How to Make a Scooby-Doo Costume

Scooby Dooby Doo! Your child can be magically transformed into this lovable cartoon character within an afternoon with this easy costume quick fix. No sewing is required when a little creativity is used. Your child's costume is both comfortable and warm enough to wear on a cold Halloween evening.

Difficulty:

Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need

• Brown hooded sweatshirt
• Brown sweatpants
• Brown or black mittens
• Black fabric paint
• Scraps of brown felt
• Fabric glue
• Blue and yellow felt

1. Purchase a brown hooded sweatshirt and sweatpants. These should be a dark brown, if possible. Select your child's appropriate size. The hooded sweatshirt can be a pullover or a zip-up sweatshirt.

2. Paint spots on the shirt and pants. Use black fabric paint to outline four-inch splotchy spots on both garments. Fill in the spots with the paint. Use a picture of Scooby Doo as a model. The spots do not need to be perfect. Set aside to dry completely.

3. Get mittons. Black or brown mittens would be appropriate. Paint spots on the mittens. Smaller spots would be appropriate on the mittens. Allow to dry.

4. Cut out ears from the brown felt. Draw two triangles at least 5 inches tall on the felt and cut them out.

5. Glue the ears to the hood. Use fabric glue to attach the ears to the hood and allow to dry.

6. Cut out the collar. Loosely measure your child's sweatshirt around the neck area. Cut out a 2-inch wide strip the length of the measurement for the collar from the blue felt. Using the yellow felt, cut out a 1-inch square.

7. Glue the collar to the costume. Attach the blue strip to the sweatshirt. Glue the yellow square to the blue strip of felt.