What age group is this costume for?
Preschool and Younger
Elementary School
Estimated time required to make this costume:
6 hours
Difficulty level:
Quick and easy - no sewing required
Items you will need: (Hit your return key to start a new line)
6 feet of 1" thick foam
Felt: Light Brown (mushrooms), Red (pepperoni),
Green (green peppers,
Yellow (yellow peppers),
Acrylic Paint: White, Dark Brown
Spray Paint: Yellow, Red
Hot Glue Gun
Pizza Box (trick-or-treat bag)
Instructions:
Fold foam in half with a approximately 4" rolled up on the front side to resemble crust of pizza. You can use a hot glue gun to glue the sides together. Spray paint the back side and crust yellow, paint all other parts red (sauce).
Cut a whole in the front for the childs head and two holes in the back (approximately 4" from the edge) for the arms.
Cut out shapes to resemble the mushrooms, peppers and olives. Shade with acrylic paints.
When all is glued down take a rag and add a little white on top of the felt ingredients and sauce to resemble cheese.
Other information to consider:
Your child will then wear yellow or white sweat pants, shoes and socks to complete the costume. A Pizza box can be used to collect treats.
Enjoy.
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