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DIY Hot Dog Costume: 15-Min Foam Build

DIY hot dog costume built from red t-shirt, tan or beige foam pool noodle, and yellow fabric paint for mustard
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Time15 minEffortEasy

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A tan foam pool-noodle bun, a red shirt for the dog, and a mustard squiggle down the front. Fifteen minutes, easy: a red t-shirt, a tan foam pool noodle, and yellow fabric paint for the mustard. Split the noodle lengthwise so it hugs you instead of circling you.

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Red t-shirtTanYellow fabric paint for mustardSafety pins
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Tip: add a white paper vendor hat.

Steps

  1. Put on the red shirt.
  2. You are the hot dog.
  3. Cut the pool noodle in half lengthwise for two bun halves.
  4. Paint a thin mustard squiggle down one bun half.
  5. Start thin.
  6. You can add paint, but you cannot take it off.
  7. Let it dry fully before attaching.
  8. Pin or glue one bun half to each side.
  9. Optional pro finish: add a white paper vendor hat.

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Common questions

How do you make the bun halves stay on the shoulders?

Pin each half at the shoulder seam with two safety pins from inside the shirt. They sit like epaulettes, stable all night, no glue on skin.

Ketchup and mustard or just mustard?

Both, in zigzag squiggles. The zigzag is the visual shorthand for condiments, straight lines read as stripes, zigzags read as sauce.

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