace a simple three or four feathered wing shape onto the felt. The ends of the feathers should point away from the folded part of the felt.
Cut the shape out. Leave the folded edge uncut.
Glue or tape the tips of the wings together, but leave enough room on the inside of the wing, near the fold, to slip the sweatshirt sleeve through.
Repeat for the second wing.
5Attach the wings to the sweatshirt arms. Slip the sweatshirt on temporarily. Slide the wings through your sweatshirt arms so that the feathers point down when you hold your arms out. Tape or glue in place.
Part 4 of 5: Make a Duckling Body
1Attach part of a yellow feather boa to the arms of a yellow sweatshirt.[2] Hold the feather boa up to the sweatshirt you plan on using for the costume. Place the boa over one arm and cut off enough to extend from the shoulder to the tip of the sleeve. Place the rest of the boa over the other arm and repeat, giving yourself another arm's length of feathers.
Use a hot glue gun or a needle and thread to attach the feather boa strips to each arm of the sweatshirt. Make sure that the feathers will be positioned on the top of the sleeves, rather than on the bottom or along the sides.
2Apply more feathers to the upper chest.[3] If you have enough length left from the original feather boa, drape the boa over the front of the chest, covering the distance between your two feathered shoulders and curving down below the neckline of the shirt. Cut off the appropriate length with sharp scissors.
As with the sleeves, use hot glue or a needle and thread to attach these feathers to the front of the sweatshirt chest.
3Consider adding a few more feathers to the duck cap. If you still have feathers left from the boa, you can glue up to 5 inches (12.7 cm) of boa to the top crown of your duck cap.
Part 5 of 5: Assembling the Full Costume
1Put on the duck or duckling body. Slip the sweatshirt on, being careful to avoid knocking off any of the felt or feathers.
If the sweatshirt feels uncomfortable, you could wear a separate shirt beneath it. Make sure that the under-shirt cannot be seen once you put the sweatshirt on. If it can be seen, choose a shirt that matches the color of your costume's body: white for the adult duck, yellow for the duckling.
2Add orange leggings. Most duck and duckling legs are orange, so to mimic the appearance of duck legs, you will need to wear orange leggings.
If you are uncomfortable with actual leggings, use orange sweatpants or orange yoga pants. You could also use orange dye to color an old pair of white jeans or other lightly colored structured pants.
3Put on shoes, then duck-feet socks. Slip your shoes on. Place your orange Velcro socks over the shoes, and slide the orange duck feet over the socks and above your foot. Fix the duck feet in place by pressing the Velcro squares onto the Velcro of your socks.
4Top it off with the duck cap. Place the duck cap on your head. Adjust as necessary to make it feel comfortable.
5Admire your work. Take a look in the mirror and straighten out any aspect of the costume that seems off-balance. Once you finish, your duck costume is complete and ready to show off.
Guide Make a Child's Cow Costume
1Get some plain white tracksuit pants or material slacks and a plain white shirt or t-shirt.
2Paint patches on the shirt and pants with Black Paint get creative with patterns!
3If you can get one of those mask's that nail technicians use. Paint it pink and paint 2 black nostrils
4Get a black headband or headband colored closest to you or your child's hair color.
5Out of white and pink felt, create 2 ears. Paint black patches on them.
6Sew or super-glue the ears onto the headband for ears.
7Using string,rope or material create a black or white tail.
8Glue or sew the tail to an old belt
9Wear black shoes for hoofs.
2Paint patches on the shirt and pants with Black Paint get creative with patterns!
3If you can get one of those mask's that nail technicians use. Paint it pink and paint 2 black nostrils
4Get a black headband or headband colored closest to you or your child's hair color.
5Out of white and pink felt, create 2 ears. Paint black patches on them.
6Sew or super-glue the ears onto the headband for ears.
7Using string,rope or material create a black or white tail.
8Glue or sew the tail to an old belt
9Wear black shoes for hoofs.
Guide Make a Butterfly Costume
Part 1 of 3: Making the Suit
1Look for types of butterflies in a book at the library or on an Internet search engine. Type in “butterfly” and click on the “Images” tab to see a wide-variety of butterfly color combinations.
2Choose a type of butterfly with colors that you want to emulate. You can also choose any colors you like and make a customized butterfly design.
3Look at the main color in the wings. That will be the color of your costume. Common colors include brown, tan, black and blue.
4Assess what the weather will be like when you wear the costume. If it is for Halloween, you may want to find a sweat suit in the color of the body. If it is spring, opt for a pair of tights and a ballet leotard in matching colors.
