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Making a Dragon Costume


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October 21, 2019

Toddler Girl's Dragon Halloween Costume - young girl dressed as a dragonInspired by my kids' favorite book, they both decided they wanted to be dragons for Halloween. Here is my take and twist on a toddler girl version of a dragon.

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Note: The amount of felt needed may vary depending on your child. As reference, my daughter is 3 and I used 18" by 72" for red felt.

Total Time: Varies on how much time you have, but this took me a couple of days to complete.

Yield: 1 costume

Supplies:

  • 18" by 72" red felt
  • 12" by 18" scales fabric
  • marker
  • scissors
  • sewing machine
  • heat bond
  • hot glue
  • binder clips
  • pliers
  • twine floral wire
  • iron + ironing board
  • elastic
  • safety pins
  • polyester fill
  • red dress
Toddler Girl's Dragon Halloween Costume - supplies
 
Toddler Girl's Dragon Halloween Costume - red dress
 

Steps:

  1. Figure out how large you would like your dragon wings to be. Then, fold felt in half, freehand draw wings on the fold and cut out. Repeat this step again, so in the end you will have 2 wings.
  2. Toddler Girl's Dragon Halloween Costume - fold the red felt and draw wings on the fold
     
    Toddler Girl's Dragon Halloween Costume - cut out and repeat
     
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  3. Trace wings on HeatnBond, cut out and set aside.
  4. Toddler Girl's Dragon Halloween Costume - trace wings onto HeatnBond, cut out and set aside
     
  5. Using twine floral wire and pliers - bend wire into shape to allow wings to be sturdy and stand on their own. Use binder clips to help figure out how you want to design the wing structure.
  6. Toddler Girl's Dragon Halloween Costume - bending floral twine wire to the shape of the wing
     
    Toddler Girl's Dragon Halloween Costume
     
    Toddler Girl's Dragon Halloween Costume - clip to hold in place
     
  7. Once you have the wing structure outline created, hot glue into place.
  8. Toddler Girl's Dragon Halloween Costume - hot glue in place
     
    Toddler Girl's Dragon Halloween Costume - outline wire structure in place
     
  9. Follow instructions of the HeatnBond you use. Iron HeatnBond onto the blank red felt wing.
  10. Toddler Girl's Dragon Halloween Costume - follow instructions for attaching HeatnBond to felt wings
     
    Toddler Girl's Dragon Halloween Costume - other side
     
    Toddler Girl's Dragon Halloween Costume - done
     
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  11. Allow to cool a little then peel off paper layer.
  12. Now place the structured wings on top (wire side down to the bond) and iron together.
  13. Toddler Girl's Dragon Halloween Costume - place structured wing with wire side down and iron onto the HeatnBond
     
  14. Cut out scales to fit the back of the wings and glue down (I found this really cool fabric, or you can use yellow or green felt instead).
  15. Toddler Girl's Dragon Halloween Costume - cut fabric (scales) for the wings
     
    Toddler Girl's Dragon Halloween Costume - glue in place
     
  16. You will need to create elastic straps and secure with safety pins so you child can wear the wings as pictured:
  17. Toddler Girl's Dragon Halloween Costume - attach elastic with safety pins to hold on wings
     
    Toddler Girl's Dragon Halloween Costume - decorative side of wings after adding the elastic
     
    Toddler Girl's Dragon Halloween Costume - underside
     
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  18. Time for the bonnet, trace hoody onto felt. Sew together and turn. Smooth out the seam.
  19. Toddler Girl's Dragon Halloween Costume - trace a hoody onto the felt for the bonnet
     
    Toddler Girl's Dragon Halloween Costume - sew two pieces together and turn
     
    Toddler Girl's Dragon Halloween Costume - seam from the outside
     
    Toddler Girl's Dragon Halloween Costume - hood after smoothing the seam
     
  20. Cut two long strips (to use as hoody straps) and sew in place.
  21. Toddler Girl's Dragon Halloween Costume - long strips of felt to use as hoody straps
     
    Toddler Girl's Dragon Halloween Costume - sew into place on the bonnet
     
    Toddler Girl's Dragon Halloween Costume - closeup of stitching
     
  22. Cut out an even amount of triangles (scales) and hot glue together then glue to bonnet. Originally I should have sewn these into the seam at the same time when I was sewing the bonnet.
  23. Toddler Girl's Dragon Halloween Costume - cut an equal number of triangles
     
    Toddler Girl's Dragon Halloween Costume - glue together
     
    Toddler Girl's Dragon Halloween Costume - glue to seam
     
    Toddler Girl's Dragon Halloween Costume - pointed head scales on cap
     
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  24. Time for the dragon tail, cut a triangular piece of the red felt.
  25. Toddler Girl's Dragon Halloween Costume - cut a rectangle of red felt for the tail
     
  26. Wrap to make a funnel and glue the sides.
  27. Toddler Girl's Dragon Halloween Costume - rolling the tail
     
    Toddler Girl's Dragon Halloween Costume - tail glued
     
    Toddler Girl's Dragon Halloween Costume - cone shaped tail
     
  28. Fill the tail with polyester filling and sew closed.
  29. Toddler Girl's Dragon Halloween Costume - stuff the tail
     
    Toddler Girl's Dragon Halloween Costume - closeup of stuffing the tail
     
    Toddler Girl's Dragon Halloween Costume - sew the end of the tail closed
     
  30. Cut even amount of triangles and glue them together.
  31. Toddler Girl's Dragon Halloween Costume - tail and scales
     
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  32. Now hot glue the triangles onto the tail.
  33. Toddler Girl's Dragon Halloween Costume - hot glue to tail
     
  34. This is how the bonnet and tail look.
  35. Toddler Girl's Dragon Halloween Costume - bonnet and tail
     
    Toddler Girl's Dragon Halloween Costume - another view of the cap and tail
     
  36. When your child is ready to wear their outfit. Attach the dragon tail to the back of the red dress and secure tail with a safety pin, or if you want the costume to not be detachable you can sew it on. Put on wings and bonnet and you're ready!
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Link: http://familyfun.go.com/crafts/fire-breathing-dragon-667985/

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