Compiled by Jeanne Coates
Bunch of Grapes :
Supplies : Dark sweats or t-shirt and sweatpants , bunch of purple balloons , safety pins or double-sided tape , green construction paper or felt . ( To be a little fancier , make a stem out of a cloth beret and put on child ’ s head .)
How to make : Blow up balloons and tie off . Have your child put on the sweat suit , and either pin or tape the balloons to the suit ( using the tied end if pinning so not to pop the balloon ). Using the construction paper or felt , fashion leaves to go around the neck or make a headpiece of a leaf .
Scuba Diver :
Supplies : Dark sweats , 2 empty 2-liter soda bottles , black spray paint , masking tape , old cable , black felt or foam paper ( 1 sheet 9x12 inches ), green craft foam , 6 foam hair rollers , goggles , scissors .
How to make : For the oxygen tanks : Spray paint two soda bottles black , then adhere them to the child by wrapping two bands of masking tape ( you can choose colored ) around the torso , a few inches apart . Find an old cable and attach one end to the soda bottles and the other to a “ mouthpiece ” cut from black felt or a sheet of black craft foam . For the weight belt : Tape a few foam hair rollers to the lower band of tape , wrapping around the torso again . For the fins : Cut two fin shapes out of craft foam and attach them around the ankle with masking tape . For the final touch : Top the look off with a set of goggles !
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