Felt Deer Mask
/The clock is ticking, but I haven't started any Halloween costumes yet. I need to get the kids to make final decisions and lock them in soon. Instead, I am still blogging about the last-minute costumes I made last year! This is actually my favorite of the costumes. My daughter wanted to be a deer. She just wore brown leggings and a brown sweater with a furry scarf and leg warmers, plus black flats for her "hooves". It was not totally deer-accurate, but still very cute and cozy! All I had to do was create a mask for her to wear. We were going to add antlers, but she was a girly deer, so we skipped that.
I even used glitter!
I feel the need to clarify that this mask was inspired by one that I saw on Pinterest, from etsy. I made quite a few changes to her design and she is not selling them anymore. (Hers were much nicer!)
Anyway, here is a little look at the behind-the-scenes process of how I made mine...
Cut out the pieces and glue the center strip, eyelashes, and nose onto the main mask front.
Add spots to the sides of the face- I used a hole punch and glitter stickers. You could add dots of glue and add glitter or cut spots from glitter paper or glitter felt to glue on.
Glue the layers of the ears together as shown.
Fold the ears down partway as shown and glue them in place.
Glue the ears to the back side of the mask front with the folded edge at the top. (Mask is show upside down.)
Cut elastic to length and sandwich between the two main mask pieces. You can also sew the elastic in place for more durability.
If you hate having a clean house, you can also add more spots to the center of the mask and brush glue onto the nose and sprinkle with black glitter. I also added a felt flower by one ear. You can really just make this as fancy as you wish.
I made a template for the pieces that you can download HERE. Just make sure that you print it in "actual size" for an older child. Just head to Pinterest for a tutorials for the felt rose. They have lots of them!
At the very last minute, I made a felt tail to pin to the back of her sweater. I just cut a deer tail shape and glued some fuzzy white yarn to one side. No pics of that on her, cause I am not photographing her behind. That is weird.
I think I prefer my newer method of adding simple accessories to regular clothes for an easy costume. It is more comfortable for the kids and when we are at our family party they can easily take them off to play. I am really hoping that they choose easy costumes this year!
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