DIY Donut & Coffee Costume: 35-Min Cardboard Build
Time35 minEffortEasy
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A pink frosted ring tunic for one, a takeout coffee cup for the other. The breakfast duo. About thirty-five minutes, easy: a white t-shirt, a brown t-shirt, and pink felt. The coffee person should carry a real cup for the photo.
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Tip: the coffee person links arms with the donut person.
Steps
- Buy the felt and paint.
- Pull a white and a brown t-shirt from the closet.
- Donut: cut a large ring from the cardboard, about 2 feet across.
- Cut a 10-inch hole in the middle.
- Cover the ring with tan fabric or paper.
- Glue a pink felt ring on top for the frosting.
- Dot it with small felt sprinkles.
- Tape ribbon loops to the ring.
- Wear it over the white t-shirt.
- Coffee: roll cardboard into a tall cup.
- Tape the seam.
- Paint the cup brown.
- Let it dry.
- Fold the white paper into a lid.
- Tape it to the top of the cup.
- Wear the cup like a sandwich board over the brown t-shirt.
- Safety: Round all cardboard edges, and keep the donut hole big enough that arms move freely.
- Optional pro finish: the coffee person links arms with the donut person.
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Common questions
How do you cut a clean donut ring?
Trace a large mixing bowl for the outside and a salad plate for the hole. Cut the hole first while the cardboard is whole, then the outside.
How do you keep the frosting ring from peeling?
Glue the pink felt in sections and press each for 30 seconds. Felt glued all at once bubbles and lifts.
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