Created with fiberfill, foam, and fabric, this ice-cream cone costume is truly soft-serve -- and very comfy.
| Prep Time: Afternoon or Evening | |
| What you need: | |
| Electric knife or scissors
Large sheet of 2-inch-thick white foam (available at fabric shops) 2 yards of beige marine vinyl (available at fabric shops) Brown marker Hot glue Legs cut from 2 pairs of women's white opaque stockings 20-ounce bag of fiberfill String l Colored straws Heavy-duty adhesive-backed Velcro 2 (1-yard) lengths of 1-inch grosgrain ribbon Green pipe cleaner 3-inch Styrofoam ball Red acrylic paint and brush Plastic headband | |
| Seasons: Halloween | |
| Materials: foam, vinyl | |
| Instructions: | |
| 1. | 
CONE: With the electric knife or scissors, cut the foam
into a doughnut shape that will fit comfortably around your
child's waist with a few inches to spare all around. Cut the
vinyl into 2 matching shapes as shown
(diagram 1). |
| 2. | Draw diagonal crisscrossing lines on them with the brown
marker. Hot-glue these pieces to the ring
(diagram 2).
Fill 2 stocking legs with the fiberfill and tie the ends closed with string. Stuff a third one to the knee, tie it, and trim the excess. With the hot glue, coil the stockings onto the ring. Glue on 2-inch-long sections of straw for sprinkles. (We also glued sprinkles on our T-shirt.) |
| 3. |  For the straps, attach corresponding Velcro strips to the
ring and ribbons
(diagram 3). Trim any excess ribbon. |
| 4. | 
HAT: Loosely fill the remaining stocking leg with
fiberfill, tie it with string, and shape it into a coil. Apply
hot glue as needed to assemble the hat's parts
(diagram 4) and to add sprinkles. |
Draw diagonal crisscrossing lines on them with the brown
marker. Hot-glue these pieces to the ring
(diagram 2).
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