Duck Costumes
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These wacky duck costumes will have your whole neighborhood "quacking" up!
Tips
To add extra stiffness to the duck feet, back the felt with
orange construction paper.
| Prep Time: Afternoon or Evening | |
| What you need: | |
| White baseball hat
Orange felt (1/2 yard) Scissors Glue stick Black felt 2 large white pom-poms 2 sheets of orange construction paper 2 self-adhesive Velcro strips 2 large orange socks Polyfil batting White cloth tape or duct tape White sweatshirt (two sizes too big) Yellow felt (1/3 yard) White felt (1 yard) Orange leggings White turtleneck White sneakers | |
| Seasons: Halloween | |
| Materials: fabric | |
| Instructions: | |
| 1. |  To make the duck cap: Roughly trace the shape of the
baseball hat visor onto orange felt twice, with a 1-inch margin
around the front and sides. Cut out the shapes, then glue them to
the top and underside of the visor, with the rounded edges
slightly overlapping the front of the visor. Cut out four 1/2
inch-diameter black felt circles. Glue two of the circles to the
visor for nostrils and the other two to the white pom-poms. Glue
the pom-poms to the front of the hat for eyes. |
| 2. |  To make the duck feet: Trace around each sneaker onto
orange felt leaving a 1-inch margin; then cut out the tracings,
making three webbed toes in the front of each foot. Gently fold
the feet in half lengthwise and cut an asterisk shape into the
back center of each foot, leaving a 3/4 inch-margin around the
opening. Apply Velcro strips to the underside of the duck feet
and the tops of the orange socks. |
| 3. |  To make the duck body and wings: Shape polyfil into a thick
cylindrical shape as wide as your "duck's" waist. Tape the
stuffing inside the back of the sweatshirt. Cut three
tail-feathers from the felt (ours are about 12 inches long). Fold
the top 3 inches of each feather in half and tuck into the
sweatpant waistband. To make a wing, fold a rectangle (ours is
about 21 by 8) of white felt in half. Trace a simple wing shape
onto the felt and cut it out, leaving the folded edge uncut.
Adhere the tips of the wing together with double-sided tape or a
glue stick. Be sure to leave a large enough sleeve for your child
to slip his arm through. Repeat for the second wing. |
| 4. | Assembling the costume: Have your child wear the orange leggings, white turtleneck (tucked in at waist) and duck feet. Next, have him put on shoes (first) with socks over them. Finally, put on the sweatshirt and hat and prepare to do the duck walk! |
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