How to Make a Garden Seed Costume
Crafting original costumes for Halloween or other occasions can be both fun and exciting. A garden seed costume can be made with items that you most likely already have around the house, making it a low-cost option to a store bought costume. Items not found around the house can be purchased from your local craft store.
Things You Will Need
- 2 large cardboard boxes
- String
- Brown paint
- Green paint
- Green straws
- Glue
- Brown shirt
- Brown pants
- Brown hat
- Face paint
- Flatten two large square cardboard boxes.
- Draw identical large oval shapes on each cardboard box. The oval shape should cover the area from your neck to just above your knee and should be wide enough to extend at least 4 inches past the side of your body.
- Place the cardboard on a hard surface and cut out the oval shapes using a pair of scissors. Use the point of the scissors to poke two 1/4-inch holes at one end of each oval. The holes should be spaced at least 10 inches apart.
- Place newspaper down on a hard surface and place the ovals on the newspaper. Paint the ovals brown and allow them to dry.
- Put the two ovals together, lining up the holes that you just created.
- Cut the string into two 15-inch pieces. Tie a large knot at the end of one piece of string and feed it through one of the holes. Pull the string through until the knot blocks the hole and stops the string from moving any further. Feed the string through the hole in the other oval shape and tie a knot so that the string is fixed into place. Repeat this step for the other set of holes. When you are done, you should have two loops that will be supported by your shoulders.
- Cut 10 pieces of string into different lengths of 3 inches to 10 inches. Place the string on a hard surface covered with newspaper and paint the string green. This string will become the seedling shoots on your hat.
- Glue one end of the green string to the end of a green straw and set aside to dry. After drying, glue the opposite end of the straw to the top of the brown hat and set aside to dry.
- Put on your brown clothes and the costume. Make sure that your head is between the two lengths of string and that each string is resting on a shoulder. Place the brown hat with seedling shoots on your head.
- Paint your face and hands if desired.