Kid's Halloween Costume: Cute Cupcake
Cupcake Costume: Beauty
First have the child put on leggings and a white shirt. Then secure the cupcake wrapper by tying the ribbon at the shoulders, followed by the felt frosting pieces. Use safety pins as needed to secure the costume.
Photo by: Rennai Hoefer, Ten22 Studio
Rennai Hoefer, Ten22 Studio
Materials Needed:
- round laundry basket
- white, red, pink and brown felt
- brown wrapping paper
- 2-1/2" wide white ribbon
- scissors
- hot glue gun and glue sticks
- white T-shirt and brown leggings or sweatpants
- measuring tape
- safety pins
Create Cupcake Base
Use scissors to cut out the bottom of the laundry basket (Image 1). Measure the circumference of the laundry basket's top rim to determine how much wrapping paper you'll need. Multiply this number by 2 to allow for folding the paper to resemble a cupcake wrapper. Cut paper. Accordion-fold the wrapping paper, creasing it about every inch (Image 2). Attach the pleated wrapping paper to the laundry basket's top rim with hot glue. Knot pieces of wide ribbon around the basket's interior — 2 in the front and 2 in the back to work as straps that will tie over the child's shoulders.
Rennai Hoefer, Ten22 Studio
Rennai Hoefer, Ten22 Studio
Cupcake Costume: Step 1
Cut out the bottom of the laundry basket. Measure the length of wrapping paper needed to wrap around basket and times by two, to allow extra length once paper is folded.
Photo By: Rennai Hoefer, Ten22 Studio
Cupcake Costume: Step 2
Accordion fold the wrapping paper, folding each piece at every inch. Use hot glue to attach the pleated wrapping paper to the laundry basket. Tie four strands of ribbon inside the laundry basket, two in the front and two in the back – keeping in mind, that once tied, these will become the two straps for the wrapper. Trim ribbon as needed.
Photo By: Rennai Hoefer, Ten22 Studio
Create Icing
Cut two circles out of white felt — one large enough to cover the top of the laundry basket, the other a little larger than the child's shoulders. Fold each circle in half and cut out a smaller inner circle. Note: For the larger piece, the inner circle should be the same size as the child's waist. For the smaller piece, the inner circle should be a little larger than her neck. Use scissors to scallop the outside edge of each piece to resemble the irregular outline of icing. Cut smaller circles from the various felt colors and attach them with hot glue to the white frosting pieces as sprinkles (Images 1 and 2).
Rennai Hoefer, Ten22 Studio
Rennai Hoefer, Ten22 Studio
Cupcake Costume: Step 3
Cut two circles out of the white felt, one a bit smaller than the other. Fold each circle in half and cut out an inner circle, creating a donut. Size of circles depends on child's size. Use scissors to scallop the edges of each piece. Cut out a circles from the various felt color and hot glue them to the white frosting pieces. These will be the sprinkles.
Photo By: Rennai Hoefer, Ten22 Studio
Cupcake Costume: Step 4
The smaller of the two frosting pieces will go over the child's head and the larger will go over the child's waist.
Photo By: Rennai Hoefer, Ten22 Studio
Assemble Costume
Dress the child in a white T-shirt and brown leggings or sweatpants. Have them step into the laundry basket and tie the ribbons at their shoulders. Add the felt frosting pieces by cutting a straight slit in the back, positioning them around the child then securing the cut slit, if necessary, with safety pins.
Cupcake Costume: Beauty
First have the child put on leggings and a white shirt. Then secure the cupcake wrapper by tying the ribbon at the shoulders, followed by the felt frosting pieces. Use safety pins as needed to secure the costume.
Photo by: Rennai Hoefer, Ten22 Studio
Rennai Hoefer, Ten22 Studio
