How to Make Costumes for Cats the Broadway Play
The high cost of renting costumes for the musical Cats might prevent you from even attempting to put on the show. You can save money by making your own costumes that will still be eye-catching and memorable. You'll need to purchase materials and accessories from fabric or costume stores, but you'll still spend less money than you would to rent or purchase a set of Cats costumes.
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Things You'll Need
- Leggings
- Bodysuits
- Acrylic fabric paint
- Paint brushes
- Leg warmers
- Fur fabric
- Needle and thread
- Hot glue
- Wigs
- Headbands
- Face paint
- Makeup brushes and sponges
Instructions
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Wash all clothing items that you will use for the costume, including leggings, bodysuits and leg warmers. Let the clothes dry.
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Paint over leggings and bodysuits with acrylic fabric paint to add stripes, spots and other details. Look at images of cats and Cats costumes for inspiration.
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Sew or hot-glue faux fur fabric onto each pair of leg warmers. Wear the fur-covered legwarmers over the leggings. Use leftover fur fabric to make simple mittens, gloves or wrist cuffs for added wearable fur.
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Paint over colorful wigs using the same acrylic paint you used on the leggings. Add stripes, spots and other details to the wigs so that each wig corresponds with a pair of leggings and a bodysuit.
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Cut cat ear shapes out of leftover fur fabric or painted cardboard. Hot-glue ears to headbands to be worn just in front of the wig.
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Paint cat eyes, noses and whiskers on each cast member's face. Use face paint or ordinary make-up, applied with damp sponges. Vary the features slightly according to each character.
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