"Sweet Treats Costume"

Costume Instructions

Costume Materials
Ice Cream Sundae Materials: Lots of news papers for paper Mache, flour and water for paste, Vaseline, Great Stuff foam in a can, skinny wooden dowels, about two or three different sizes for sprinkles, assorted acrylic paints for sprinkle colors, can of spray paint in desired flavor, color box cutter, small piece of vinyl table cloth painted brown with spray paint for fudge sauce-cut into a "drippy" shape, hot glue and gun, masking tape or duck tape, suspenders, bendable wire, large commercial kitchen vent from a roof-top (dish) and spray paint in desired color for dish.
Fudge pop Materials: Two large sheets of cardboard, the same size (like the box that a new refrigerator or other large item may be shipped in), Styrofoam pieces, hot glue and gun box, cutter, sharp scissors, pencil or marker, measuring tape, about three yards brown flannel or similar fabric or color fabric of your flavor choice to upholster finished cardboard "skeleton" and an old pair of overalls with good straps.

Costume Instructions
Ice Cream Sundae
My husband is a roofer so he was able to bring me a large vent from a commercial restaurant roof that he was tearing off. It would have been trashed but he brought it home hoping to use as a dog food bowl. Then we decided it would be perfect for this children costume. I stuffed a large trash bag full of sheets and towels to make it round for the ice cream shape. I greased the bag entirely with the Vaseline to allow the paper Mache to slide off when complete. I also got a ball cap to the make the right size of cherry hat. I stuffed the hat to give it a round shape then covered with a plastic grocery sack then greased like the larger bag.
Apply the paper Mache to both prepared shapes allowing every layer to dry completely. You should make about four or five or more layers to reach good sturdiness and durability. You should cut strips of news paper about an inch or two wide. Dip in paste that is half water and half flour. Adding some salt to the mix will prevent mold. It is very messy but you will have a rock-hard shell when it is dry.
When it is the shape and thickness that you desire then gently shake the bag from the shell. It should slide out easily but you can cut the bag open on the bottom and pull out the contents to free the paper Mache if necessary. The same with the cherry hat. Do not remove from shaped bag unless you are done putting wet paper Mache on it. If you continue to apply the Mache after you have removed the bag from inside you may loose a lot of shape. Try to apply the paper Mache to the hat little by little to form a cherry shape. I twisted some paper and then taped it into a ring shape then glued to the very top of the hat.
Then I continued to cover with layers of paper Mache to make it look like the "bellybutton" part that the cherry stem comes out of. When everything is dry, poke a hole at the top and stick a piece of wire in for the stem. Bend the end and glue the bend section with lots of hot glue to the inside of the hat so that the stem is nice and stiff (does not wiggle around in the hole). Then spray paint red. Wrap the stem wire with masking tape tapering out to the end so that it is thicker and then paint green. You can attach some elastic as a chin strap to the insides.
When you've got the perfect ice cream shape cut holes at appropriate sizes for arms and head. You can reinforce the cut edges and bottom edge of scoop with duck tape for extra durability and comfort. Get your can of good stuff and carefully apply around the bottom edge of the ice cream. This makes it look like a real ice cream scoop. Be careful because the foam comes out quickly and can make a big mess if you squeeze the trigger too hard. Don't put too much because the foam expands and gets about twice as big as it looks when wet. Spray paint desired color. Take the fudge vinyl and glue it directly to the top of the ice cream scoop. Don't worry about covering the head hole. Once glued down pierce hole in middle of vinyl that covers hole. Then cut like a pizza to the edge where the hole ends in triangles that hang down inside. Then dot some glue in the center of each triangle and fold inside and fasten to the inside of costume.
Take dowels saw them in about 2" sections and sand ends till smooth and slightly rounded. Then divide between the number of colors you will paint them. Try to make each color with the same amount of sprinkles to make it look even. Glue them randomly with hot glue onto the fudge and ice cream. Place them in all different directions and try to keep like colors scattered away from each other. Then my husband cut a large hole in the bottom of the roof vent for legs, then we spray painted the color of our choice. Bright colors are always best! We attached four hooks near the leg hole on the vent. This gives the suspenders a place to attach to. The bowl will be put on first then the ice cream scoop then the cherry on top.


Fudge pop
Find out what size you need for the fudge pop costume then draw the shape of the fro