How Do You Make a Sour Patch Kid Costume?
Halloween is the designated day not only for mass-candy consumption, but also for creators to get crafty and proudly display their creations. What better way to celebrate this holiday than to commemorate everyone's favorite childhood candy in the flesh. A quick visit to your local crafts store will start you on the right path towards designing your child's homemade Sour Patch Kids costume.
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Things You'll Need
- 2 sheets of colored felt in red, yellow, green or orange (each piece should be enough to cover roughly double the width and height of your child)
- Fabric marker
- Scissors
- Stapler
- Glue
- Silver glitter-glue
- Diamond decals
Instructions
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Spread out one layer of felt onto the floor, preferably on hard wood. Have your child lie down on the felt with limbs partially spread, making sure there is enough room to trace around his body.
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Use a fabric marker to draw an outline 3 to 5 inches away from your child's body. Keep the shape of the hands and feet round in appearance (Sour Patch Kids don't have fingers or toes). Since the head of a Sour Patch Kid is rectangular, you will need to make the head's outline taller and squarer than your child's head.
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Cut out the shape you have drawn. To reduce time, you can layer the second piece (back piece) of felt and cut them simultaneously. Otherwise, use the first cut-out as a template for the back piece.
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Staple the two sheets together at their edges, keeping the staples about 1 inch apart. Be sure to only staple the outside of the legs, since the interior of the legs is where your child will crawl into the costume. Also, leave the hands unstapled at their bottoms.
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Delicately turn the costume inside-out and have your child try it on for fitting. He should be able to freely move his arms and legs, and you can use this opportunity to mark where the eye- and breathing-holes should be placed.
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Cut out two oversized circles for eyes (using the same color felt as the costume) and a shape that looks like a banana lying on its curve for the mouth. These features on a Sour Patch Kid take up the entire face so make them large enough to cover most of the head.
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Cut eye- and breathing-holes into the shapes and into the face of the costume and then glue them to each other.
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Use silver glitter-glue to create tiny granules of "sugar" all over the costume. To add more flair, stick self-adhesive diamond decals randomly about the costume. Let the glue dry for at least a day.
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Tips & Warnings
To ensure the staples don't become loose, double- or triple-staple each one.
Since the head is so tall, it may wilt. Stuff it with something soft but sturdy -- like the cotton from a pillow or stuffed animal.
To avoid the question of "What are you supposed to be?" you can create a sign with the Sour Patch Kids logo on it and hang it loosely from your child's neck.
References
- Photo Credit halloween image by Gabriel-Ciscardi from Fotolia.com
