How to Make a Frog Prince Costume

Prince or frog?

The charming story of the frog prince brings to mind feeling of romance and magic. With the recent Disney version of this timeless story, the frog prince has become a favorite costume idea. A frog prince costume online or in a costume shop would be pretty expensive, but you can make one yourself with a few items from a craft store. So get yourself a green sweat suit and a little felt and bring this fun fairy tale to life.

Things You'll Need

• 1 pair of dark green sweat pants
• 1 dark green hooded sweat shirt
• Glue gun and glue
• Scissors
• Black fabric marker
• 1 piece of light green felt about the size of the front of your sweat shirt
• 2 10" X 12" pieces of dark green felt
• 1 pair dark green gloves
• 2 10" X 12" pieces of stiffened dark green felt
• 1 pair of dark green socks
• 1 10" X 24" piece of dark green felt
• 2 1 ½" Styrofoam balls
• 2 20-mm goggle eyes
• Packet of sewing pins
• Needle and thread
• 1 12" X 6" piece of gold stiffen felt
• Six small plastic costume jewels
• Green face paint
• 1 1-inch-wide, 18-inch-long piece of red ribbon
• 2 1-inch-wide, 12-inch-long dark green ribbons

Instructions

1. Draw a large oval shape on the light green felt with fabric marker big enough to cover most of the front of shirt. Cut it out and glue to front of shirt.

2. Cut three or four spots out of scraps and glue them to the back of sweatshirt in a random manner.

3. Lay a gloved splayed hand on a small piece of dark green felt. Draw an outline of hand with webs between the fingers. Cut it out and glue to the palm of the glove. Repeat this with other hand.

4. Draw an outline of the socked foot with a two-inch flipper in front onto the stiffened dark green felt. Cut it out and glue it to the bottom of the sock.

5. Push one goggle eye into a Styrofoam ball, making a indention. Glue the eye into the indention. Repeat with other ball and eye.

6. Drape a 10-by-24 piece of felt over the eyes. Pin it between the eyes, on either side and behind to form eye lids. Hand sew the felt to the hood. Trim any excess felt.

7. Draw a small crown onto the gold felt. Cut it out. Decorate with jewels. Glue into a circle. Glue to the top of the hood just behind the eyes.

8. Tie green ribbons around the legs just above the knees to simulate frog's legs.

9. Paint the costume wearer's face green.

10. Tie red ribbon around the costume wearer's neck in a bow tie.

References

• Costumzee: How to Make a Frog Costume
• Activity TV: Crafts Frog Costume

Resources

• Read this Article in Spanish