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Luckily it held its shape and we just re-inflated a new balloon inside it. Then we started adding some facial features by taping on pieces of foam, wadded up newspaper, another balloon for the muzzle, and aluminum foil for the ears. You will need a brown onesie or leotard brown tights a black fabric marker and a piece of cardboard. Glue the ears to a headband or safety pin them to a hood. If your costume already has a hood on it, put the hood up and safety pin the ears to either side of the hood so they rest on top of your head. If it doesn’t, take a metal headband and glue the ears to either side, then wear it on top of your head to complete your costume.
They can wear bright-coloured clothes under the robe, and plimsolls decorated with tinsel and jewel shapes cut from shiny paper. Use a long skirt you have a home, or attach white or blue fabric to the hem of a shorter one – use safety pins if needed. Get your child involved in turning their every day dressing gown into a robe fit for a king by using safety pins to fasten strands of different coloured tinsel. Cut two white circles out of cardboard and use the black fabric marker to draw on the pupils. Cut two donkey feet out of cardboard and use the black fabric marker to draw on the donkey foot details.
Easy Peasy DIY Donkey Costume
Lastly sew the interfacing rectangle onto the back of the body rectangle. Use the opening at the bottom of the ears to pull the felt through and turn them inside out. This will hide the seam that you made by gluing the 2 pieces together so they look seamless. If you are attaching the tail to a onesie, just put it on the lower back area. An animated crocodile with the voice of an angel spreads New York cheer in this breezy and highly likeable family film. Enter for a chance to win Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile on DVD.
So we had to figure out what we were doing and also had not correctly estimated the amount of time it was going to take. And, as usual, we had waited fairly late to get started. Plus with paper mache you can only do so much at a time and then you need to stop and let it dry.
What supplies do you need to make a donkey costume at home?
I could also see through the eye holes but those didn’t give me a view of where I was stepping. The taped on pieces gave us a good general shape and then we did some of the finer details using a paper mache pulp. For the regular paper mache strips we just used newspaper, flour and water. It’s pretty cool how you can make a mask and just use flour and water to hold the whole thing together.
BUT, every 17 years there is a HUGE brood of them that come crawling out of the ground and start flying around creating the most talked about news of the summer. You hear their songs all night long, end up having them dive bomb your head on a regular basis and some people have even been known to try eating them. All this to say that for my son’s first ever Halloween at the age of 1 month old he went as a baby cicada with these little plexiglas wings and I was a full grown daddy cicada. Shrek was the only one we made a mask for.
How do you make the donkey nose?
I quite simply cut some strips out of an old cereal box and painted them grey. Once dry, then I stapled them together to make them longer, fitted it around the wearer’s head and stapled it together . There are many occasions when children need to dress up and it need not cost the Earth! Today I am going to show you how quick, simple and cheap it can be to make a donkey costume. I made ours for festival attire, but I can see that this could come in very handy for the Christmas nativity, Easter or any other donkey occasion. Cut a small rectangular shape out of the white fabric for the donkey’s muzzle.
If your son is refusing to wear a skirt, they may settle for very baggy trousers with a robe over the top. Have your child wear sandals, or plimsolls if you don’t have anything suitable. Also, check with the school whether you need to provide a doll and fabric for swaddling. Dig out their brightest coloured clothing to wear beneath the robe and wrap the gold rope or ribbon around it to make a belt. It was the next year that he came to my work dressed as Tweety Bird along with my cat as Sylvester and me dressed in drag as Granny.
no-sew Nativity costumes
Start by cutting out the donkey’s ears from the tan or light brown fabric. Cut two triangles that are approximately 6” tall and 3” wide at the base. Use face paint if you don't have a monkey mask. Start by applying a thin layer of tan face paint all over your face, indenting it on your cheeks for a classic monkey shape.
When she isn’t writing, you can find Hannah working on hand embroidery projects and listening to music. This article has been viewed 64,729 times. Cut four 3 in (7.6 cm) circles out of brown felt.
Spread glue over the large sheets of card and cover them in foil. However, if you're short of time, take the route of ultimate ease and buy a Nativity costume for your little star; we've rounded up some top picks for you to choose from. Punch holes into two of the star points on each card and tie them with ribbon so they rest upon your child’s shoulders. You can always add to the effect using face paints too. Give the tunic shape by wrapping the belt or rope around the waist.
Cut two smaller rectangles out of the brown fabric for the donkey’s arms. Cut two long rectangles out of the brown fabric for the donkey’s legs. Cut four small rectangles out of the black fabric for the donkey’s hooves. Cut two long thin rectangles out of the black fabric for the donkey’s mouth. Cut two small rectangles out of the black fabric for the donkey’s nostrils. Attach the tail to the bottom of your shirt with a safety pin.
Ask the person you want to make the costume for first to double check that they'd like to dress as a monkey before you put a lot of time and effort into it. Wear a monkey mask if you can find one. If you’re worried that people still won’t know what your costume is, throw on a plastic monkey mask with your outfit. You can usually find cheap plastic ones online or in a costume store.
Take your hot glue gun and use it to seal up the open edge of the tail. It’s okay if you can see the seam on this side because you can hide it in the rest of your costume. As with the sheep, have your child wear the black socks, plimsolls and gloves to represent the donkey’s hooves. With a little bit of effort, you’ll end up with a great nativity outfit because, let’s face it, kids always look cuter in homemade costumes.
The next year we did not have the convenience of re-using the monkey costume for a 4th year. As a matter of fact, we went in the opposite direction and ended up spending by far the most time we had ever spent on making costumes. My wife sent me a link to a photo of a kid who had a homemade Shrek paper mache mask. It was great for something a little kid had done all by himself but if we were to do it we would naturally strive for near perfection as we always do in our costumes. I don’t think either of us had ever done much with paper mache other than the normal grade school art class things kids do.
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