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Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Angry Bird Costumes: International Edition!

Oh HEY! Guess who ended up in a travel magazine in Hong Kong?!? WE DID! Ch-ch-ch-check it out:

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Angry Birds Costume Instructions!!!

I'm not sure why I didn't do this earlier, but here are the instructions for how I made the awesome Angry Birds costumes!

Here are the basics:

First, we went to JoAnn's Fabrics (or any fabric/craft store) to find the right fabric. I decided on that stretchy, fuzzy material. I can't remember what it's called, but it's vaguely like what they would make a snuggie out of. I believe I got 4 yards per costume (which is probably too much, but it was only like $4/yard). I also got 4 yards of the cheapest white muslin fabric (or you can use a sheet, which is what I did for mine) for the inside. I also grabbed a bunch of those 8 1/2 x 11 sheets of felt in the appropriate colors to make the face and some white snuggy-like fabric for the white-belly part at the bottom. OK, so I folded the fabric in half and sort of free-handed the shape of the bird and cut it out so there were 2 identical pieces (for the front and back), then I did the same thing to the muslin/sheets. After that I stitched one of the sides to one of the pieces of muslin, leaving an opening for stuffing. THEN, on the side attached to the muslin, I cut out a face whole (make it smaller than you think it should be....I traced around a cereal bowl) and stiched the fabric and the muslin together all around the face whole. I did the same thing for the arms, which are really just slits about 7 or 8 inches long. THEN I sewed the fabric/muslin side to the other piece of fabric and then STUFFED the front part with that Poly-Fil pillow stuffing material and sewed the rest of the muslin/fabric side closed. SO, the whole thing is basically a pillow on the front stiched to another piece of fabric on the back. I also stiched the face on, but you could probably use a glue gun or fabric glue if it's easier

So that's it! Email me if you need further clarification or had other questions: theclockblog@gmail.com

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Angry Birds Costume of the Year!!!!

Check out our appearance on Logo's New Now Next Awards!!

Thanks for checking out our Angry Birds costumes! If you want to know how I made them, click HERE. Send me a picture of your finished costume and I'll post it here on the site! If you want to see our Bert and Ernie costumes from last year, click on this LINK. Feel free to leave a comment if you like the costumes. Special thanks to Larry Mosca for the amazing pictures and editing!
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Send me Pictures of your Best Homemade Costumes!

Check our our appearance at the Logo NewNowNext Awards!!!

Send me pictures of your best homemade Angry Birds costumes to theclockblog@gmail.com and I'll post them here!

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Check out all of these AMAZING homemade costumes!! Which one is your favorite?

PIGS!!!

Link to Original!

http://elegantpaws.blogspot.com/2011/03/angry-birds-are-go-part-4-finale.html

Here's Robert's epic Craigslist Adventure in getting an Angry Bird costume in time for Halloween. Awesome! http://www.robertsandie.com/2010/11/01/angry-bird-craigslist-halloween/