How to Make a Frog Halloween Costume
A frog costume for Halloween is a good make-it-yourself outfit for both children and adults. Many of the items needed can be found around the home, at any pharmacy, or craft store and will be inexpensive. This craft is moderately easy, so most children will be able to help. There are several ways to make your frog costume look different than others, depending on the color of felt, head piece, eyes and other supplies that you choose. This way you can make the costume reflect your tastes and personality.
Things You'll Need
- Green sweatsuit with hood
- Green headband or green visor
- Large plastic wiggle eyes or white pompom balls
- Green face paint
- Small plastic flies
- Green gloves
- Black marker
- White or yellow felt
- Light green felt
- Red felt
- Scissors
- Glue
Instructions
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Frog Costume Instructions
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Draw a large oval on white or yellow felt with a black marker. Cut out oval with scissors.
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WIth marker, draw different-sized ovals and circles on light green felt. Cut them out with scissors. Glue the ovals and circles to the sweatsuit. These will be the frog's warts.
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On the red felt, draw a long, thin rectangle that forks at the end. Cut out the forked rectangle with scissors. This will be the frog's tongue. Glue the tongue onto the middle of the green headband or the underside of the green visor.
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Glue wiggle eyes or pompoms to the head band on either side of the tongue, or on the brim of the visor. For the white pompoms, draw and fill in black circles in the centers.
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Glue the plastic flies to the tongue or the sweatsuit.
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Put sweatsuit on with hood up. Place headband or visor on head over hood. Paint face green with face paint. Put on green gloves.
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Tips & Warnings
The tongue and oval for the stomach may be easier to draw if you make a stencil first and then trace it on to the felt.
If children are helping, there is a risk of injury when using scissors.
References
- Photo Credit Kraig Scarbinsky/Photodisc/Getty Images
