Beware Global Warming!

My 9-year-old son is very interested in helping the environment and got the idea that he wanted to be Global Warming for Halloween, because it was the "scariest thing he could think of"! We used the pattern for a pumpkin costume to make the globe and then cut the continents out of green felt and the polar ice caps out of white felt (using outlines we downloaded off the Internet). My son came up with the idea of adding small signs all over the globe that described the effects of global warming, as well as a thermometer to show the world's temperature going up. We found a great ski hat and gloves with flame designs and also painted flames on his face. His Halloween slogan was "Trick or Treat-Beware the Heat!"

One pattern to make a pumpkin costume Blue fabric for the globe Green and white felt for the continents/ice caps White paper for the labels and thermometer on the globe Ski hat and gloves with flame pattern Blue t-shirt and pants or leggings Orange and red face paint Old newspapers to stuff inside the costume to make it round