How to make a cow costume

Video: How to Make a Cow Costume ~ DIY ~ by The Frugalnista

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Part 2 of 2: Making the tail, udder, ears and horns
What do you need

1 Prepare white base clothes. You need to choose a white top and a white bottom as the base for your cow costume. For a lightweight and comfortable top, it's a good idea to go with a loose white tee. For a warmer option, use a white sweatshirt. Match the set with white sweatpants and your basic outfit is ready.

If you wish, you can also dress up in a white dress or wear a skirt instead of pants.
If your basic outfit has a catchy logo on it, don't worry! Just be prepared to carve out spots large enough to cover any excess.

2 Draw the outlines of the spots on the black felt. You will need several sheets of black felt, which can be purchased at a craft store. Using white or yellow wax crayon, paint some medium to large rounded spots on the felt.

It is best to use felt, as it is easily attached to clothing and its edges do not crumble after cutting out. However, if desired, it is permissible to use trimming of ordinary fabric, and even artificial fur.
Look at photographs of Holstein cows to assess the possible shape and size of the spots.
Don't be afraid to put brown spots on your suit instead of black ones. If you are creating a fictional cow, you don't have to limit yourself to your choice of colors at all! For example, you can use purple spots on a blue background. The best effect is obtained by creating noticeably lighter or darker spots than the background.

3 Cut out felt stains. You can use paper scissors, household scissors, or sewing scissors to carve out stains along the lines drawn earlier. Cut out the spots along the inside of the markings so that the lines you have drawn do not remain on the spots themselves.

Try to carve out the spots as accurately as possible: the smoother the lines are, the neater the spots will look on the suit.

4 Apply spray adhesive to the back of each stain. Work in a well-ventilated area and use a textile adhesive spray. Hold the can of glue a few centimeters from the felt and spray the glue until a thin layer forms on the surface of the material (around the edges and in the middle of the spot).

If the marking lines are still visible from one side of the stain, apply glue on the same side so that these lines are not visible in the finished suit.
If you are going to remove stains from clothing when the suit is no longer needed, simply pin them to the fabric with safety pins instead of using glue.
If you know how to sew with your hands and have free time, you can pin felt patches to your clothing and then sew them around the edge with a buttonhole stitch using black thread.

5 Apply the stains to the base suit garment (adhesive side) and press down. Working separately with different garments from your outfit, flatten the fabric where you want to stain. Place the stain on the fabric with the glued side down and press down in the center and around the edges to secure it in place. Give the glue some time to set before repositioning the item to continue working.

Refer to the instructions on the glue bottle to find out the specific drying time for the glue.
To avoid confusing your cow costume with a Dalmatian costume, do not glue too many small spots on it and do not place the spots very close to each other.

Part 2 of 2: Making the tail, udder, ears and horns

1 Take white thick rope and twine to make a tail. First, measure out a piece of rope roughly equal to the distance from your elbow to your fingertips.Tie a double knot at one end and loosen the loose end of the rope that is sticking out of the knot to form ponytail-like strands. Then tie the resulting ponytail in the center of a piece of string just enough to tie around your waist.
- If you have a black cat costume, you can take a tail from it.
2 Inflate the pink glove to make the udder. Pink nitrile gloves, which are sometimes used by doctors, are best suited for this purpose. Hold the cuff of the glove so that only a small hole remains, and inflate the glove through it, as if inflating a balloon. Then tie the cuff tightly. You will end up with a cow's udder.
3 Tie the ponytail around the waist over the base suit. Put on your spotted clothes first. Then tie a white string with a rope ponytail around your waist. Tie a small but secure knot in the front and hide the loose ends of the string under your clothes.
4 Tie a string of string around the front of the udder to the waist. Place the udder of the glove in the center of the abdomen so that the fingers stick out. Then tie the string around your waist with the udder. Tie the string into a knot.
- If you don't have a helper, tie a knot in the front, and then twist the string to move it onto your back.
5 Cut the cow ears out of black felt, or use the horns from some other costume. Using the same black felt you used to make the spots, cut out a drop-shaped piece for each ear, a little larger than your palm. If you have devil horns or horns from a Viking costume, you can dye them black and use them for a cow costume.
6 Attach ears or horns to a hair band or headband. If your ears are made of felt, use safety pins to secure them to the elastic hair band, or sew to it with black thread. If you have plastic horns, hot glue them to a sturdy plastic rim. This accessory will complete the shaping of the upper part of the cow suit.
7 Complement the costume with accessories such as cow eyelashes or a neck bell. Cows are known for their delightfully long eyelashes, so false eyelashes can be worn in addition to the costume. And if you want to add a little chic and tinkling to the costume, tie yourself a gold neck bell. The string and the bell itself can be found in craft supplies or at a carnival costume store.