What age group is this costume for?
Elementary School
Middle School
High School & Beyond

Estimated time required to make this costume:
30 Minutes +

Difficulty level:
Quick and easy - no sewing required

Items you will need: (Hit your return key to start a new line)
-small child's umbrella hat or small umbrella attatched to a hat
-checkered tablecloth
-salt & pepper shakers (small plastic)
-small ketchup & mustard bottles (plastic, like in restaurants, red & yellow)
-large piece of cardboard
-glue
-scissors
-black marker
-white tights or sweatpants and shirt
-velcro tape
-small plastic plate, spoon, fork and knife

Instructions:
If you can't find an umbrella hat, them buy a child's umbrella, open it and cut pole so it remains open. Attach with wire or tape to a cap or headband. This sits atop the child's head.

Take the white pants and draw ants up the sides of both legs.

Cut cardboard in large circle, depending on size of child, with a slit in back so you can wrap circle around child's waist. you must measure the waist for the inner circle.

Cover cardboard in checkered tablecloth and attach with glue or use checkered contact paper.

Place velcro around the table and under the picnic supplies so they can be attached after the table is in place on the child.

Your child has now become a walking picnic table complete with food and ants.

Other information to consider:
Be sure your cardboard is stiff enough to hold the supplies and be sure the hole is snug around the waist. You might need to tape it together where you cut the split after the child has it on. Tape from underneath.