The description below was contributed by: A visitor, on Oct 13, 2001 05:47:17PM
What age group is this costume for? Elementary School Middle School High School & Beyond
Estimated time required to make this costume: 1 hour
Difficulty level: Quick and easy - no sewing required
Items you will need: (Hit your return key to start a new line)
two pieces of white foam board
1 yard of 1-inch foam rubber
green tissue paper
pink, yellow & brown paint craft paint
tackie glue
1/2 yrd ribbon
sponge
Instructions:
-Cut corners of the each foam board to the shape of a large slice of bread
-paint edges of form board brown like bread crust
-using sponge, lightly sponge center of foam board to give the appearance of bread (you only need to paint one side of each board)
-cut foam rubber into pieces to look like swiss chess(don't forget the holes) and a piece of ham
-paint the ham and swiss cheese (yellow for the cheese and pink for the ham)
-crinkle green tissue paper (this is the lettuce)
-glue the tissue to the unpainted side of each form board. (It needs to stick out of the sides)
-glue the pieces of ham and cheese to the inside of the foarm boards so that they stick out from the sides.
-on the top of the foam boards make two holes at the left and right corners. Make sure the holes line up on both boards.
-put ribbon through the two left and the two right holes.
-slip the form boards over the person and one in front and one in back. Adjust ribbins for proper fit and knot them.