"Easy Animal Costumes for Infants and Up"

Posted on Feb 1st 2016

Children look so cute dressed as fuzzy and furry creatures. Especially
with whiskers painted on their chubby little cheeks! Here are some fun
animal costumes that are perfect for infants and toddlers, as well as
children of all ages.

Note: For all of the costumes below, use our make up recipe (
http://www.thefamilycorner.com/cgi-bin/dir/jump.cgi?ID=4467 ) and paint
on a cute nose and whiskers! Almost any animal costume can be made with
a little imagination and a sweatsuit!

Sheep

white hooded sweatsuit
cotton batting or stuffing from a pillow
white or black felt triangles for ears
double sided tape
two pairs of white or black socks

Apply strips of double sided tape up and down the sweat suit. Attach
cotton batting in clumps by pressing onto the tape. For the ears, cut
two triangles from either black of white 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! Have
child wear one pair of white socks on his hands and one pair on his feet
(use black socks if you used black felt for the ears).

Skunk

black hooded sweatsuit
white faux fur
fabric glue
black felt
2 pairs black socks
double sided tape
black fabric

Cut the faux fur into a long strip and adhere it on the hood and down
the back of the sweat jacket with strips of double sided tape. Cut a
small oval shape for the tummy area and adhere that with fabric glue.
For the ears, cut two triangles from black 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! Have
child wear one pair of black socks on his hands and one pair on his
feet.

Bunny

pink, brown, or white hooded sweatsuit
powder puff or large pompom or a handful of cotton balls
double sided tape
white pantyhose
wire coat hanger
plastic headband
two pairs of socks to match suit color
plastic or real carrot

Attach powder puff, pompom, or cotton balls to back of sweat pants using
double sided tape. Bend the coat hanger into the shape of two long bunny
ears. Gently stretch the panty hose over the ears and attach to plastic
headband.
Carry a carrot!

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