This little cup cake is ready for Halloween! It's easy to make this cupcake costume for Halloween. It was a fun project that we did
together. NO SEWING either! We found most of our supplies (like the
laundry basket and the perfect ribbed sweater) at the Thrift Shop or around the
house. You might want to make some
adjustments based on what you find but the basics would be the same.
Supplies:
• Small Round laundry basket
• Ribbed sweater large enough to stretch over the laundry
basket (it will need to be cut up- so none of Momma’s good sweaters please)
• 2-3 yards tulle
• 2 pieces of ribbon or strong string to use as straps over
the shoulders to hold the basket up.
• Stapler
• Safety pin
• A piece of elastic large enough to go around the chest
1. Cut the bottom off of the laundry basket
2. Cut the sweater across the chest at the armholes
3. Stretch the
sweater over the basket. Fold the raw
edge over the cut edge of the basket and use a few staples to secure it.
4. Tie the ribbons on
to the basket ‘front’ about 4-6” apart
5. Adjust the length
of the straps so it fits the child. The
straps will go over the shoulders, cross in the back and get tied on to the
back of the basket.
Now here is where you can experiment and make changes based
on the supplies you want to use. This is
what we did.
As an alternative to the laundry basket and sweater, a pleated lampshade might work well also.
As an alternative to the laundry basket and sweater, a pleated lampshade might work well also.
Slip the basket on.
Pull on a color-coordinated shirt, covering up the straps.
We folded the tulle in half, then placed a colorful,
“sprinkle like” knit scarf in the center then folded it
again (this makes 4 layers) encasing the scarf. This will make
the bottom edge of the “icing”. Now wrap
it together creating a large tube. I
simply stapled the edges together – could be sewn but heck…. It’s a costume!
Now we pulled the tulle piece up over the basket. Bunched it up. Stretched a piece of elastic
around the chest over the tulle and secured it with a safety pin.
Fold the top edge of the tulle OVER the top of the elastic
and arrange it so it looks nice and CUPCAKEY!
At first we thought we would make a cherry for her head but
we had another colorful scarf and she liked that just as well…..
If you want to try a cherry, here is how I was going to do it.
• Stretch red fabric over a large styrofoam ball. Old red tights would be perfect.
• Bunch up the bottom and secure it on to a headband. (Might want to sew just a few stitches here
but try a stapler, hot glue, etc.) Just
experiment!
• Fold the pipe cleaner so it looks like a stem and stick it
through the fabric and into the Styrofoam!
Stand back and admire this ADORABLE CUPCAKE!
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
