If you're looking for a simple, homemade Halloween costume, for yourself or a child, a DIY mouse costume might be fine. To make one, you don't need to be a creative person or even be able to sew. If you know how to use a pair of scissors and a hot glue gun, you can learn how to make a mouse costume for every member of your family in no time at all.
Steps
Step 1. Lay out a hooded, long-sleeved shirt on a flat surface
Use different colored shirts to make mouse costumes for each family member. One person can impersonate a brown mouse and another a gray mouse
Step 2. Draw two half circles, each about 10 centimeters wide, on the gray, black or brown felt
Make a couple of half circles for each homemade Halloween costume - they will represent the ears.
Step 3. Draw two half circles about 7.5 cm wide on the pink felt
Step 4. Measure the front of the shirt
For each mouse costume, cut an oval of pink felt that is the same width as the front of the shirt.
Step 5. Glue the 7.5cm pink half circles to the center of the gray, black or brown half circles
Step 6. Put a layer of glue on the wrong side of the pink felt oval and apply it to the front of the shirt
Step 7. Use safety pins to attach the ears to the hood of the shirt
- Find the center of each hood and place one ear slightly to the right of the center; the other, however, just on the left.
- Have the person try on the Halloween costume with the hood up, and tuck the ears until they are in the right place.
Step 8. Cut one leg of the pink tights so that it measures approximately 38 cm
For a particularly long rat tail, do not shorten the leg. However, remember that an extra long ponytail could trip the wearer of the costume
Step 9. Crumple and ball up a few pages of newspaper, and use them to stuff the leotard leg
Step 10. Pinch the opening of the leg and close it with a knot
Step 11. Place the tail in the center and top of the back of the pants or leggings, and pin it in place
If you know how to use a needle and thread, you can sew the tail to the pants
Step 12. Using face makeup, draw a pink circle on the nose and a white mustache on the wearer's cheeks
Have him wear socks on his hands and feet to simulate mouse paws.
