{"id":521,"date":"2008-05-09T13:29:04","date_gmt":"2008-05-09T17:29:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/?p=521"},"modified":"2014-01-27T15:44:09","modified_gmt":"2014-01-27T20:44:09","slug":"the-lion-costume","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehappyhousewife.com\/home-management\/the-lion-costume\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lion Costume"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the reasons I procrastinated making the lion costume was because I thought there would definitely be a tutorial on the web. I figured I would google “how to make a lion costume” and many wonderful websites would appear taking me step by step through this process. I was wrong. The things that I found were either way too simple (a paper plate mask), or way too difficult (beaded paper mache) and neither were what I needed for my son’s costume.<\/p>\n

So in hopes to help some other mom someday here is how I made the lion costume.<\/p>\n

I found a pair of brown pajamas at the thrift store. In retrospect I probably would have purchased a sweat suit in a lighter color, but stores are not selling these at the end of April. I also purchased 1 yard of light brown felt, and 1\/2 yard each of dark brown and gold felt.<\/p>\n

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I cut off the ends of the sleeves and also cut off the light part at the waist. I took out the elastic, made it smaller and folded it over and sewed a new waist.<\/p>\n

I then cut out a hood. I had a hood pattern from another project, but I don’t think you really need a pattern.<\/p>\n

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I sewed the hood up the back.<\/p>\n

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Then I attached it to the shirt.<\/p>\n

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I then cut the felt into strips about 14 inches long.<\/p>\n

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I doubled the strips and sewed them around the hood. I started with hand sewing and that lasted about two rows. I then machine stitched the rest of the strips on the hood. \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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I realized something was missing…. ears. I cut circles out of the felt and then stuffed them and sewed them on to the hood. I also added a tail, which I made by cutting out a long rectangle, sewing up the side and stuffing with an old pillow. I used the felt strips for the end. I also added a small piece to the front of the shirt to give the mane more fluff.<\/p>\n

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All finished, and just in time for the play!<\/p>\n

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You can find more sew crafty at Shereen’s<\/a> blog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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