DIY Walking Taco Costume: 45-Min Felt Build
Time45 minEffortMedium
⏱️ We timed it, but results may vary.
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A tan vest painted like a taco shell with felt toppings. The toppings go on the front, obviously. About forty-five minutes, a medium build: a tan vest or t-shirt, brown, red, green, and yellow felt sheets, and fabric glue. Layer the toppings like a real taco; neat rows read as flag.
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Tip: glue a fringe of thin yellow felt strips along the bottom edge of the vest.
Steps
- Dress the kid in the tan vest or tan t-shirt.
- Safety: Cut the felt slowly and keep fingers clear of the scissors.
- Pin the brown felt strips on the vest first.
- Check the fold in a mirror.
- Do this before gluing.
- Glued felt cannot be moved.
- Glue two curved strips of brown felt down the front of the vest.
- Make the toppings: cut wavy green felt strips for lettuce.
- Cut red circles for tomatoes.
- Cut yellow rectangles for cheese and brown blobs for beef.
- Glue them in a row across the chest and shoulders.
- Make the headband garnish: glue one green felt strip and one red circle to the headband.
- Wear it with the vest.
- Optional pro finish: glue a fringe of thin yellow felt strips along the bottom edge of the vest.
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Common questions
Can you wash the vest after Halloween?
No. The glued felt does not survive the washing machine. Spot clean only, and use a vest you are fine keeping as a costume.
Felt or construction paper for the toppings?
Felt survives the whole night; construction paper tears and wilts with any moisture. Felt is worth it for a kid who will be running around.
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