Basic Animal Parts for Costumes

• Use the hood pattern provided. Print it out and trace a template.
• Cut out 2 pieces in fur fabric.
• Sew 2 pieces together, leaving the bottom open to slip hood over your child’s head.
• Add the appropriate animal ears by sewing or hot gluing at indicated spots on template.
  (see ear making section)

• Lay towel flat.
• Fold one long side up 4 inches and glue or tack it.
• Put towel around child’s head with fold inside at front.
• Tie ribbon around neck to hold towel in place.
• Use a marker to draw lines on top of towel where ears should go.
• Remove towel from child, maintaining the fold.
• Make cuts where ear marks are.
• Take wash cloth and cut it in half.
• Fold each piece in half. Each will be an ear.
• Place folded cloth in front of you on table. It should be in the shape of a diamond with one corner facing up.
• Fold left and right corners to the center.
• Now take the towel and push each ear from inside to outside through the holes you made.
• Sew or hot glue the ears in place.
• Place towel with ears back on your child’s head. Use ribbon around neck to hold it in place. Tuck the extra towel down into shirt collar.
• Apply face paint to create the animal of your choice. (with these ears a lion, cat or dog will work)

• Select pattern for the animal you want Print out pattern and adjust to size.
  Choose from:bunny, tiger, bear, pig, sheep, ewe, cat #1, cat #2, floppy dog, dog #1 or dog #2 .
• Trace and cut out an ear template.
• Pin the template onto a double layer of pink felt and cut out ear shape.
• Remove pattern and pin felt to the back side of the fur fabric. Make 2 ears.
• Stitch the two pieces of material together. Do this for each ear.
• Stitch bottom edge.
• Stitch ears or hot glue them to the velvet headband.
• If you are making big ears, put a popsicle stick in between the felt and fake fur with some glue. That will help make them stand up if needed.

• Instead of fake fur and felt, you can cut the ears out of ¼” thick craft foam or tag board. Leave tabs at bottom of ears and hot glue ears to headband.
• How about using a pair of socks as ears and sew them to a hat or hood. Now that’s very easy!

• Cut a 5” wide strip of fur or other fabric to needed length.
• Lay material flat and place cotton batting along length of material.
• Take a piece of wire the length of the material, put a loop at each end and lay this on top of the batting.
• Add another thin layer of batting.
• Fold material over and stitch or glue along the edge.
• Stitch ends closed.
• Stitch tail to costume.
• Curl tail into shape you want.

• Make a tail from thick rope.
• Make a tail from a stuffed sock or a leg from a legging.

• Clench your fist and place it with the back of your hand to paper.
• Trace around the clenched fist- This will be the under pads of the animal’s paw.
• Now do the same with the other hand.
• Now use this pattern to cut out 2 fur patches if you want to put it on the back of your gloved hand. If you want them to be pads, use a pink and grey material .
• Glue patches to glove as described.
• Take plastic finger nails and trim tips as desired.
• Insert dowel down 1 finger to the end.
• Hold it in place as you glue a nail on. The dowel will make it easier for you to press against.
• Now do this for all fingers.
• You can paint or add nail polish as desired.

SIMPLE ANGEL WINGS

MATERIALS:
2 Wire Coat Hangers
Masking Tape
1 Large pair of white leggings or stockings
Glitter
Scissors
Safety Pin

• Place 2 wire hangers on a flat surface with the top bends over lapping each other.
• Wrap masking tape around the necks to hold them together.
• Cut legs off a pair of large white leggings or stockings.
• Cover each hanger with one leg (slip hanger inside).
• Tie stocking legs together in the middle, by the hanger necks.
• Use a big safety pin to attach wings to back of costume.
• Put glitter on wings if desired