Florida Alligator Costume

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This Florida alligator is ready to devour all the candy it can get its webbed feet on!!! The costume has a hand-made head which includes bulging eyes & many razor sharp teeth. This gator also has a hand-made tail to swat away anyone who gets too close to its clutch of candy. The rows of ridged scales on its back protect it from other animals as does its sharp-clawed feet. If you tickle its soft underbelly, it will fall asleep.

Prep Time: 14 hours

• green sweatshirt
• green sweatpants
• green fabric (similar color to sweats) to make the head, tail, feet, and scales
• different color fabric to make underbelly
• 2 ping-pong balls to make the eyes
• white felt to make the teeth
• baseball cap for base of the head
• cardboard
• cotton stuffing
• sewing maching
• hot glue gun

Head:

1. Cut cardboard to shape of the upper and lower jaws.
2. Glue upper jaw to bill of baseball cap.
3. Cover cap and cardboard with green fabric.
4. Use fabric to make a cape for the cap (like the desert hats) making sure there's enough fabric to close up the front to attach the lower jaw after it's covered with fabric.
5. Glue the cape to the cap.
6. Cut out teeth from white felt and glue to upper and lower jaw.
7. Cut out fabric to make eye lids.
8. Paint the ping-pong balls to look like alligator eyes.
9. Glue the eyes to the eye lids and to the head.

Tail:

1. Cut out 2 pieces (halves) of fabric to make an appropriate shape and length tail so it doesn't drag on the ground when walking.
2. Sew 2 halves together flip inside out and stuff with fabric or cotton.

Scales:

1. Cut out 2 pieces (halves) for each row of scales you plan to make for the tail and back.
2. Sew halves together leaving space to stuff with cotton.
3. Sew scales onto tail and back of sweatshirt.

Feet:

1. Cut our 2 pieces (halves) for each foot.
2. Sew halves together leaving space to stuff with cotton.
3. Sew 2 onto the legs of the sweatpants to cover the tops of the child's shoes.
4. Sew the other 2 feet onto the sleeves of the sweatshirt.