Elmo Costume
Time: 30 minutes
Effort: Some sewing
Materials:
- Large orange pom-pom
- Red knit ski hat
- Two large white pom-poms
- Two small black felt circles (for eyes)
- Glue
- Red sweatpants
- Red sweatshirt
- Needle and thread
- Red face paint (optional)
Instructions: Sew the orange pom-pom to the brim of the red knit hat, right near the edge next to your child's forehead. (This is Elmo's nose.)
Sew the white pom-poms close together above the orange pom-pom. Then glue or sew the black felt circles to the white pom-poms. (These are Elmo's eyes.)
Paint your child's face red, if you like.
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Have him dress in the sweatshirt and sweatpants, then put the hat on him.