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Crayola Crayon Costume

This simple costume can be done in any color your little one wants! Even better, the sweat suit is not altered in any way and can be reused. This costume has three simple sections and does not require a sewing machine (although it is helpful). Great for a girl or boy; in fact, you could make a whole box of crayons!

• Any color sweat suit with hood
• 1/4 yard of material that matches sweat suit
• 1/4 yard of black material
• 6 squares of felt, one shade darker than the sweat suit
• 1/4 yard of "wonder under"
• Needle and black thread
• 2-foot strip of Velcro (self-adhesive, if not using sewing machine)
• Stretchy gloves or mittens that match sweat suit

Tip of Crayon:
The tip of the crayon is a pointed hat for your child to wear over the sweat suit hood. Draw a large triangle on a piece of paper (remember, you are trying to make a hat for your child). Take two pieces of felt and draw the triangle on each piece. Make the triangle as long as you can get it (one point is the tip of the hat); you can cut the excess later once you've tried it on your child's head. Sew a seam from the tip of the hat down each side of the triangle, leaving the bottom open. Turn it inside out and try it on your child's head. Mark where it should be cut if it is too long. Measure the width of the bottom of the hat and multiply that number by two. Next, cut a 1 1/2-inch strip of black material that will go around the bottom rim of the hat, using the measurement you just took. Next, on a piece of paper, draw a squiggle line that is 1/4 inch wide (see diagram). Cut this line out and use it as your pattern. Draw the long edges onto the colored material, and then remove the pattern and line it up next to the one you just drew. Draw the long edges again, and continue this process until you have a squiggle line that is as long as the black strip you just cut. Be sure to save the squiggle pattern; you will need it for the boot covers.