Recycle t-shirt into a dinosaur costume for kids using felt, super easy!

05 Apr 2011 4 Comments

by Melissa D in Birthdays, Embroidery, Fabric, Felt, Inspirations, Kids, Recycling - Upcycling, Sewing Tags: boys, craft, dinosaur costume, dress up, embroidery thread, Felt, green, party, recycle, upcycle

Dinosaur costume from a t-shirt

This is an on going project so I’ll be posting as I’m going. Excuse the photos there hasn’t been much good light and I’m posting using my iPod touch. I’ll add more pictures and descriptions of my progress. To be quite honest there is no ‘plan’ per-say. But it’s for my sons birthday party at the weekend.
Reusing t-shirts that are going to be outgrown soon us an ideal way to get a costume started. This one is more of a vest as it has no sleeves, but any type would do!

Now I’ve started to add the spines , which are actually different sized ‘house’ shapes. And are stuffed with toy filler. As they are sewn so the bottoms are opened up, it pulls in the sides of the ‘house’ shapes and gives more of a stegosaurus shape.

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