How to Make an Egg Costume

Making a costume is cheaper than buying one, and making one yourself curbs the temptation to pay inflated prices for a cute but expensive store costume. Creating a costume does not have to be stressful or overwhelming, especially if are making a simple egg costume. Many craft stores are stocked with the supplies that you only need to coordinate correctly to make an egg costume. Follow a few simple steps to transform anybody into an egg for Halloween or Easter festivities.

Things You'll Need

• Three pieces cardboard, each 30-inches square
• Felt
• Thread
• Batting or other stuffing material
• Hot-glue gun
• Ribbon
• Foam
• Yellow felt
• Hook-and-loop tape
• White fabric
• Yellow face paint

Instructions

Fried Egg Costume

1. Gather three 30-inch squares of corrugated cardboard. Ask the subject to lie down on one piece of cardboard, and draw a fried egg shape around them, using squiggly lines, from the neck to the knee. Cut the shape out of the cardboard. Cut an identical shape from another piece of the cardboard.

2. Trace the cardboard pattern onto two large pieces of felt, adding a 2-inch circumference around both pieces. Fold each piece of felt over a piece of the cardboard and use the hot-glue gun to attach the felt to the cardboard.

3. Cut two 2-inch slits at the top of each egg panel, approximately 6-inches apart. Thread the ribbon through the slits and secure the ribbon with a tight knot.

4. Prepare the center "yolk" by creating a 12-inch cardboard circle. Create a 12-inch foam circle and a 14-inch yellow foam circle. Stack the circles in this order: foam, cardboard, felt. Fold the felt over the foam and cardboard; then hot-glue the felt to the foam. Apply hook-and-loop tape to the foam and the front of the egg; attach the yolk to the costume.

Whole Egg Costume

1. Measure the wearer from neck to knee. Cut four ovals from white fabric, leaving 2 inches around the circumference of each oval.

2. Sew two pieces of the fabric together, inside-out, beginning 4 inches from the top. Repeat this process with the remaining fabric pieces. Leave an opening at the top of the egg.

3. Assemble the four pieces of fabric, leaving holes for the arms, legs and neck. Measure the circumference of the thighs and biceps of the wearer, and add 2 inches. Sew the sides of the costume, leaving appropriately sized holes for the arms and legs. Completely sew one side of the neck, then attach hook-and-loop tape to the other side of the neck on the shoulder. Do not sew this side as the wearer will pull the costume over his hips and attach it at the neck.

4. Stuff the egg costume using the batting or other stuffing material. Insert the material in the 4-inch opening at the top of the costume. Paint the wearer's face yellow.

References

• Food Network: Good Egg Costume
• Costume Works: Homemade Easter Egg Costumes