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Homemade Pokemon
Costumes
("Lucario" from Pokemon)
The head for this
costume was formed with corrugated board strips and duct-tape, then
covered with cast material available at craft stores. The tubes on the
back of the head are wrapping paper tubes reshaped a bit and covered
with the cast material, then bolted onto the main head, cover the
inside bolt with foam for safety and to fill in the head so it is more
comfortable to wear. Visibility is limited in a costume like this, so
the wearer needs a handler like you see mascots have. The plaster
casting was painted in the Lucario color
scheme.
The costume is
made of
felt. It will pill up with wear, but the felt gives it more shape than
other fabrics. The top is one piece tucked into shorts that we
constructed, then made a lining for and stuffed with plastic grocery
store bags. The feet are stuffed and have elastic under them to attach
to the top of his shoes. The feet are attached to half a pant leg,
with
elastic at the top, since this is lined with plastic bags, another
layer would be pretty warm! The hands are gloves we made of felt to
match. The spikes on the neckband, chest front and gloves are cones we
made of felt, stuffed, then hand stitched on. The tail has a wire sewn
all around the outside edge to help hold it up and give it shaped. It's
stuffed with plastic bags, too, then hand sewn onto the back of the
costume. His prop is just a playground ball. We'll also make him a
treatbag shaped like a pokeball. I forgot that detail until just now!
We thought it turned out very well. It took me about five evenings to
make. I used a pj pattern for the basis of the top and shorts,
otherwise it was experiment and see what works. I had 3/4 yard of the
blue fabric (it was a remmenant, and it took it all) It really only
took about a 1/2 yard of the gray and 1/2 of the off white. Always cut
out pieces bigger than you think, they shrink when you sew them
together (like the feet and gloves), it's easier to take them in than
start over! By the way, I took shop in high school, not sewing, so
anyone who can sew a straight line should be able to get the same
results!
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If you don't have the time or the inclination to MAKE a costume this
year. If you've thought about it, but your heart, for whatever reason,
JUST isn't in it...You can probably purchase a costume of the type you
were planning to make...and maybe even for about the same as you might
spend on the materials to MAKE a
costume.
On the other hand, you may look around and spot a
Costume that changes your Costume plans completely Ü.
Mario Brothers
Costume Transformer Costume
(Bumble Bee)
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