Part 2 of 3: Making Wings
1Purchase one yard (0.9m) of polyurethane foam. Buy one and a half yards (1.4m) of felt in the background color of your costume.
2Buy additional colors of felt in the colors you would like to use for wing accents. You need 1/4 yard (0.2m) of the largest accent color and eight by 10 inches (20.3 to 25.4cm) of two or three other colors.
3Print out the wing template.[1] You can also hand draw your wings.
4Trace the wing template onto your main felt color with a fabric pen or chalk. Flip the wing in the center, like it is a mirror image. Continue tracing your outline, without tracing a line in the middle.
Repeat, tracing another symmetrical wing in the same color of felt. You will use these two pieces as the front and back of your wing.
5Trace two wing shapes into the polyurethane foam. The foam will make the wings stiff when you wear them. Trace half of the wing, flip it over in the center and trace the other half, just as you did with the felt.
6Cut out the wing shapes in the felt and the foam. Cut down the center of one piece of foam and one piece of felt. This is how you will turn the wings right side out after you are done sewing them.
7Cut out smaller butterfly markings from the template. Trace them onto different colors of felt. Remember that you will need four sets of markings in the same colors, so that the butterfly wings look symmetrical.
8Pin one set of markings on one large piece of felt. Pin the other set on the other piece of felt. Topstitch the markings to the felt wing with your sewing machine or a needle and thread.
9Stack the wings as follows: whole polyurethane wing, whole decorated felt wing (face up), cut decorated felt wing, face down, cut polyurethane wing. Pin them together at the edges.
10Sew around the perimeter with needle and thread or a sewing machine. Make sure you use thread that matches your main felt color. Turn the wings inside out.
Sew the center section together by hand or with a sewing machine.
11Attach elastic straps vertically near the center section of the wing. They will fit around your armpits. Each strap should be 9 to 15 inches (23 to 38cm) long, depending upon the size of the person wearing the wings.[2]
Part 3 of 3: Making Antennae
1Buy a headband and pipe cleaners in colors matching your costume.
2Wrap pipe cleaners around the top of the headband. Curl them by wrapping them around your finger.
3Attach pom poms to the ends of the pipe cleaners with craft glue.
1Look for types of butterflies in a book at the library or on an Internet search engine. Type in “butterfly” and click on the “Images” tab to see a wide-variety of butterfly color combinations.
2Choose a type of butterfly with colors that you want to emulate. You can also choose any colors you like and make a customized butterfly design.
3Look at the main color in the wings. That will be the color of your costume. Common colors include brown, tan, black and blue.
4Assess what the weather will be like when you wear the costume. If it is for Halloween, you may want to find a sweat suit in the color of the body. If it is spring, opt for a pair of tights and a ballet leotard in matching colors.
Part 2 of 3: Making Wings
1Purchase one yard (0.9m) of polyurethane foam. Buy one and a half yards (1.4m) of felt in the background color of your costume.
2Buy additional colors of felt in the colors you would like to use for wing accents. You need 1/4 yard (0.2m) of the largest accent color and eight by 10 inches (20.3 to 25.4cm) of two or three other colors.
3Print out the wing template.[1] You can also hand draw your wings.
4Trace the wing template onto your main felt color with a fabric pen or chalk. Flip the wing in the center, like it is a mirror image. Continue tracing your outline, without tracing a line in the middle.
Repeat, tracing another symmetrical wing in the same color of felt. You will use these two pieces as the front and back of your wing.
5Trace two wing shapes into the polyurethane foam. The foam will make the wings stiff when you wear them. Trace half of the wing, flip it over in the center and trace the other half, just as you did with the felt.
6Cut out the wing shapes in the felt and the foam. Cut down the center of one piece of foam and one piece of felt. This is how you will turn the wings right side out after you are done sewing them.
7Cut out smaller butterfly markings from the template. Trace them onto different colors of felt. Remember that you will need four sets of markings in the same colors, so that the butterfly wings look symmetrical.
8Pin one set of markings on one large piece of felt. Pin the other set on the other piece of felt. Topstitch the markings to the felt wing with your sewing machine or a needle and thread.
9Stack the wings as follows: whole polyurethane wing, whole decorated felt wing (face up), cut decorated felt wing, face down, cut polyurethane wing. Pin them together at the edges.
10Sew around the perimeter with needle and thread or a sewing machine. Make sure you use thread that matches your main felt color. Turn the wings inside out.
Sew the center section together by hand or with a sewing machine.
