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This guide will help you create a unique giraffe costume for as little as $20 in only 1.5 hours. Every year I struggle with coming up with a creative costume that doesn't take a lot of time. We are all busy this time of year, and if you are a college student, there is a good possibility you are also broke. If you are wanting to stand out from the boring ghosts and witches this Halloween, unleash your inner animal with this easy, yet creative, Halloween costume!
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Materials you will need are:
An all-white (or cream), long-sleeved outfit - $0-30
This can be anything from a white sweatsuit to long johns to a unitard, just as long as the the pieces are long-sleeved and are the same color of white or cream. You may already have something lying around, and if that doesn't work, you can also look in used clothing stores. Make sure the items are things you won't mind gluing pieces onto and getting destroying. For this costume, I am using a white unitard. All the other items can easily be found at any craft stores.
1/4 yard of dark brown felt or fleece - $2.99
(For the hooves)
1 yard of light brown felt - $5.99
(For the giraffe spots, tail, and ears)
2 bottle of fabric glue - $4.99 ea.
Plastic headband - $1
1 Safety Pin - $.01
(For pinning the tail on).
An all-white (or cream), long-sleeved outfit - $0-30
This can be anything from a white sweatsuit to long johns to a unitard, just as long as the the pieces are long-sleeved and are the same color of white or cream. You may already have something lying around, and if that doesn't work, you can also look in used clothing stores. Make sure the items are things you won't mind gluing pieces onto and getting destroying. For this costume, I am using a white unitard. All the other items can easily be found at any craft stores.
1/4 yard of dark brown felt or fleece - $2.99
(For the hooves)
1 yard of light brown felt - $5.99
(For the giraffe spots, tail, and ears)
2 bottle of fabric glue - $4.99 ea.
Plastic headband - $1
1 Safety Pin - $.01
(For pinning the tail on).
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I like it
This is a great idea, and it turned out so well!
Just one editorial comment -- in Step 9.3, I think you mean either, "The giraffe costume is quite deceiving," or "quite convincing," but not conceiving.
That would be kind of anti-social behavior for a party... ;-)The idea of an easy giraffe made my heart miss a beat. Cool picture and cossie by the way! Great work.