DIY Salt & Pepper Costume: Easy 15-Min Build
Pictured: the salt and pepper looks.
Time15 minEffortEasy
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White and black outfits with shaker tops made from cardboard. The tops are what make it shakers, not chess pieces. Fifteen minutes, easy: a white shirt, pants, and hat for Salt, black for Pepper, and cardboard for two shaker tops. The S and P should be big and centered on the chest.
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Tip: carry real salt and pepper shakers and offer to 'season' people's costumes.
Steps
- Salt dresses all in white.
- Pepper dresses all in black.
- Cut two shaker tops from cardboard: a short wide dome each.
- Make them big enough to sit on a hat.
- Paint them gray.
- Dot holes on top like a real shaker.
- Let them dry.
- Tape each top to a hat so it rides on your head.
- Letter the caps big, 4-inch letters at least.
- Write a big S on Salt's shaker and a big P on Pepper's.
- Optional pro finish: carry real salt and pepper shakers and offer to 'season' people's costumes.
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Common questions
How do you make the shaker tops?
Cut a short wide cylinder or dome from cardboard that fits over a hat, tape it shut, paint it gray, and dot holes on top like a real shaker.
Who is salt and who is pepper?
Taller person is pepper (the bigger shaker energy), or whoever wants to be. There is no wrong answer.
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