11Attach elastic straps vertically near the center section of the wing. They will fit around your armpits. Each strap should be 9 to 15 inches (23 to 38cm) long, depending upon the size of the person wearing the wings.[2]
Part 3 of 3: Making Antennae
1Buy a headband and pipe cleaners in colors matching your costume.
2Wrap pipe cleaners around the top of the headband. Curl them by wrapping them around your finger.
3Attach pom poms to the ends of the pipe cleaners with craft glue.
Guide Make a Black Sex Kitten Costume
1Find a Halloween store to buy cat ears and a tail.
2You will also need some black fishnet stockings and some black spandex booty-shorts (the tinier - the sexier). If you don't have fishnets, you can buy them at the Halloween store or at any other retail store (Target, K-mart,Hot Topic, lingerie stores).
3Grab some black pumps or stilettos and a tight black tank-top/spaghetti-strap/t-shirt from your closet.
4Put it all on! (put the fishnets on under your black booty-shorts) And there you go, sex-kitty!
5Make sure to bring a coat if outside 4 long periods of time.
2You will also need some black fishnet stockings and some black spandex booty-shorts (the tinier - the sexier). If you don't have fishnets, you can buy them at the Halloween store or at any other retail store (Target, K-mart,Hot Topic, lingerie stores).
3Grab some black pumps or stilettos and a tight black tank-top/spaghetti-strap/t-shirt from your closet.
4Put it all on! (put the fishnets on under your black booty-shorts) And there you go, sex-kitty!
5Make sure to bring a coat if outside 4 long periods of time.
Guide Dress up Like Rudolph
1Buy plastic reindeer antlers. you can place them on your head later on they also have a headband so it's easy to put them on and take them off and they should also look great on you.
2Make some hooves if you don't know what they look. you should be able to make them homemade just paint them black and you are done they should also fit you perfectly when you are going out anywhere.
3Find a plastic glowing red nose. if you want to make things bright like Rudolph did you gotta have a red nose you can buy it and put it on your face it also has a strap so you can put it on yourself.
4Find a reindeer costume. it can be the same like Rudolph had in the show you can look like him and the eyes on the costume will make you see better.
5Get some reindeer gloves. you can look like Rudolph with a pair of reindeer paws that Rudolph had in the movie and you could walk around in them also and look like him.
6Be a hero for the sleigh team and Santa. if you are Rudolph you can easily deliver presents by flying in the sky but although you do not have magical powers and you can't fly and act out the scene like in the TV show you may only pretend that you're flying in the sky.
Guide Create a Wearable Cat Costume
1Make a tail. This tail will dangle behind you and fit round your waist. If you do it right, it won't fall down or leak.
Get your long elastic ribbon and sew it up in a slightly smaller loop than the size of your waist. Before sewing, test it by holding together the ends, putting it on and seeing how it fits best (tight around your stomach, but not restricting breathing).
Using your fake fur, cut off two 2.5cm wide (~1 inch) long rectangles that are rounded at one end.
Simply sew the rectangles together leaving the sharp not rounded side open. Make sure that it is inside out (furry sides together) when sewing.
Turn it the right way out and stuff it with the pillow stuffing.
Sew up the open end.
Sew that to the elastic waistband.
2Make ears.
With your fake fur cut four triangles about 8 centimetres high. (~3.1 inches). Make sure that it is inside out (furry sides together) when sewing.
Sew up two of three sides on each.
Turn the right way out, and stuff with a little pillow stuffing. Sew the last edge together.
Get two hair clips and glue. Glue one edge of each triangle to the top of each clip.
3Create paw feet.
Cut four paw shapes in your orange felt. They must be big enough to fit over the slippers if sewn together over them.
Place two over the slippers and mark where the foot holes are. Cut these out (on the felt) with fabric scissors.
Place the uncut paws underneath the slippers and the cut above. With your needle and thread, sew them together around the slippers. You now have some cat feet!
4Pick your general clothing. Put on stripy orange and red or tiger leggings. Orange or reddish brown half length arm bands are a nice touch.
GuideBe a Neon Animal
1Of course, find as much neon animal clothing as possible! It has to be animal and not have the dull brown and white. It has to be green, pink, orange, all the neon colors, but in animal print!
2You should totally be happy and random! That's how bright and fun people are! Be random, but also smart!
3Love to dance almost all the time! Have Just Dance 1, 2, and 3 for the Wii. Exercise by dancing. Also, have your neon animal colored iPod touch wherever you go, if a place is dull and needs a party mood for your ears or even for the whole place.
Some example of people who wear neon animal print clothing is Redfoo from LMFAO. He wears it all the time. Listen to their music (the clean versions).
4Follow your dreams and be fierce!
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