Cat
Materials:
- Gold, brown, tan, black, gray or white hooded sweatsuit
- Faux fur in color matching sweatsuit
- Fabric glue
- Felt in color matching sweatsuit
- Plastic headband
- Scissors
- 2 Pairs of socks in color matching sweatsuit
- Dog collar or belt cut to size (optional)
Instructions:
If desired, use black marker to draw stripes on sweatsuit. Cut two triangles for ears and hot glue to the headband. Cut a small oval shape from the faux fur for the tummy area and adhere that with fabric glue. Next make cuffs and a collar. Use the cuffs on the sweatshirt as a guide for how wide and long you need to cut the faux fur strips. Attach the strips to the sweatshirt using fabric glue. Cut a long tail from the remaining felt and attach to the back of the pants with a safety pin. Have child wear one pair of socks on her hands and one pair on her feet.
Top off with a dog collar or a belt cut short to serve as a collar.
Spider Web
Materials:
- Black hooded sweatsuit
- White fabric paint, squeeze bottle
- Medium-sized fuzzy spider
- Black plastic headband
- Hot glue
- Small plastic spiders
Instructions:
With white fabric paint in a squeeze bottle, paint a big spider web on the front and back of the black sweatsuit. Paint a few smaller ones on the pants. Hot glue the fuzzy spider to the plastic headband, allow to dry. With two or three stitches, hand sew small plastic spiders to the webs, don’t forget the ones on the legs!
Tiger
Materials:
- Yellow hooded sweatsuit
- Black or brown fabric paint
- Yellow felt
- 2 Pairs of black socks
Instructions:
Paint black or brown stripes on the sweatsuit. For the ears, cut two triangles from felt. Either hand sew or hot glue onto the hood. Keep in mind that hand sewing will make the ears easily removable so you can reuse the sweatsuit after Halloween! Cut a long tail from the remaining felt and attach to the back of the pants with a safety pin. Have child wear one pair of black socks on his hands and one pair on his feet.
Cow
Materials:
- White hooded sweatsuit
- Black fabric marker or black fabric/felt circles
- Short piece of rope or 10-12 strands of black yarn, braided
- Dog collar or old belt cut to size
- Bell
- 2 Pairs white socks
Instructions:
Draw black splotches onto sweatsuit with a fabric marker or cut and sew on black felt or fabric circles or spots. Add a tail by unraveling one end of the piece of rope and pinning the closed end to the back of the pants. If using yarn, be sure to leave a section unbraided toward the end of the tail. For the ears, cut two large triangles from felt. Either hand sew or hot glue onto the hood (or a headband). Keep in mind that hand sewing will make the ears easily removable so you can reuse the sweatsuit after Halloween! Use dog collar or an old belt and attach “cow bell” for the finishing touch. Have child wear one pair of black socks on his hands and one pair on his feet.
Pig
Materials:
- Oversized pink hooded sweatsuit
- Cotton batting or receiving blankets
- Pink felt
- Hot glue
- Long pink chenille stick
- 2 Pairs of pink or white socks
- Plastic pig nose (optional)
Instructions:
For the ears, cut two triangles from felt. Either hand sew or hot glue onto the hood. Keep in mind that hand sewing will make the ears easily removable so you can reuse the sweatsuit after Halloween! Twist chenille stick into a corkscrew tail and attach with a safety pin. After child is dressed, stuff sweatsuit with cotton batting or receiving blankets (anything soft that will not irritate skin). Have child wear one pair of socks on her hands and one pair on her feet.
Dinosaur/Dragon
Materials:
- Green hooded sweatsuit
- Sheet of red felt
- Sheet of blue felt
- Sheet of purple felt
- Sheet of orange felt
- Two or three sheets of yellow felt
- Plastic grocery bags (for stuffing) or cotton batting
- Long piece of green felt or fabric to match suit
- Fabric glue
Instructions:
From the red, blue, purple and orange felt, cut triangular scales. Glue to the front of the sweat jacket in overlapping scale pattern. From the yellow sheets of felt, cut large triangles, roll into cone shapes, glue together to form the cone. Allow to dry. Stuff cone shapes with plastic bags or cotton batting and glue to the back of the suit for spikes. Make smaller versions of the yellow cones for the hood. Add a large pointy tail on the back hem made from long piece of felt or fabric. Hand sew on to back of pants or bottom of jacket.
Mouse
Materials:
- Gray hooded sweatsuit
- Gray felt
- Double sided tape
- 2 Pairs of gray or black socks
Instructions:
Cut two circles for ears from the felt and either hand sew or hot glue onto the hood. You may alternatively use a headband. Keep in mind that hand sewing will make the ears easily removable so you can reuse the sweatsuit after Halloween! Cut a long tail from the second sheet of felt and attach to the back of the pants with a safety pin. Have child wear one pair of socks on her hands and one pair on her feet.
Ladybug
Materials:
- Red hooded sweatsuit
- 2 Pieces red poster board
- Scissors
- Black craft paint or black marker
- Hot glue
- 2 Black chenille sticks
- Red or black plastic headband
- 2 Pairs of red or black socks
Instructions:
Cut one piece of the poster board into a large oval. Draw or paint black circles onto oval. Cut two long, fairly thick strips (between one and two inches depending on the size of the child) from the second piece of posterboard the full length of the board. Using hot glue, attach these strips to the top of the back side of the shell, then run over child’s shoulders as straps. Hot glue straps in place. Leave enough room for “give” so child can move his/her arms without tearing or breaking the straps. Wrap chenille sticks onto headband for antennas. Have child wear one pair of socks on her hands and one pair on her feet.
Bear
Materials:
- Brown hooded sweatsuit
- Brown felt
- Double sided tape
- 2 Pairs of brown or black socks
- Oversized plastic margarine tub
- Blue construction paper or craft paint
- Black marker
Instructions:
Cut two circles for ears from the felt and either hand sew or hot glue onto the hood. You may alternatively use a headband. Keep in mind that hand sewing will make the ears easily removable so you can reuse the sweatsuit after Halloween! Have child wear one pair of socks on her hands and one pair on her feet. Paint or glue construction paper around margarine tub. using black marker, write the word “HONEY” across the front.
Butterfly
Materials:
- Black hooded sweatsuit
- 2 Black chenille sticks
- Black plastic headband
- Poster board, any color except black
- Fluorescent craft paint, different colors
- Sequins
- Glitter
- Craft glue
- Pair of long boot laces
- 2 Pairs of black socks
Instructions:
Cut posterboard in half, with scissors shape each half as a wing of butterfly. Being sure to leave enough room for a border around the wing, paint wings with fluorescent paints in different shapes and patterns. Paint a black border around edge of wings. Add sequins and glitter to the border. Poke a hole at the top inside seam of each wing, and at the bottom inside seam. Run boot laces through and criss cross over child’s body and tie. Wrap chenille sticks onto headband for antennas. Have child wear one pair of socks on her hands and one pair on her feet.
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